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Originally Posted by LadyRev
There is still a right way and a wrong way to deal with issues. Two wrongs (by the perception of some) don't make a right.
Its wrong for pastors to take money that has been raised, given and designated for a particular cause and use it for another cause without FIRST obtaining the permission of those that gave and raised the money.
If I give $100 for SFC, I expect it to be submitted as a SFC offering to the powers that be. I don't expect my pastor to take my $100 and use it as mad money. He does not have this authority. Its not his money.
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You are spot on! I would be upset if I gave in a special offering or fundraiser for a certain cause, and then later find out it was used for some other purpose!
This happened to me about 25 years ago. We had a popular young man in our church that was killed in a motorcycle accident. The youth raised money to build a memorial flag pole in his honor. I know that several people in the church donated including myself raising at least a couple thousand dollars.
To make a long story short, the flagpole memorial was never built and the money was deposited into the general church account. If they didn't raise enough $$, the church body should have been informed, and maybe something else purchased or built within the raised budget in memory of the young man.
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