TITHING DROPPED BY TWO-THIRDS??
Posted by: prophetic <prophetic@...>
church-giving in the USA has dropped by TWO-THIRDS just
over the past year! That is an astounding decrease. Rick
Joyner wrote recently: "There is presently a shocking malaise
that has come over the church. A Gallup poll revealed that
tithing was down nearly two-thirds in just the past year. Just
two years ago, right after the 9-11 attacks, church attendance
broke all records. Now it may be hitting its lowest levels per
capita in United States history...."
Below is an email from California relating to this:
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From: "Tim Wirth" <nogoofyzone@hotmail.com>
I am now in California with the saints out here. People are
really starting to exit the church buildings because as the
economy gets tighter the offering money gets less and you
hear the preachers really put the hammer down because
many of them live very wealthy lifestyles which are now in
danger.
I have also been dismayed at hearing preaching that
suggests if we don't pay God He will not protect us. Now
I believe you should give but Paul plainly set up the rules
for the New Testament churches in I Corinthians 16 and
2 Cor 8-9. I think people see the pastor driving a Jag and
they are having a hard time paying the light bill - and I think
its a poor witness and I see this all through the Charismatic
church. Plus where is God's grace in all this? There is a lot
of the seed preaching that states if you want God to save
your loved one you had better give God something to work
with. Its funny (not really) but the original reason Martin
Luther got ticked off at the church was because they were
extorting money from the poor with claims of getting your
loved one out of Purgatory etc. Same lie - different package.
And it makes it tough for all the ministries that have good
hearts and do good in the community because everyone is
getting turned off from the church.
-Tim Wirth.
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