Pastors Leading the flock???)

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Lynne A. Yohnk wrote:

> On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:49:38 -0300 "Frank Vandenburg"
> <acts238@nbnet.nb.ca> writes:
>
> >I had some friends who attended a Pentecostal church (not Oneness) who
> >continued to give their tithes to the minister at that church even
> >when it
> >was discovered that he was using money to bail out his brother in
> >business.
>  Their
> >organizatin
> >noticed the drop in funding and took a closer look.
> >
> >Frank Vandenburg
> >
>
> There must be more to this story. The tithes are a pastors paycheck.  You
> should be able to do what you want with your own paycheck.
>

Actually what the "tithes" are is the descision of the saints of the church.
This should be set aside in the by-laws of the church (if your church does not
have these, then it really should). I agree that a Pastor's salary should come
from them, but also the running of a church and other expenses may be needed.
There are many different senarios for the paying of a Pastor from "all the
tithes", to "x% of the tithes" to a straight salary regardless of the tithes. If
this pastor used church money (he was not supposed to get all the tithes) for
personal use then he was wrong.

Lord Bless,
Bro. Bill Clifton