What would Jesus think about multimillion dollar mega-churches?
Good question. That has been running thru my thoughts every now & then. I just think that churches are a bunch of corporations. From my past experience, churches in America are adopting values and practices from the corporate world. They have mission statements, management teams, consulting services, investors in the stock market (Mormon) etc. One would think that they would get all the vision and direction they would need right from the Bible or from a Christian tradition. Whatever happened to the simple gospel of Jesus? Whatever happened to simply taking up a cross and following Jesus? This is just what I think… when a church is incorporated, all of the acts done in the name of the corporation or with corporate funds or property are presumed by law to be acts of the corporation. Are church members responsible to those laws or to the Bible? What happens when they conflict? Who decides what is the right course of action, the church or the state? From my understanding, the apostle Pau
