This is a bit long, but stay with it, it is hilarious. Sadly it is true though.
I just wish John wouldn't have started with the statement that there are good churches. I have to wonder where all the money actually goes, even for a little church. Last I checked preacher man gets paid first and foremost.
My old church was relatively new, when it started 2003, the US was in a good place economically (at least in North Carolina). Through a few well thought out sermons, the preacher man convinced us he needed a good home to entertain church members ( I was never invited) and enough money that his wife could stay at home. Well over 100,000 dollars. He got it! His wife still works to this day! Praise be to Allah. Enter the crash of 2008, it especially hit Charlotte hard because we have two of the largest banks headquartered here. The church struggled to stay afloat. Budgets were drastically cut but one thing remained...preacher mans salary. In fact he bought a sports car in the midst of people in the church losing houses and going bankrupt.
To the theist that think it is sour grapes that he made more money than me, I am one of the fools that approved all the budgets (fucking idiot). So yes, televangelist's make more money, but the spirit is the same. Take money from people who trust you and give them false hope.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john...ostpopular
I just wish John wouldn't have started with the statement that there are good churches. I have to wonder where all the money actually goes, even for a little church. Last I checked preacher man gets paid first and foremost.
My old church was relatively new, when it started 2003, the US was in a good place economically (at least in North Carolina). Through a few well thought out sermons, the preacher man convinced us he needed a good home to entertain church members ( I was never invited) and enough money that his wife could stay at home. Well over 100,000 dollars. He got it! His wife still works to this day! Praise be to Allah. Enter the crash of 2008, it especially hit Charlotte hard because we have two of the largest banks headquartered here. The church struggled to stay afloat. Budgets were drastically cut but one thing remained...preacher mans salary. In fact he bought a sports car in the midst of people in the church losing houses and going bankrupt.
To the theist that think it is sour grapes that he made more money than me, I am one of the fools that approved all the budgets (fucking idiot). So yes, televangelist's make more money, but the spirit is the same. Take money from people who trust you and give them false hope.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/john...ostpopular
