The rest of the thread, to date:
ret5hd (19,482 posts)
1. Maybe you forgot to pay at the tollbooth...
I mean collection plate.
Cute - but stupid - stereotype. In the real world, the churches I've attended in the past 34 years or so specifically, from the platform, ask visitors and new people not to contribute to the church until they are confident contributions are used properly. Additionally, the senior pastors of these churches, per their instruction, do not know who contributes how much or whether they do so at all.
padfun (1,707 posts)
2. you wont find God at a preachers place.
nt
Jerry2144 (1,670 posts)
3. Nor in any white evilvangellical church
Ever been in one? I will admit, though, that finding an
entirely white Evangelical church might not be easy in some parts. In the areas I've lived in, the last all-white Evangelical church I attended might have been the one I grew up in, which had changed from German language services to English language some 20 years before I was born. And within 10 years of my graduating from high school they had an elder who was Hispanic. As for the churches I've attended the past 34 years, all have had or currently have non-whites among the pastoral staff
(Are Iranians and Assyrians considered non-white? Progs' racial shibboleths confuse me). The senior pastor at my current church is Korean, having come to the US when he was a child.
kozar (1,642 posts)
4. Umm
ret, pad, and Jerry.
My name is Koz, I have a challenged 35 y/o daughter that I just fed, changed her briefs , and sat down and made a post. And I read this.
This context doesn't give the context that would make the point of the OP intelligible. Is
kozar surprised that churches' phones aren't manned 24x7? And that pastors and staff don't give out their home/cell phone numbers so rando twits and haters could harass and threaten them?
Jack-o-Lantern (863 posts)
5. God bless you for your care and dedication to your daughter.
Quoted for completeness and as an example of a DU-member who, in this thread at least, isn't focused on Christian-bashing.
Major Nikon (36,497 posts)
6. Might check your local sex offender registry and start knocking on doors
(just kidding)
(well not really)
Cute - but stupid - stereotype. In the real world, the churches I've attended in the past 34 years or so require staff and volunteers (especially those who will be around children and youth) to have background checks done. Further, adult leaders who work with children and youth - staff or volunteer - are required to have at least one other adult with them when around children and youth. Among Evangelical churches here in Silicon Valley that is typical, if not universal.
