Demonstrating Grace or Buying Attendees?
Dateline Hibbing, MN…
First Assembly of God will pick at random two parishioners to receive up to $800 a month in mortgage or rent payments for the rest of 2009.
One Hibbing church is looking to show God’s grace by paying the mortgage or rent of two parishioners who attend services on Easter Sunday.
First Assembly of God will pick at random two parishioners to receive up to $800 a month in mortgage or rent payments for the rest of 2009.
At the beginning of each Easter Sunday service ushers will pass around a form for people to sign their names. The names will be drawn at the end of each of the two services. (Source)
The pastor is quoted as saying that this will be done to illustrate the grace of God and the hope of Easter. I wonder if your attendance is necessary, if it is really grace.
What do you think? Gimmick or sincere illustration?
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March 29th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
I don’t know… I’d rather see them help out people in need with that money. There’s a church in the Chicago area who gives their Sunday morning offering away every week (I assume they take another offering for expenses). They are helping people in need.
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