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Originally Posted by seekerman
No doubt the church supported the ministry in their giving, I agree on that. The problem, and it's a critical one, is concerning just exactly what the church was that gave support to the ministry.
The concept of what the church is, is tremendously flawed in modern day Christianity in my opinion. While the protestants may have separated themselves from much of the Roman Catholic teachings, one major error was keeping the building-based religious system of Roman Catholicism. When Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, he was writing to a group of believers, called out ones, the ekklesia. He wasn't writing concerning the support a building-based religious system with the building being labeled the church. It's so ingrained within the mindset of Christians that they never stop and think about calling a building a church. Oneness Pentecostals take it a step lower many times by labeling a building as 'bro so-and-so's church'.
Does the bible teach there is such a building-based system in which to pay tithes. Not at all, in fact it's just the opposite. Paul touched on it in Galatians concerning those who were wishing to enter into something God has completely and totally destroyed. Christianity continues to attempt to set up the tithe supported priesthood and temple and call it ministry and the building a church or temple, or house of God. It simply isn't to be that way though.
So, tithing into a building-based 'church' system isn't really tithing into the church. The question remains, where is one to place their tithe?
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Is not the HOUSE you are meeting in a building?????????????? Or any other structure? This is so foolish. Listen they recieved the Holy Ghost in the upper room of the Temple, the first notable miracle took place at the Temple where they were going to pray, the Apostles are noted preaching at the Temple. If they have a negative feeling about meeting in a religious place of worship give us chapter and verse?
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