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Originally Posted by Don Gelles 
You can call it whatever you like  . It does not change the fact that money is collected each Sunday and put into an account and used by the congregation. In addition to this, these funds once given are not used by the discretion of every member. In fact, once the money is given very few have control over how the money is spent. Sure sounds like a Treasury to me. I have no problem with that name.
Then what is it. What do you call what the collection is placed in. A bank account, church account, an account, a treasury.... And I will add that just because money is sent form a congregation for something that does not mean that EVERY members supports how that money is being used. |
By that statement I'm thinking more along lines of the semantic of doing "special funds" as a way to get around improperly using the "treasury" if the belief is not to help outsiders. If we collect money for any reason we're are doing so as a congregation. We're already supposed to be giving as much as we can, right? Sure, call it treasury, but don't say that the "special benevolence" contribution that I've seen some churches do is not treasury as well.
I can't say that there was ever a dollar spent that some member didn't shoot a spitball at us over. Special collections just encourage the "I'm not giving here, I'm saving it for here" attitude. We'd end up with a large airconditioner fund and not enough to buy the preacher's health insurance.
I hear you on using it correctly ... I'm sure that's why the Lord requires more than one elder ... to help us stay out of trouble.
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