How much do you put in the offering plate at church in Sundays?

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I don't go to church: :knowledge:

 

[cocoabutter27]

:notithes:

What?

 

[skeetsinternal]

Sometimes 20 but I reach in the plate and pull out 19 in change

 

[Fani Willis fan]

Pastor got caught stealing to pay for his daughters cancer treatment, the next pastor also got caught stealing. But my church still happily tides

 

[Clayton Endicott]

:notithes:

Well played

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

$1, was a quarter, but i bumped up for inflation. And only cause my mom would be right there. Last time i went to surprise her for easter (she didnt show) I threw in 50 cents

 

[BaldingSoHard]

$1, was a quarter, but i bumped up for inflation. And only cause my mom would be right there. Last time i went to surprise her for easter (she didnt show) I threw in 50 cents

That's more than God has ever put in.

 

[Premeditated]

wait....wut?
that's what it's called?
I didn't know it was for us to put money in it
I thought it was the church handing out money to the goers as a token to the community for our loyalty

oops

 

[Shadow123]

Not a church goer for years. Back when I did go pastor pulled up in a 10-15 yo Rolls Royce. Yeah I know about depreciation blah blah blah but fukk that! Appearances count. Not. Another. Penny!

 

[MBwithadream]

$70 a month
But church anniversary came
& ended up pay $170

 

[Shoog Shatmi]

Wouldn't the money be better spent buying stuff for the homeless and destitute instead off having your pastor as a middleman?

Maybe, but in reality people don't go to church to help the poor. It's basically a social club for like-minded people, with some entertainment. That's what people tithe for. And there's nothing wrong with that.

 

[Marc Spector]

i used to give a dollar every sunday when I was a kid-teenager.

At the height of my religiosity I gave 20 in tithes and shyt still hurts til this day

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I threw in $20 last time I went.

I made this smiley. I haven't seen it in a minute tho

 

[CopiousX]

Lately ive been considering buying my way into a church community. But I can only part with $50per week without fcking with my existing investment schedules or messing up the side piece money.

people really paying tithes

Wouldn't the money be better spent buying stuff for the homeless and destitute instead off having your pastor as a middleman?

Actually, no. One entity paying $3,000 for canned goods has waaaaaaay more bargaining power than 100 different people, each paying 30bucks. You can often get wholesale prices for individual units of goods with bulk orders.





But what does that mean on a case by case basis for these homeless folk?



It means that your 30bucks can get you exactly 60 cans of beans, but your "middleman" pastor can get 66cans of beans per shopping trip (on the same money). Thats the equivalent of feeding 3 or 4 extra, hungry people.



Additionally, that pastor "middleman" can get nonprofit credits from your state and local govt, and grants from the federal govt that can add to 10-20% more food being donated.





But it really depends on how skilled your pastor is at mgmt. I knew a pastor who did all of the above AND signed with govt to let them use his church as a food bank. He worked the system so well that he managed to give govt sanctioned free food to his own congregation(irregardless of income) as long as he allowed outsiders to get food also.

 

[CopiousX]

I'm not trying to shyt on anyone's faith but I hope ya'll tithing $100 a week and shyt have your retirement funds in order cause goddamn that's enough to almost fully fund a Roth IRA every year.

I wish pastors shared this information. MBA-educated pastors got grown adults thinking finance is some kinda wizardry.