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Most people who attend church are used to seeing the offering plate passed around the pews. People donate what they can as a proud member of the congregation.
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Petterson said finding the Greater Mount Moriah Primitive Baptist Church was a blessing. The single mother had been looking for a church closer to her new home and six months in, things were going perfectly. That is, until she received an odd letter at her home last week.
"To be a member in good standing and have the right to vote, adults are to contribute the minimum amount of $50 per month," read Petterson.
To her surprise it was from the church stating she was delinquent in her financial support.
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/hillsborough-regional-news/church-members-complain-about-collection-notices
Huh, whatever happened to offer what you can?
Cirque du So-What
(26,026 posts)would receive a picture of my ass - replete with gnarly hemorrhoids and captioned 'KISS HERE' - in reply.
Lancero
(3,018 posts)Though it'd be of a filled toilet, marked 'Eat this'.
randys1
(16,286 posts)HFRN
(1,469 posts)she just got a lot of future time back
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)I've been a non religious, in fact more like an atheist since I was 14 years old and I'm 67 now and I find no problems with that. Plus I've saved my sanity and a ton on money in the process.
MurrayDelph
(5,304 posts)An elderly neighbor (who passed away about 30 years ago), used to receive coded empty envelopes from her Catholic church so they could track her tithing.
Me, if I receive a request from an organization (even one I believed in) that has donation amounts pre-filled in (especially the ones that tell you that they really want at least the second-lowest amount), I get to exercise my shredder.
packman
(16,296 posts)Our family used to receive a box of envelopes- 52 (one for each week)- from our Roman Catholic church with our family name printed on it. The "special" holidays such as Easter and Good Friday had different colors than the rest which meant the church expected a bit more. They were very good in squeezing money out of their parishioners.
jmowreader
(50,589 posts)Get Out of Hell Free cards are far from free, ladies and gentlemen, and if you want to belong to a club you have to pay dues.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)It's no wonder the minister hasn't returned their calls for a response.
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PADemD
(4,482 posts)Initech
(100,139 posts)"This strange and almost certainly evil new religion, the Movementarians, is nothing more than a pack of rituals and chants designed to take away the money of fools. Let's say The Lord's Prayer 40 times but first let's pass the collection plate!".
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Sam_Fields
(305 posts)In Oregon the catholic Church child rape lawsuits led to naming all members of the Archdiocese as defendants and if the Church didn't pay then the plaintiffs could have collected from the members.