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		By: reality_check		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black churches are parasites on the community.  They have so much potential, yet they choose not to exercise it.  The black church, like almost everything else in America, has been used to keep black people oppressed and depressed.  I am thoroughly convinced that the church is one of the major things holding black people back.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Black churches are parasites on the community.  They have so much potential, yet they choose not to exercise it.  The black church, like almost everything else in America, has been used to keep black people oppressed and depressed.  I am thoroughly convinced that the church is one of the major things holding black people back.</p>
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		By: Marque-Anthony		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marque-Anthony]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 07:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Churches are failing miserably. Not all churches, but far too many. There are two churches on every major street in every community yet crime is rampant, homelessness is awful, people have no jobs and they have to count on the government for food stamps, wic and section 8 housing. All while too many churches never do outreach because they are too busy doing &quot;inreach&quot;.

The great CO-mission was to go OUT and spread the good news, not do it on TBN only, radio only or wait for people to find their way into the sanctuary. The salt has lost it&#039;s savor. Where are our own banks, homeless shelters, job training centers, grocery stores, medical facilities? 

The church cannot get away from dependency on the world because the church has become just like it. Churches provide loans but want members to give, not loan. The moneychangers are back and the church Christ founded has become the church of Rev. Dr. Profit Ripoff.

If you do not study for yourself and hold the pastor and church leadership accountable, they get away with it every week. I am in Atlanta where Creflo Dollar has two jets, two Rolls Royces and offices on 4 continents. Yet members not in the click are lucky to get a loan, wow.

People thought Bishop Molester Long of New Birth walked on water. They literally carried him on their shoulders while he set on a man-made thrown. But God brought that charlatan down. We often quote &quot;the thief cometh not but to steal, kill and destroy&quot; and we refer to the thief as satan. But read the chapter closely and you will see that satan is the wolf in that chapter while the false minister who tricks and leaves the sheep helpless is the THIEF.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Churches are failing miserably. Not all churches, but far too many. There are two churches on every major street in every community yet crime is rampant, homelessness is awful, people have no jobs and they have to count on the government for food stamps, wic and section 8 housing. All while too many churches never do outreach because they are too busy doing &#8220;inreach&#8221;.</p>
<p>The great CO-mission was to go OUT and spread the good news, not do it on TBN only, radio only or wait for people to find their way into the sanctuary. The salt has lost it&#8217;s savor. Where are our own banks, homeless shelters, job training centers, grocery stores, medical facilities? </p>
<p>The church cannot get away from dependency on the world because the church has become just like it. Churches provide loans but want members to give, not loan. The moneychangers are back and the church Christ founded has become the church of Rev. Dr. Profit Ripoff.</p>
<p>If you do not study for yourself and hold the pastor and church leadership accountable, they get away with it every week. I am in Atlanta where Creflo Dollar has two jets, two Rolls Royces and offices on 4 continents. Yet members not in the click are lucky to get a loan, wow.</p>
<p>People thought Bishop Molester Long of New Birth walked on water. They literally carried him on their shoulders while he set on a man-made thrown. But God brought that charlatan down. We often quote &#8220;the thief cometh not but to steal, kill and destroy&#8221; and we refer to the thief as satan. But read the chapter closely and you will see that satan is the wolf in that chapter while the false minister who tricks and leaves the sheep helpless is the THIEF.</p>
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		By: toomanygrandkids		</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&quot;Unhappy people frequent church.&quot;  Such a true statement and the older these people are the more misery they spread among the community.  I have definitely noticed this back when I was a teenager.  

As far as the lady who tries to sell her home-grown veggies to church members:  BLACKS DO NOT SUPPORT OTHER BLACKS!  Even church members DO NOT wanna see hard-working black people earn a dime.  That lady (and others like her) should find other locations to sell her veggies.  Blacks are just as divided in church as they are in the community.

Minister/Pastors/Preachers should not be taken care of to the point where they live in million dollar mansions and drive fancy schmacy vehicles.  Just like so many other high-earning blacks who rarely &quot;give back&quot; to the black community, black preachers are selfish and &quot;in it&quot; for the money.  In case you didn&#039;t know when a pastor claims he received a call from God to preach the Word, most likely he lied big-time.  Their calling is usually a means to pay child support/other bills and live a lavish lifestyle.  The majority of black preachers usta be crooks/criminals who are now religious crooks.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Unhappy people frequent church.&#8221;  Such a true statement and the older these people are the more misery they spread among the community.  I have definitely noticed this back when I was a teenager.  </p>
<p>As far as the lady who tries to sell her home-grown veggies to church members:  BLACKS DO NOT SUPPORT OTHER BLACKS!  Even church members DO NOT wanna see hard-working black people earn a dime.  That lady (and others like her) should find other locations to sell her veggies.  Blacks are just as divided in church as they are in the community.</p>
<p>Minister/Pastors/Preachers should not be taken care of to the point where they live in million dollar mansions and drive fancy schmacy vehicles.  Just like so many other high-earning blacks who rarely &#8220;give back&#8221; to the black community, black preachers are selfish and &#8220;in it&#8221; for the money.  In case you didn&#8217;t know when a pastor claims he received a call from God to preach the Word, most likely he lied big-time.  Their calling is usually a means to pay child support/other bills and live a lavish lifestyle.  The majority of black preachers usta be crooks/criminals who are now religious crooks.</p>
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		By: toomanygrandkids		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[toomanygrandkids]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2014 11:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black churches are a SCAM.  People don&#039;t want to acknowledge it.  I don&#039;t know who&#039;s worse:  the pastors, deacons, etc or members of the congregation.  There are blacks who believe that they truly can&#039;t have heaven on earth.  Pastors hammer this teaching into the brains/minds of black people.  While the live in the lap of luxury, black people are waiting to reach glory through death.  Supposedly, life is better and worth living in the kingdom.

Maybe it is, maybe it isn&#039;t.  But many people put their lives on hold.  Not doing anything to make for a better life.  All the while, the pastor gets/takes their money, uses them for all of his needs, and church-goers see this as a way of life.  Believe me when I say that I have heard church members complain about their pastors and other members of the congregation in street-like ways.  Cussing, name-calling, and behaving like children.

And church folks aren&#039;t living a God-like life.  There are &quot;married men&quot; and &quot;married women&quot; having affairs inside and outside of the church.  Elderly folks have been carrying on in this manner for at least 25 years.  Down-low dudes (including pastors) are among the congregation.  Why don&#039;t the pastor &quot;preach&quot; about this type of sin more often?  Probably because he&#039;d lose half of his congregations monetary offering.  So pastors would much rather put money in his pocket than &quot;school&quot; these individuals.  Either that or he knows they won&#039;t listen to him anyway.

The black church is the devil&#039;s playground.  It has been revealed that pastors are now into drug activity.  Some of their male relatives (sons, nephews, cousins, etc) are storing drugs and weapons in the church.  They know that law enforcement very rarely will raid a church.  More &quot;goings on&quot; occur for years inside churches until exposure of the guilty.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Black churches are a SCAM.  People don&#8217;t want to acknowledge it.  I don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s worse:  the pastors, deacons, etc or members of the congregation.  There are blacks who believe that they truly can&#8217;t have heaven on earth.  Pastors hammer this teaching into the brains/minds of black people.  While the live in the lap of luxury, black people are waiting to reach glory through death.  Supposedly, life is better and worth living in the kingdom.</p>
<p>Maybe it is, maybe it isn&#8217;t.  But many people put their lives on hold.  Not doing anything to make for a better life.  All the while, the pastor gets/takes their money, uses them for all of his needs, and church-goers see this as a way of life.  Believe me when I say that I have heard church members complain about their pastors and other members of the congregation in street-like ways.  Cussing, name-calling, and behaving like children.</p>
<p>And church folks aren&#8217;t living a God-like life.  There are &#8220;married men&#8221; and &#8220;married women&#8221; having affairs inside and outside of the church.  Elderly folks have been carrying on in this manner for at least 25 years.  Down-low dudes (including pastors) are among the congregation.  Why don&#8217;t the pastor &#8220;preach&#8221; about this type of sin more often?  Probably because he&#8217;d lose half of his congregations monetary offering.  So pastors would much rather put money in his pocket than &#8220;school&#8221; these individuals.  Either that or he knows they won&#8217;t listen to him anyway.</p>
<p>The black church is the devil&#8217;s playground.  It has been revealed that pastors are now into drug activity.  Some of their male relatives (sons, nephews, cousins, etc) are storing drugs and weapons in the church.  They know that law enforcement very rarely will raid a church.  More &#8220;goings on&#8221; occur for years inside churches until exposure of the guilty.</p>
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		By: Joe		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Devin, Thanks for writing this. I speak on this issue all the time, but it now needs to become a serious dialogue at the national level. Those who&#039;ve previously raised these concerns have had their voices drowned out by those on the other side of the argument. I&#039;m confident we&#039;ll be able to withstand those efforts, moving forward. I&#039;ll be contacting you directly, so we can help move the national dialogue forward.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Devin, Thanks for writing this. I speak on this issue all the time, but it now needs to become a serious dialogue at the national level. Those who&#8217;ve previously raised these concerns have had their voices drowned out by those on the other side of the argument. I&#8217;m confident we&#8217;ll be able to withstand those efforts, moving forward. I&#8217;ll be contacting you directly, so we can help move the national dialogue forward.</p>
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		By: sheila		</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am so glad you said ministers should be cared for so they do not have to moonlight. But it should not become greed.  I watch so many ministers on tv and they go on and on about money.  I do not think you need Rolls Royce cars to get around in why can&#039;t it be a 15,000 to 20,000 american made car. Why should the ministers live in a 3 million dollar house why not a house for 150,000 something that is comfortable for the area they are located in. I see so much greed in many of the ministers on tv.  I am not saying all of them are like this but we are exposed so much to tv the greedy preachers.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am so glad you said ministers should be cared for so they do not have to moonlight. But it should not become greed.  I watch so many ministers on tv and they go on and on about money.  I do not think you need Rolls Royce cars to get around in why can&#8217;t it be a 15,000 to 20,000 american made car. Why should the ministers live in a 3 million dollar house why not a house for 150,000 something that is comfortable for the area they are located in. I see so much greed in many of the ministers on tv.  I am not saying all of them are like this but we are exposed so much to tv the greedy preachers.</p>
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