I saw the piece your released about the silver lining in church foreclosures. Does it bother you that Christians are just walking away from huge loans for their huge buildings that they promised to pay? The ethics here are astounding. Spoiled American evangelicals bought jumbo buildings they could not afford and now the banks are left high and dry while Christians merrily head for house churches. No sweat off their brows. This is theft on a grand scale. The lack of ethics boggle the mind. Just move on to house churches. Sure and let Christians contribute to the further crash of our economy because of their stupidity, carnality and greed.
I agree with you. What I think would be a better witness would be to continue to pay off the loan – even after they have left the building. I believe that’s biblical.
I don’t actually have any data on churches that have done what you say (nor did I see the article you reference), but if they have done this that’s sad. This is why the Bible warns us so clearly about the dangers of debt.
While I do believe the gathering of the church in homes is a good thing (and, in fact, may allow a congregation to come up with the money to repay loans – because they are no longer spending it on building maintenance and utilities), we do need the keep our end of the deal when it comes to loans.
I heard about your community of churches on KLOVE. There are 10 of us meeting as a small group in my home. We would like more info on the organization of your “home churches” ministry. Do you have churches outside of the Southern California area? Diana
My wife and I facilitate a home church in Lincolnton, NC. I’m the closest thing to a pastor since I have the experience and training/education. Right now, it consists of two families but we believe that God will grow us organically – meaning people who come across our path are raised up to begin a home church in their home and so forth.
Our families come from different denominational backgrounds (Assemblies of God, Baptist, and Methodist) but you could say that we are Spirit-filled evangelical conservatives. We didn’t intend to start a home-church and we actually started as a Bible study that grew.
I think it’s great what your community of believers are doing. For us, everyone participates, everyone (including the kids) join in worship, the Holy Spirit moves among us… it’s just awesome.
I saw the piece your released about the silver lining in church foreclosures. Does it bother you that Christians are just walking away from huge loans for their huge buildings that they promised to pay? The ethics here are astounding. Spoiled American evangelicals bought jumbo buildings they could not afford and now the banks are left high and dry while Christians merrily head for house churches. No sweat off their brows. This is theft on a grand scale. The lack of ethics boggle the mind. Just move on to house churches. Sure and let Christians contribute to the further crash of our economy because of their stupidity, carnality and greed.
By: Kevin on April 30, 2009
at 1:01 PM
Kevin,
I agree with you. What I think would be a better witness would be to continue to pay off the loan – even after they have left the building. I believe that’s biblical.
I don’t actually have any data on churches that have done what you say (nor did I see the article you reference), but if they have done this that’s sad. This is why the Bible warns us so clearly about the dangers of debt.
While I do believe the gathering of the church in homes is a good thing (and, in fact, may allow a congregation to come up with the money to repay loans – because they are no longer spending it on building maintenance and utilities), we do need the keep our end of the deal when it comes to loans.
By: Dave on May 20, 2009
at 2:18 AM
How exciting! I love the idea of the church as a body of believers and actually being the hands and feet of God.
By: Robyn on May 19, 2009
at 12:25 PM
I heard about your community of churches on KLOVE. There are 10 of us meeting as a small group in my home. We would like more info on the organization of your “home churches” ministry. Do you have churches outside of the Southern California area? Diana
By: Diana Nolting on May 26, 2009
at 11:58 PM
My wife and I facilitate a home church in Lincolnton, NC. I’m the closest thing to a pastor since I have the experience and training/education. Right now, it consists of two families but we believe that God will grow us organically – meaning people who come across our path are raised up to begin a home church in their home and so forth.
Our families come from different denominational backgrounds (Assemblies of God, Baptist, and Methodist) but you could say that we are Spirit-filled evangelical conservatives. We didn’t intend to start a home-church and we actually started as a Bible study that grew.
I think it’s great what your community of believers are doing. For us, everyone participates, everyone (including the kids) join in worship, the Holy Spirit moves among us… it’s just awesome.
By: m@ on May 28, 2009
at 1:40 PM