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re: North LA Pastor's response to how much his Church "pulls in"
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:38 am to PaperTiger
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:38 am to PaperTiger
As flawed as the Catholic church may be, I really think they were spot on when they required their priests to take a vow of poverty before they could run a parish.
If you are a true man of God, you should not be living a luxurious life. I'm not saying you should be in abject poverty but I really question a person's motives when I see they have a 5000sqft house, motorcycles, boats, and a private jet.
If you are a true man of God, you should not be living a luxurious life. I'm not saying you should be in abject poverty but I really question a person's motives when I see they have a 5000sqft house, motorcycles, boats, and a private jet.
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Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:38 am to ValentiTiger
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A guy can make millions off of crooked deals and such and nobody bats an eye.
A guy starts a church that becomes successful and makes a decent living and he's a sleaze ball.
They are both equally sleazy.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:39 am to Napoleon
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if you think about it, most churches get 10% of monthly income from about 20-25% of parishioners every month. A large church, that's a lot of money.
FIFY
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:39 am to ValentiTiger
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a decent living
Joel Osteen has it more than decent.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:40 am to Napoleon
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:42 am to PaperTiger
look I'm sure the pastor is a decent human being
but it is still pretty cringeworthy for a pastor to be bragging about how much money his church brings in on social media
what is the context of this screenshot? why was the pastor engaging in social media battles?
but it is still pretty cringeworthy for a pastor to be bragging about how much money his church brings in on social media
what is the context of this screenshot? why was the pastor engaging in social media battles?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:44 am to TSLG
I wonder what Chri$ drives
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:45 am to Salmon
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why was the pastor engaging in social media battles?
That is the million dollar question! This pastor showed poor judgement putting himself in this situation. I'm not saying he should lose his job but he should apologize to his church for failing to be a good example.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:45 am to Tigeralum2008
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If you are a true man of God, you should not be living a luxurious life. I'm not saying you should be in abject poverty but I really question a person's motives when I see they have a 5000sqft house, motorcycles, boats, and a private jet.
Pump the brakes here. Money is not evil. Biblically, God blessed many men (making them rich) so that they would use that many to help those less fortunate.
WITH THAT SAID: flaunting the money can definitely be a problem. In some way, church leaders need to be able to identify with their members. If Jesus can leave being ruler of the universe and incarnate among us as a human being, born in poop, I'm sure Christian leaders should have no problem showing a little self control over their lifestyle (ie abstaining from a private jet).
In full disclosure, I just bought a king ranch on a really good deal and even in doing that, I feel a little guilty.
This post was edited on 6/27/16 at 9:47 am
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:46 am to TSLG
I looked him up and see they have Ruston campus. I have never heard of this church though from the time I went to school up there. I'm curious to where all this money is coming from because Temple Baptist is by far the biggest in that area.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:48 am to Salmon
didn't post it. What you can read, i can read. I'd be interested in reading more as well.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:51 am to Polar Pop
Something with Truck Nuts.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:54 am to Rabbs and QStick
Was South parkway church for the longest. That's probably what it was when you went to school here.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:57 am to theunknownknight
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In full disclosure, I just bought a king ranch on a really good deal and even in doing that, I feel a little guilty.
You shouldn't feel bad. You earned that truck as one can argue the pastor earned his riches. But only one of you professes to lead a church in the teachings of Christ.
I'm pretty sure we can all agree that Christ did not like encountering temple priests living high on the hog.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 9:58 am to PaperTiger
Ok that makes more sense
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:07 am to PaperTiger
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He took a church fixing to close its doors and revitalized
Like a liquidation sale? He brought the business and money back? Good for him. He's a good businessman for god it sounds like.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:12 am to PaperTiger
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They don't make as much as they can. yall jump to conclusions way to fast and blowing it out of proportion.
If you wanted to rip anyone from that screen shot it would be Bart for even bringing the money factor up. But again, it's being blown out of proportion.
Just like his claims of racism being worse than the 1960s is blown out of proportion?What makes him think racism is worse now? I doubt he even remembers the 60s well enough to speak out on the subject other than what some old man may have told him.
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:13 am to ThatMakesSense
Not saying I'm a big fan of Olsteen, I don't follow him. But what if he tithes 25 % of his income? What if it's 12 to 15%? Is he still a sleaze ball? You don't know how much they're putting back in so why hammer them for it? How much do you tithe?
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:16 am to tiggerthetooth
I dunno. Maybe he was called a racist before that response. Who knows??
Posted on 6/27/16 at 10:17 am to ValentiTiger
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A guy can make millions off of crooked deals and such and nobody bats an eye.
Who doesn't bat an eye at that?
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