re: I’m sick of donating shite to non profits

Non profit does not mean people aren't getting filthy rich.

There are other non-profits out there that are worthy of your money and are better at maximizing funds than churches.

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Non profit does not mean people aren't getting filthy rich.

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Correct. In fact it simply means that people fleeced the company until there is no money left.

You are going to the wrong church.

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Not to mention, my pastor who I love by the way banks in $300,000 a year along with Church staff making more bank then me. I’m done donating

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I’ve never really cared that much how much a pastor makes as long as he’s preaching the gospel and not being a Joel Osteen or Jesse Duplantis type. My family goes to a larger Baptist church in north Louisiana, I know our pastor makes a good living, but we also have a larger congregation than most so his salary doesn’t hurt the church that much. He’s also up front with the entire congregation about where the money is going. We do probably 10 missionary type trips a year plus all the other things like VBS and middle/high school trips. And i guarantee most of the money ends up in savings after all the salaries and extra stuff is paid for. Think last year we tithed almost $2million.

However, we used to go to a smaller baptist church and my dad was a deacon, he also did daytrading back when it was going really good. Well the pastor was this sweet old man who had known my dad since he was a child. He would ask my dad about investing advice from time to time and if he could come by and maybe see what my dad could do for him. Of course my dad said “absolutely cmon Brother Bill.”

He’d always back out at the last minute and say something like “ya know Chris I just don’t feel comfortable as a pastor making more than what I do now. I feel like it would look poorly if I made a bunch of money compared to my congregation.”

That guy was a helluva man.

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The VAST majority of "charities" are money-making SCAMS.

And, this includes some of the biggest, like the American Red Cross.

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Wounded Warrior Project fits that mold as well.

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I donate to non profit charities every year but yet, they are always out of supplies, out of money, or my Church does a damn expansion with 60” wide TVs and shite. Not to mention, my pastor who I love by the way banks in $300,000 a year along with Church staff making more bank then me. I’m done donating

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Find a new church then

There are plenty of churches, and plenty of large churches, where this doesn't happen.

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I donate to non profit charities every year but yet, they are always out of supplies, out of money

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Dang. It's almost like an organization that relies on donations and grants to provide free services to poor and under served people and don't charge for them need more donations over time. Who would've thought?

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or my Church does a damn expansion with 60” wide TVs and shite.

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Hey, they could be like the Catholics and use the money for molestation settlements.

Same
I donate to my athletic program
And our football team hasn’t done shite