Would You Attend a Church Whose Pastor Did Not Pay Tithes?
 

Would you attend a church whose pastor did not pay tithes? The church believes in tithing and requires it from members in any type of ministry. The pastor teaches tithing but gets busted for not paying his tithes to the ministry to which they belong. He does not get removed from the pastoral position of said church. Would you attend there? Would you pay your tithes if he didn't?


I thought I would give Coop a break for a minute......:killinme

I don't belong to an organization, so my tithe, from all vocations, goes into the local storehouse.

What if he didn't tithe at all? Would you sit under that man of God as your spiritual authority?

No, especially given the hypocritical stance you outlined.

On another note, I do know of one pastor that will ask to look at pay stubs.....

I can't believe how gullible people are...:killinme:killinme

That's pushing the envelope a little, isn't it?

I would not attend such a church.

I prefer blessings upon the man rather than a curse upon him. He cannot bless the church as he should when there is curse upon him.

To properly pay tithes, it should not go to an organization. Tithing is strictly for the priesthood (the ministry) ONLY and not for an organization, regardless how religious it may be. To fund salaries of an office holder other than the five fold ministry is unbiblical. When a minister adulterates his office with a non-scriptural religious office, he is disqualified from the tithe.

And that is how it is supposed to be. All tithes are to go into the storehouse, not the preachers back pocket to finance golfing and fishing trips and conferences every every month (for which we usually take up an additional offering), 50 and 60 thousand dollar vehicles, motorhomes, fishing camps, deer hunting land leases, and lavish homes.

All tithes are to go into the storehouse and all the people are to benefit from the gifts we give to God. He blesses us with what we give Him. And IF what we give to God is managed correctly, those gifts WILL bless the whole, NOT just a particular pastor and his family. This in itself is revalation. You want

I am not bashing, I love the man of God and see him as a VERY important part of my salvation. I merely speak from conviction.

Surely not???

Surely there is no one so stupid and intimidated as to actually show the bozo their stubs???[

No, not at all.

It's pushing it way tooooooo far!

:toofunny :toofunny

Okay. I did a little verbage adjustment. Instead of saying "the organization to which they belong" I put "to the ministry to which they belong", speaking of the ministry that the tithes belong to....i.e., the storehouse, etc.

Oh brother, yes there are. It falls outside my level of comprehension, but it does happen.

NO!!!! to Question One. (But I think you know that).
YES to Question Two. While I was still in that church, I would definitely pay tithe no matter who did or didn't. I know the end results.

There is a church in my area, independent and not Oneness, where they really do inquire about your income when you first start attending. They insist on knowing how much you make

And I have also heard of pastors that require you pay a tithe of the food stamps you get and he takes them!

in the Methodist church they ask you to fill out a "pledge" every year. You pledge that you will give the church whatever amount you choose every week for the next year. They preach that that pledge should be based on what your tithe would be. But I never could understand how that could work. What if a person lost their job? Or even better - what if a person got a big promotion with a big raise? Should they still give at the lower rate???

My parents were Methodist when I was a baby. They were very young when they got married. So they made a pledge to the church. And then about 6 months later they moved to a town about 30 miles away, so quit going to that church. After a little while they started getting BILLS from that church, demanding the pledge money they had promised to give and threatening them if they didn't send it in!!! That turned my dad off to any church for many, many years.

Hey but you are paying them.That is the point.Bravo for you.

That would be a turn off to anyone Margie. I can only imagine how they felt when they opened that piece of mail....

Man!.................sounds like The giant and his geese that lay golden eggs.

Does he use them??? Is he that hungry or just that GREEDY?? :donuts

Yep. So what'cha think Coop? Would you attend this said church?

Are ya kidd'n. ..........no way. :killinme

No. I wasn't kidd'n in the least. You post all the threads for us. I wanted to post one for you. ;)
I just wondered what the concensus would be.....

NOPE he is a God-robber!

Why for me?:nah

What trap are setting for me?...:hypercoffee

Now I do not trust you.:killinme

:sshhhDo you have to tithe to be saved?

YES! If applicable.

No trap at all. I promise I'm trustworthy....;)

As I said, a question for you. Wanted to give you a break from always asking this type. Now you have to answer. I promise - it won't hurt at all. When the men in the little white jackets come, they are your friends...........:killinme

I am already typing with a pencil in my mouth. Hard to function in this straight jacket.:hypercoffee

Oh , PS. Do Pastors tithe, I mean..... the ones the teach it.

They should. So that being said, would you attend a church whose pastor preached it but did not pay tithes?

:sshhh You weren't supposed to see this thread. I posted it while you were away. Close your eyes and pretend you didn't see and I'll pretend you didn't post here. :killinme

This Cooper individual needs some good leadership in his life, obviously.

That should fix him up and get him shipshape!

Elder Epley this has to be the POST of the day.:poloroid

There is a Baptist church in our city.Its the big downtown money church
and they vote you in or not and do ask you to disclose your income.

Tithes
 

Are you saying that a Pastor was not paying his tithes to his church? that my friend is crazy. All of my Pastor friends pay tithes to there local ministry and there churches tithe 10% to mission and ministries. I know one church that paid 10%-- $100,000 to mission and ministries and they are blessed too.
Angel CIA

Welcome.I know where Meridian MS is.I used to pass through there on my way to Louisville.

Stupid?

Or submissive?

Both.

Stupid and submissive. Submissive to the point of being outlandishly stupid.

ok here is the deal, i would not go to that hypocrites church, second who is this person who meets the people at the door and asks for there pay stub, lol, third if they asked me i would politely excuse myself and leave. I dont think most of them would even understand my pay stub very complicated and the numbers are to big for hicks, lol, dt:hypercoffee:killinme