Could it be the $$$$. After attending Calvary Costa Mesa for so long I decided to go somewhere else because it seems most of the pastors were frankly white male (landowners). Recuiting is such a staple in the OC and not just C.C. but also Saddleback and Harvest in Riverside. Shouldnt it be the word of God and not the money.
2007-12-30 06:56:56 · 8 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
All those years at CC Costa Mesa, 3-4 services on Sudays and 1-2 every weekday, the school and the store. It's got to be one of the most profitable businesses in the Orange County. Where has all the money gone. Absolutely zero accountability in the name of God. so sad.
2007-12-30 08:04:23 · update #1
Yes, it should be about the Word of God and not the money, but I have been disillusioned and jaded because very often it is about the money. It's simple math combined with simple human nature. More people equals more money, and more money equals more money for the pastor, and greed is a powerful temptation, even if you are the mighty Rick Warren. We prefer to attend a smaller church that is organized in our state as a corporation, which means that every year we have annual budget meetings where all the finances are disclosed, and the members vote on the next year's budget, including the pastor's salary. Financial accountability is a good thing because some pastors get it in their heads that their church belongs to them and they earned it and have a right to take whatever they want to take from the till. This is a very dangerous way of thinking for anyone, and wise men submit themselves to authority and insist on being held accountable. Even worldly organizations recognize that the CEO is to be accountable to the shareholders. I'm sure we'll get many more news stories in 2008 about pastors who refused to be accountable, and all Christians will be embarrassed yet again.
2007-12-30 07:05:58 · answer #1 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Mission Viejo and found exactly the same thing.
I suggest trying the Mission Viejo Vineyard.
The people and leadership there were real people, and truly cared about the community and people in need.
If you are trying to find a church that agrees with your interpretation of the word of God, you may have a terrible time, depending on what you believe God has revealed to you.
The fact that there are sooo many interpretations of God's word make it imperative that you find a church, that actually provides tangible help for society and people in need, rather than a church that reinforces your belief on the nature of baptism or your interpretation of hell....
2007-12-30 07:05:33 · answer #2 · answered by ɹɐǝɟsuɐs Blessed Cheese Maker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use to go to Calvary Baptist Church in Anaheim, It was then and my still be only the bible is used, opion was left at the door and for classrooms in debts and discussions. It's close to you off of State College and Linclon about a 1/2 mile by the river bed.
I moved away and haven't found another Church like it.
Johnny
2007-12-30 07:02:14 · answer #3 · answered by John M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could circulate away severe college, yet you nevertheless meet an identical characters. Heard that someplace... confident i'm in severe college Zumaria, thank you lol yet I do ask and answer questions with adulthood and intelligence and that i've got relaxing additionally, i'm no longer to blame of instigating the garbage that is going at right here, on the instant must be the exception and while human beings use to contain me in e-beefs, i could tell them the place to circulate, in recent times i do no longer likely get worked up over this and ought to form ''lol''. each and every of the drama that use to circulate on nevertheless replaced into in good relaxing, even the beefs right here, they have been humorous, in spite of if it has have been given lots meaner and unhappy in my view. who's that pitiful that they could make an effort to clone somebody and create on line personas. It takes away the relaxing of this area, b/c it does circulate over the best while it starts off to grow to be merciless and makes you question peoples genuine lives and why they are like this. BQ: i replaced into bullied in school, it replaced into on and rancid by utilising distinctive human beings, one twelve months I only saved to myself most of the time, it did give up nevertheless b/c I dealt with it and did only that, i did no longer enable it hardship me and finally I stood up for myself which certainly works ya know, it made me who i'm, some grew to become out to be acquaintances with me even. I additionally instigated, fuelled rumours looking lower back. I additionally stood up for those that have been being bullied a situations while it replaced into undeniable incorrect, i did no longer circulate into the middle and give up it yet i did no longer only stand there, i could make my view heard.
2016-10-20 10:27:00 · answer #4 · answered by pienkowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I made it a rule to never attend a Church where there are people earning obscene amounts of money - Jesus didn't own a palace or a ranch with many animals!
2007-12-30 07:01:12 · answer #5 · answered by happy_southernlady 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Thats right.
2007-12-30 07:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by guitarrman45 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You my friend are exactly right!
2007-12-30 07:00:35 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Please forgive me. What is OC? I take it it's ____ church.
2007-12-30 07:00:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋