tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post113281658941570959..comments2024-01-22T10:03:54.063-06:00Comments on .: ISN'T IT IRONIC?Jonathonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05754345540431565703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-1133359266288314592005-11-30T08:01:00.000-06:002005-11-30T08:01:00.000-06:00I'm also not up on this situation, but you hit upo...I'm also not up on this situation, but you hit upon something I wanted to comment about. It's about us paying our apportionments. What really gets me are those big churches in our conference who decide that instead of paying about half of their apportionments they will build a new building or use some other excuse like that. This is thinking only about themselves in my opinion and not about those you mentioned that our apportionments go to pay for their ministry.Greg Hazelrighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14657795690227099541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-1132873090905442942005-11-24T16:58:00.000-06:002005-11-24T16:58:00.000-06:00It's not an uncommon thing. These incidents occur...It's not an uncommon thing. These incidents occur in many different conferences over and over. Our conference closed 5 churches last year and not all went willingly into that dark night. One church had been through 15 pastors in 15 years -- it was a chew'em up and spit'em out kind of congregation. Clergy Killers, shall we say. Would not the truly loving thing to do be to call them accountable for their actions?<BR/><BR/>Church congregations have a life cycle -- birth, adolescence, adulthood and death. Sometimes they can stay in the birth to adult stage for a long time -- but sometimes they enter into the death stage. Then it is time to help them dissolve gently.Theresa Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12134175277230355640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722186.post-1132870639812053282005-11-24T16:17:00.000-06:002005-11-24T16:17:00.000-06:00I'm not completely familiar with the issues surrou...I'm not completely familiar with the issues surrounding this case, but if it's true that some people were skimming off the top instead of giving what was required, then that is sad. The last time somebody skimmed off the top in the Bible (Ananias and Sapphira), they <I>sorta</I> got jacked... :(<BR/><BR/>However, I could be misreading this post. If so, forgive me.<BR/><BR/>On a different note, Happy Thanksgiving!<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/><BR/>ericEric Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05379084345072314738noreply@blogger.com