"Is this a church or a collection agency?"

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Post #404,015 by lincoln 8/13/15 5:07:36 PM Reply	"Is this a church or a collection agency?" Josephine King has been a member of Bainbridge’s First African Baptist Church for more than 50 years, but she has just been informed by letter that the church no longer wants her. Their reason: She hasn’t been showing up at church or tithing as she once did. The letter the 92-year-old Ms. King received specifically says she is “no longer considered a member” because she failed to maintain “constant and consistent financial and physical participation.” Is this a church or a collection agency? Relatives say Ms. King has been ill for several months and is essentially a shut-in, which explains her poor attendance and failure to tithe. http://www.liberalamerica.org/2015/08/12/92-year-oid-georgia-woman-kicked-out-of-her-church-for-failure-to-tithe/ Satan (impatiently) to Newcomer: The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous. - - - Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" 1897
Post #404,019 by boxley 8/13/15 7:28:34 PM Reply	computerized record keeping, in the old days the pastor would have recognized a shaddin Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 59 years. meep
Post #404,036 by mmoffitt 8/14/15 11:00:08 AM Reply	ALL churches have always been collection agencies.
Post #404,063 by static 8/15/15 6:08:24 AM Reply	I struggle to understand churches that do that. None of the churches I've regularly attended over the years would do that. In fact, for a while one of them actually had members publicly renew their membership each year, which I always thought was a great idea, though not without its own problems. But all of them would reach out to people who have fallen away from regular attendance, rather than summarily revoke membership. Wade. Just Add Story http://justaddstory.wordpress.com/

"Is this a church or a collection agency?" - (lincoln) - (3) - Aug. 13, 2015, 05:07:36 PM EDT

computerized record keeping, in the old days the pastor would have recognized a shaddin -NT - (boxley) - Aug. 13, 2015, 07:28:34 PM EDT

ALL churches have always been collection agencies. -NT - (mmoffitt) - Aug. 14, 2015, 11:00:08 AM EDT

I struggle to understand churches that do that. - (static) - Aug. 15, 2015, 06:08:24 AM EDT

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