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SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:26 pm
by Cootie Brown
A local high ranking representative for the Southern Baptist Convention announced on the local news the SBC is going to pay for all the funerals in the Texas Church massacre as well as some other related cost.
Good for them!
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 10:22 am
by B.H.
Cootie Brown wrote:A local high ranking representative for the Southern Baptist Convention announced on the local news the SBC is going to pay for all the funerals in the Texas Church massacre as well as some other related cost.
Good for them!
That is very kind hearted.
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2017 5:30 pm
by agricola
That is indeed a very good response.
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 12:47 am
by Opie
I have a hard time picturing the CoC ever doing anything like that.
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 11:38 am
by B.H.
Opie wrote:I have a hard time picturing the CoC ever doing anything like that.
To save the money but not look bad about not helping most CoC's would find some doctrinal quibble to say the congregation shot up wasn't a real CoC so they shouldn't help.
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 4:01 pm
by faithfyl
B.H. wrote:Opie wrote:I have a hard time picturing the CoC ever doing anything like that.
To save the money but not look bad about not helping most CoC's would find some doctrinal quibble to say the congregation shot up wasn't a real CoC so they shouldn't help.
Sure, there would be a doctrinal quibble over some issue. I doubt also they would offer. I wonder where most of C of C's money goes to? Anyone know? I'd be curious to know how much that churches collect go to actual charity of any sort.
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 10:28 pm
by agricola
That's actually something I found out about a decade or so ago.
I was raised in a large mainstream Nashville area coc, and my dad was a deacon. His particular job was counting the collection, making deposits and so forth.
Now I grew up with the idea that it was important to donate to charity, and I did (and do). I assumed I learned that at home and church.
Then, some years before my father died, I discovered that, although he did 'tithe', EVERY PENNY OF CHARITABLE GIVING HE DONATED was money he gave to the church.
And (I also learned because he was involved with this also): EVERY PENNY OF CHURCH FUNDS DONATED TO 'THE NEEDY' WENT TO CHURCH MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING.
Apparently 'help your brother first' morphed into 'help your brother only' pretty quickly.
Re: SBC Steps Up for Texas Church
Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2017 10:40 am
by Cootie Brown
But the Church of Christ is most definitely not a cult. Right?