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    Is the Church Costing Too Much Money?

    Pastor John Atkinson writes:

    I ran across a quote today from “A Treasury of Bible Illustrations.” It was one of the most profound answers I’ve ever heard for those who criticize how much is spent to keep a church growing, healthy, and life changing.

    On June 2, 1980 a little girl was born. She cost money from the moment she was born. As she grew from babyhood to girlhood, she cost even more. Her dresses and shoes were more expensive as well as the doctors for all those childhood diseases. She was even more expensive during her school and teen years. She needed long dresses to go to parties. When she went to college, it was discovered that all college expenses are not listed in the catalog. Then after graduation she fell in love and married. She had a church wedding, and that too, cost a lot of money. Then, five months after her marriage she suddenly sickened and within a week she was dead. She has not cost a penny since the day the parents walked away from her grave.

    As long as the church is alive she will cost money, and the more alive a church is, the more money she will cost. Only a dead church is no longer expensive!

    Think about this next time you criticize a church who you think is spending too much on, fill in the blank.

    Pastor John

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    If you’re a pastor, church staffer, or faithful member of a growing healthy church, you have probably at one time or another, had to listen to someone criticize your church because they feel it’s spending too much money on, fill in the blank, that could better be used for, fill in the blank? If you serve at, or are committed to a growing healthy church like the one I just mentioned, you have probably heard people criticize your building, your grounds, your walls, your floors, or what ever else they perceive as being a waste of money that could be better spent elsewhere…

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    1. Online Trading Australia on Wed, November 17, 2010

      Where does this come from? Even if I overlook this huge assumption, the analogy used of the girl seems to be completely empty of any relevance to how the body of Christ spends money.

      Alexis

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