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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4370136" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>But faith without works is dead.&nbsp; The collection isn&#039;t for paying the Church mortgage or the minister&#039;s salary but that&#039;s the focus of too many congregations.&nbsp; I would put to you that true New Testament Christianity is Elders not only overseeing but teaching.&nbsp; Deacons under the oversight of elders carrying out the care of widows and orphans and the disabled of the congregation.&nbsp; And ministers should be evangelists who work in the community spreading the gospel in the same manner as our missionaries do and are supported by numerous congregations as opposed to everyone showing up to be entertained weekly from the pulpit with little emphasis on actually reaching out to the lost but rather just preaching to the &quot;saved.&quot; Radio programs, door knocking, Bible study.&nbsp; A major reason I&#039;ve about given up on what constitutes Christianity in many circles.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4370136, member: 24302"] But faith without works is dead. The collection isn't for paying the Church mortgage or the minister's salary but that's the focus of too many congregations. I would put to you that true New Testament Christianity is Elders not only overseeing but teaching. Deacons under the oversight of elders carrying out the care of widows and orphans and the disabled of the congregation. And ministers should be evangelists who work in the community spreading the gospel in the same manner as our missionaries do and are supported by numerous congregations as opposed to everyone showing up to be entertained weekly from the pulpit with little emphasis on actually reaching out to the lost but rather just preaching to the "saved." Radio programs, door knocking, Bible study. A major reason I've about given up on what constitutes Christianity in many circles. [/QUOTE]

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