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1 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | EdB | 59455 | ||
nimrod2 I have no problem holding church in a gym or any other place. However when it is time to worship the Lord all the semblance’s of worldly actives should be put aside. The purpose then becomes and should remain the worshipping of God. On fund raisers the question has to be asked is this what God wants? When Israel faced the daunting task of building the temple they raise the funds among themselves, they didn’t do it with auctions or covered dish dinners. They decided that is what they wanted to do and that their God was important enough to invest their money, time and talents. My main concern is those that hawk their latest CD or Book from the pulpit, to me that is merchandising in the house of the Lord which is in very poor taste and should not be allowed. It is hypocrisy at it’s best, “I have come to preach Jesus but I have something more important, let me sell you my latest wherever.” I have to believe this is a stench in the nostrils of the Lord. If a church wants to run a book store I think it is great but I also think it should not be opened on Sunday or before or after a service, therefore a distinction is made between coming together to worship God and going to the store and stopping in at church. I’m also baffled why churches resort to worldly ways to raise funds instead of being blessed by sacrificial giving. God has promised to provision us to accomplish His goals. By allowing worldly ways to raise finances are we really saying God we aren’t going to trust you didn’t keep your end of the bargain. I often wonder could it be our goals and God’s goals are different? These practices also taint the message to the unsaved world. Out of one side of our mouths we are telling them God is sufficient and out of the other side we are holding auctions to raise needed cash. Does that seem to be a oxymoron? To me a church can run auctions and sell whatever, I just don’t think they should talk to me about their faith that is not their expertise. I would rather have them talk about what they are good at. Running auctions or merchandising to a captive audience. We say the youth needs to raise money to go to youth camp. If we believe in our youth and think that youth camp is more than just a vacation then why aren’t we as Christians responsible to see them be able to attend without turning them in beggars? If a we believe in what the missionaries are doing and we believe that taking the message of Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world is important why aren’t we willing to give whatever it takes to accomplish that? If we believe a new sanctuary is needed for our comfort then why aren’t we willing to pay for it? Why does the cash have to be begged, auctioned, or merchandised out of our pockets? Let me ask you one last question if you think merchandising the church is alright tell me why. EdB |
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2 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | nimrod2 | 59668 | ||
EdB states: "I’m also baffled why churches resort to worldly ways to raise funds instead of being blessed by sacrificial giving." I think when someone gives their used automobile to the church instead of trading it in and the church then either gives it away to a needy family or sells it, that's sacrificial. Then again, for some folks, anything anybody else thinks or does that is not completely inline with the way they were brought up in the church is wrong. Kind of like some people thinking dancing is a sin. In answer to your question Ed, no I don't consider it okay to "merchandise" the church. |
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3 | is selling in a church building fine? | John 2:13 | EdB | 59671 | ||
nimrod2 I would say when someone gives an old car to the church if they did it for the right reasons it would great. I would hope the church or someone in need would benefit from it. However I know a lot of people that gave a car to the church because they couldn't get what they wanted on a trade in so they took a tax write off instead. To disagree with buying or selling in the church is not merely disagreeing with how others think. It is what Jesus objected to when he threw both the buyers and sellers out of the temple. EdB |
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