A Rolex or two, expensive cars, lots of bling, a boat, hunting club membership, a couple of homes, .....I thought that's how you judged a minister's success/anointing/status/godliness.
A Rolex or two, expensive cars, lots of bling, a boat, hunting club membership, a couple of homes, .....I thought that's how you judged a minister's success/anointing/status/godliness.
TBN-type churches. Put it this way....just because it's a mega-church doesn't mean the pastor lives extravagantly. But if it's a TBN pastor? Yep.
I attended what would be considered a mega church from 1992 to 2006. We had about 5,000 people in our weekend services. Our pastors did not live extravagantly. They would be found passing out cold drinks on a hot day or cleaning toilets for local businesses, or handing out coffee and donuts on Christmas Eve to people who had to work to show the love of God in a practical manner.
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Sam also known as Jim Ellis
Apostolic in doctrine
Pentecostal in experience
Charismatic in practice
Non-denominational in affiliation
Inter-denominational in fellowship
I attended what would be considered a mega church from 1992 to 2006. We had about 5,000 people in our weekend services. Our pastors did not live extravagantly. They would be found passing out cold drinks on a hot day or cleaning toilets for local businesses, or handing out coffee and donuts on Christmas Eve to people who had to work to show the love of God in a practical manner.
I don't ever want to get so big or too important to have this kind of heart!
But we only hear about the flamboyant pastors. It sells.
There is a local charasmatic style church that gives back to the community instead of begging for more.
In the past they've given out school book bags; given free haircuts; their teens have done free car washes........
So often we only see the give me more mentality.
Unfortunately many UPC (and others) groups are poor and the only focus is raising money. I've been part of churches that constantly do fund raiseers.
Bake sales, peanut brittle, suckers, garage sales, car wahses----------I've seen many just burn out and quit church.
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"Le sens commun n'est pas si commun."
(Common sense is not so common.)
Voltaire
Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
William James
Call me old fashioned. This church is over 15,000. They have singing at each branch and the pastor preaches on a big screen to several places. So it is big screen and video from a remote location.
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