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03-15-2013, 07:23 PM
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Did your pastor ever.........
I am reading a book written by a good friend of mine who is a former Apostolic missionary. It is the story of his life. REALLY good book!!
One of the things I noticed today when reading it tho stunned me. He was talking about when he first got saved. this would have been back in the 1950's. He mentioned in the book when talking about his first pastor, that he kept a list posted on the bulletin board at the church of who had paid their tithes that week and who had not. I almost dropped the book when I read that! Seriously?? He did NOT say this as a criticism of his former pastor. He was just telling us the story of his life. But I was blown away by it. That's over-the-top!
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03-15-2013, 07:24 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
Wow, never heard of that before.
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03-15-2013, 07:28 PM
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of 10!! :)
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
Yikes, never heard of that happening either!
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03-15-2013, 07:31 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
I know a baptist church that did that
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03-15-2013, 07:50 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
Yes, I have heard of this being done. Waaaaay back in the olden days!
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03-15-2013, 07:54 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
Crazy!!!
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03-15-2013, 07:58 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
I've told you all before that in my time in the Apostolic church, I had a total of 5 pastors. And of those 5, 4 were absolutely wonderful Men of God. (ok, so I had one very bad pastor - after what I've read here, I'd say that's a pretty good record  ) One of my first pastors is the man who wrote this book. I'm sooooooo glad he didn't learn from HIS pastor how to do things. LOL!! He was strict, no doubt about that. But he never did something so unbelievable as to post a list of who paid their tithes or not. Thank goodness!!
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03-15-2013, 08:00 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
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Originally Posted by Margies3
I've told you all before that in my time in the Apostolic church, I had a total of 5 pastors. And of those 5, 4 were absolutely wonderful Men of God. (ok, so I had one very bad pastor - after what I've read here, I'd say that's a pretty good record ) One of my first pastors is the man who wrote this book. I'm sooooooo glad he didn't learn from HIS pastor how to do things. LOL!! He was strict, no doubt about that. But he never did something so unbelievable as to post a list of who paid their tithes or not. Thank goodness!! |
And just so you know - this man really was a great pastor. Especially for a young teenage girl who had a rebellious streak a mile wide. LOL We are still good friends. I have the very highest respect for him and his sweet wife even after all these years.
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03-15-2013, 08:43 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
Never saw or heard of this practice....thankfully 
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03-15-2013, 09:17 PM
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Re: Did your pastor ever.........
Just to be fair and let you know that this doesn't happen ONLY in the Apostolic Churches ---- my sister was attending a local Nazarene Church. Last year the church treasurer was passing out the envelopes with people's giving receipts in January so they could all do their taxes. She (the treasurer) got up in the service to announce that she had a few envelopes that she hadn't yet passed out. And then said, "If you didn't get yours, come and see me. If I don't have one for you, then shame on you. Hopefully this year you will do better at giving to the church like you should." My BIL looked at my sister and said, "We're done here. We will not be back". Now he won't go anywhere. She's going to a different church.
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