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Saturday, January 12, 2008

would jesus drive a $350,000 bentley?

i don't think so.........
surprisingly enough REPUBLICAN senator charles e. grassley wants to know why some 'ministers' ARE

Senator's Inquiry Into Mega-Church Money Hypocrisy Sparks Church-State Showdown

By Rob Boston, Church and State
The New Testament reports that Jesus rarely used fancy modes of transportation to get around. He walked most of the time, although Matthew and other gospels mention that he once rode a borrowed donkey into Jerusalem, where he burst into a temple and tossed out the money changers.
Nearly 2,000 years later, some who claim to speak in Jesus' name are taking a different view. Consider Bishop Eddie Long, who pastors a mega-church in Lithonia, Ga. With a salary approaching $1 million a year and a nine-bathroom mansion situated on 20 acres, Long's choice of vehicles reflects his opulent lifestyle: He drives a $350,000 Bentley.
Far from casting out money changers, Long is likely to join them. In a 2005 profile in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, he defended his high-flying ways, insisting, "I pastor a multimillion dollar congregation. You've got to put me on a different scale than the little black preacher sitting over there that's supposed to be just getting by because the people are suffering."
Long's lack of humility has probably done him no favors. At the time, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), expressed dismay.
"When I hear about leaders of charities being provided a $300,000 Bentley to drive around in, my fear is that it's the taxpayers who subsidize this charity who are really being taken for a ride," he quipped.......

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Please do your homework and not copy/ paste some bogus "news" from another site... If the original "writer" who issued this did their homework, they'd know that Bishop Long has NOT been on church salary for over 10 years, their home is not on "20 acres" but in a subdivison that's not even gated and he does not drive a bentley. He does, however, own a luxury car rental service which is one of his personal business ventures where he makes his income that has nothing to do with the church.

Unknown said...

if you read more than just this posting, you would see MOST of MY postings ARE c&p of articles i think are interesting. i make a little comment or two on them. post a couple of paragraphs of the article AND the LINK to the WHOLE article.

as far as 'ministers' of mega-flocks go. I DON'T EFFING TRUST A ONE OF THEM. NOT A ONE.

Anonymous said...

OH NO, Rose. You drew in a member of the crook's flock. Very nice. One of my client's used to be the pastor of a megachurch. I went to do work there on a referral and I was disgusted. I did the job, but turned down any repeat work.

- A mansion on same grounds as the church.
- 3 SUVs, a BMW, and a Rolls Royce
- Bathroom fixtures, all gold plated.
- A Walk-through closet twice the size of my bedroom, filled with rows and rows of Italian Suits and lined with the most expensive Prada and other handmade leather shoes.

Jesus would be so proud. Jesus never criticized church-for-profit, did he?

Unknown said...

and i'm sure members of his flock were scrimping and saving just to put food on the table BUT they gave to him because he spoke THE WORD...

sick-making. absolutely SICK-MAKING