What Happens When a Church Runs out of Money?
As seminary costs rise, more pastors-in-training are turning to student loans to finance their education. But many find it extremely difficult to make their monthly payments after graduation because their first church is often small and so is the starting pay.
How does God incentivize giving in the church?
In order to incentivize giving, he needs to make the church members think they will gain financially from tithing. So he emphasizes the part about “return blessing” without really covering the other principles of tithing. When that happens, people get the wrong ideas. They give with the wrong motives. And it usually doesn’t work.
