- Dec 14, 2004
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Okay, I used to go to a UPCI church (and i was told that most churches do this) that where all of the tithe money went to the pastor. This pastor never works, he never has. He owns a home (around here homes cost about $200,000) and two new vehicles (they always own new cars), he's always wearing new suits and his wife's always wearing brand new expensive clothing. The church itself is extremely poor and can bairly stand on it's own two legs. The state (I live in California) sees churches as clubs (this is all legal stuff here) and so they see tithe as membership payment (some clubs have it to where you pay monthly membership, tithe is the same way). At this church you can't become a member (vote on church issues and stuff) unless you pay tithe (and it can't be in food or anything else, it HAS to be money). So because the state sees the church as a club, the pastor has every LEGAL right to take the tithe money (ten percent of it's member's income) as their own cash. This has been an issue for me since I found out that the pastor (I call it stealing) takes the tithe money from the church. Most churches that I have run into have the same thing going on. Some of them are really poor, and some of them aren't. What's everyone else's take on this? Do you think it's okay for the pastor and his wife to take the money, or do you think that the bible ment something when it says that the tithe money is for the church (ironically that's something this very pastor preached on before)? Any thoughts, imput? Or am I the only one disturbed by this?
~BubblesRelena
~BubblesRelena