I had to tell someone about this. So I went to this funeral / musical last night 12/26 for a local minister of music who died here in ATL and why after 4 choirs did the pastor of this church get up and say "There is a blessing in the house, we need to give tonight". I was like huh????????? Did I hear that right? The family litterally collapsed walking down the aisle while the Praise and Worship team sung a familiar worship song, and you mean to tell me we have to give an offering. Get this, the Pastor claims it was for the daughter of the deceased (although I am still wondering why didn't the church just give the last check of the minister of music to the family). Aint look like no one had not eaten for days. Is this what the world has come to? He started the offering line out at $100 (as if I was prepared to give....I didn't even bring my bible never the less my wallet into the church!) Not once did he say that the family was poor or that they had no food or that it was a burden to pay for an unexpected funeral. I was so mad (along with others) that there was a mass exodus. People walked out and never came back in. Oh, let me not forget he said that there was an ATM and they were taking credit cards if they did not have cash or checks. All you had to do was go into the church bookstore to make your transaction. *sigh* Ushers, please come to the front . . . HUH?????? (and let me just add I felt in my Spirit that this church was up to no good and the night of the funeral was the WRONG NIGHT to make a money line. How simple would it have been "Oh thou Mega Ministry" to have made this announcement on Sunday when the whole church perhaps could have participated, not when the casket is open and everyone is passing out)
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I can see a good intention in doing that. Many people have financial burdens at the deaths of loved ones if no life insurance, for example, was utilized.But with the bad reputation people have of churches hording money, it was somewhat unwise without a clear explanation.
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I had to tell someone about this. So I went to this funeral / musical last night 12/26 for a local minister of music who died here in ATL and why after 4 choirs did the pastor of this church get up and say "There is a blessing in the house, we need to give tonight". I was like huh????????? Did I hear that right? The family litterally collapsed walking down the aisle while the Praise and Worship team sung a familiar worship song, and you mean to tell me we have to give an offering. Get this, the Pastor claims it was for the daughter of the deceased (although I am still wondering why didn't the church just give the last check of the minister of music to the family). Aint look like no one had not eaten for days. Is this what the world has come to? He started the offering line out at $100 (as if I was prepared to give....I didn't even bring my bible never the less my wallet into the church!) Not once did he say that the family was poor or that they had no food or that it was a burden to pay for an unexpected funeral. I was so mad (along with others) that there was a mass exodus. People walked out and never came back in. Oh, let me not forget he said that there was an ATM and they were taking credit cards if they did not have cash or checks. All you had to do was go into the church bookstore to make your transaction. *sigh* Ushers, please come to the front . . . HUH?????? (and let me just add I felt in my Spirit that this church was up to no good and the night of the funeral was the WRONG NIGHT to make a money line. How simple would it have been "Oh thou Mega Ministry" to have made this announcement on Sunday when the whole church perhaps could have participated, not when the casket is open and everyone is passing out)
I'd like to take up an offering right now...please donate what you can. Any amount will help. The money will all go to an English class for PraiseHymn...after which I will ask him to come back and repost his first post so I can understand it a little better
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There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
Funny! At times when I post I prefer NOT to use correct English. Thats the tone I was trying to create. So sorry you were not able to understand anything I said. Perhaps its the "ghetto" in me.
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Funny! At times when I post I prefer NOT to use correct English. Thats the tone I was trying to create. So sorry you were not able to understand anything I said. Perhaps its the "ghetto" in me.
Ghetto? No....I was thinking more along the lines of kissing cousins, possum pie and moonshine.
__________________ Let it be understood that Apostolic Friends Forum is an Apostolic Forum.
Apostolic is defined on AFF as:
There is One God. This one God reveals Himself distinctly as Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
The Son is God himself in a human form or "God manifested in the flesh" (1Tim 3:16)
Every sinner must repent of their sins.
That Jesus name baptism is the only biblical mode of water baptism.
That the Holy Ghost is for today and is received by faith with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues.
The saint will go on to strive to live a holy life, pleasing to God.
Ghetto? No....I was thinking more along the lines of kissing cousins, possum pie and moonshine.
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God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. ~Romans 3:24 from The Message
Funny! At times when I post I prefer NOT to use correct English. Thats the tone I was trying to create. So sorry you were not able to understand anything I said. Perhaps its the "ghetto" in me.
I was with you. Sometimes you have to use the proper vernacular to properly convey a hot ghetto mess
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I had to tell someone about this. So I went to this funeral / musical last night 12/26 for a local minister of music who died here in ATL and why after 4 choirs did the pastor of this church get up and say "There is a blessing in the house, we need to give tonight". I was like huh????????? Did I hear that right? The family litterally collapsed walking down the aisle while the Praise and Worship team sung a familiar worship song, and you mean to tell me we have to give an offering. Get this, the Pastor claims it was for the daughter of the deceased (although I am still wondering why didn't the church just give the last check of the minister of music to the family). Aint look like no one had not eaten for days. Is this what the world has come to? He started the offering line out at $100 (as if I was prepared to give....I didn't even bring my bible never the less my wallet into the church!) Not once did he say that the family was poor or that they had no food or that it was a burden to pay for an unexpected funeral. I was so mad (along with others) that there was a mass exodus. People walked out and never came back in. Oh, let me not forget he said that there was an ATM and they were taking credit cards if they did not have cash or checks. All you had to do was go into the church bookstore to make your transaction. *sigh* Ushers, please come to the front . . . HUH?????? (and let me just add I felt in my Spirit that this church was up to no good and the night of the funeral was the WRONG NIGHT to make a money line. How simple would it have been "Oh thou Mega Ministry" to have made this announcement on Sunday when the whole church perhaps could have participated, not when the casket is open and everyone is passing out)
I guess the "can you take it with you" experiment failed; huh?
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