THE MILLIONAIRE NEXT DOOR: Every pastor would do well to read, The Millionaire Next Door. it helps you begin to see the enormous wealth all around you. After reading it I realized that several of the members in the Chamber of Commerce that I was a member of were millionaires. My district pastor had a member in his church that supported his church at about the same level as the other members but at a small landing strip adjacent to his farm and grain elevator; the Oral Robert’s plane would land and pick up a significant check. Those with money usually play in down. The pastor with a worthwhile vision and has the ability to present that vision to the right people can often tap into a real ministry source. One summer I filled in for a pastor friend and one of the men there took a liking to me. When he learned that we were planning a vacation, he offered his cabin set high over lake Michigan. We enjoyed the use of the cabin and was careful to leave it very clean. There are many ways that the well-to-do can enhance your life without taking away from their own standard of living.
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Well i don’t feel there is anything wrong with using something of this manner to enjoy the “wealth” of others! We are to take our christian beliefs with us wherever & whenever we are living our lives! This is part of God’s blessings to servants of God!
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The church does not need the wealth of the rich the poor do!!!
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Normally Jim, I would delete this post since it is not directed to “Church of God” but I’ll add a comment to tie it to CoG.
When I was at Lee I occasionally attended NCCOG and T. L. Lowery’s ushers kept a seat in the front row opened for a rich man from Cincinnati who would fly his private plane to Chattanooga and T. L.’s men would pick him up by car and bring him to church. I remember he was late and arrived in a white suit and with great fanfare was escorted down the isle to his seat.
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