Each weekend we attend service as a family on Saturday evening and Sundays. There's one service Saturday evening and two services on Sunday. I've been noticing that the Saturday evening service seems to fluctuate with regards to attendance and Sunday's second service has lost about half the attendees. No doubt that the financial crunch is affecting many areas of life to include church attendances. As I'm sure that you are aware of, churches function on tithes and offerings. It cost a lot of money to operate a church. There are building rents, sometimes property loans, utility bills, insurance policies, payrolls and all sorts of financial responsibilities, plus caring for the poor, the widows, and in some cases church members that have fallen on hard times.
I've often pondered the church's of today compared to the days of the Apostles and the early church. Somehow, I just don't believe that Jesus intended for church to come with huge financial overheads, and to fall into bondage to financial matters. Is it possible that we have gotten off track?
Pray for our churches, that God would deliver them from financial bondage's.
In His Glorious Name Ministries Online
In His Glorious Name Ministries Online
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