tithes....whadd yall think...... - Page 3

#21 02-28-2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

My post was in response to a post which said the ministry are entitled to all of them.

And... as far as your post goes... I can understand the joy you feel having heaped more on your pastor than even required by law to do...

But what about the other people who God also commanded be ministered to with the tithe?

so how do you think the ministry should be compenstaed...........min wage.........

LaVonne · #22 02-28-2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

My post was in response to a post which said the ministry are entitled to all of them.

And... as far as your post goes... I can understand the joy you feel having heaped more on your pastor than even required by law to do...

But what about the other people who God also commanded be ministered to with the tithe?

Ooooohhhhh....SORRY!!!!

BTW...who says I have feelings of joy?

Theresa · #23 02-28-2007, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

Oh man... you guys are making this tough on me.

I saw this thread and said... I am going to stay out of it this time.

But...nowhere in the Bible were there any laws given where the ministry was ever given all of the tithe to keep for themselves.

it doesnt matter to me what happens to them...it just says pay them...

so I do.

If they spend it all on bubble gum and lawn care, it's no matter to me. That's between the powers that be and God....

I believe the tithes are to support the MINISTRY which includes the pastor and the other expenses of the church.....How it's divided up and handled, I trust my pastor and the trustees, or whomever they are, to handle things correctly and in accordance with scripture and of course the IRS.

Our church financials are an open book, anyone, at any time can see how much comes in and where it goes. The only thing you cannot see is who actually gives what..but you can see how much comes in and where they spend it.

If fact, we had our business meeting last night, as I'm sure many of you have had recently or will be having, and our pastor or actually the accountant read off the figures....

but none of that matters to me - I trust my pastor with the finances and with the responsibilty he has for his "flock" as far as teaching/preaching and feeding us...

If someone is sitting under a pastor that is not open and above board, well there is some cause for concern....and I'd consider finding a more trustworthy pastor. But the Bible says I'm to pay tithes....so I pay them, GLADLY

Esther · #24 02-28-2007, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

My post was in response to a post which said the ministry are entitled to all of them.

And... as far as your post goes... I can understand the joy you feel having heaped more on your pastor than even required by law to do...

But what about the other people who God also commanded be ministered to with the tithe?

Why don't you expound on that d4t?

Digging4Truth · #25 02-28-2007, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Honk-a-Mon

so how do you think the ministry should be compenstaed...........min wage.........

These things shouldn't be decided by my opinion. One would need to find scripture to answer a question like that.

But... what I said still stands.

#26 02-28-2007, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theresa

that's between him and God...

It doesnt excuse me from paying my tithes.

Members could just start putting tithes into the offering plate instead of the little envelopes so that the lights don't get turned off. Right? What difference does it make if it goes in an envelope or not?

#27 02-28-2007, 02:51 PM

Been lurking, when I saw this thead I had to come and sign up

Digging4Truth · #28 02-28-2007, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CareyM

Ooooohhhhh....SORRY!!!!

BTW...who says I have feelings of joy?

LOL... Well the way you worded it I thought you seemed excited to be giving more than God would require of you to the ministry.

My bad if I was mistaken.

#29 02-28-2007, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

These things shouldn't be decided by my opinion. One would need to find scripture to answer a question like that.

But... what I said still stands.

oh so you just know what he shouldnt be paid.......oh i see........

Digging4Truth · #30 02-28-2007, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Theresa

it doesnt matter to me what happens to them...it just says pay them...

so I do.

If they spend it all on bubble gum and lawn care, it's no matter to me. That's between the powers that be and God....

I believe the tithes are to support the MINISTRY which includes the pastor and the other expenses of the church.....How it's divided up and handled, I trust my pastor and the trustees, or whomever they are, to handle things correctly and in accordance with scripture and of course the IRS.

Our church financials are an open book, anyone, at any time can see how much comes in and where it goes. The only thing you cannot see is who actually gives what..but you can see how much comes in and where they spend it.

If fact, we had our business meeting last night, as I'm sure many of you have had recently or will be having, and our pastor or actually the accountant read off the figures....

but none of that matters to me - I trust my pastor with the finances and with the responsibilty he has for his "flock" as far as teaching/preaching and feeding us...

If someone is sitting under a pastor that is not open and above board, well there is some cause for concern....and I'd consider finding a more trustworthy pastor. But the Bible says I'm to pay tithes....so I pay them, GLADLY

I don't refute any paying you are doing.

I am just saying that the tithe was commanded to be divided and God demanded that widows, orphans, strangers, porters etc be ministered to by the tithe as well.

Do you care whether they get to ministered to by the tithe as God commanded?