I started reading a new book a few days ago, and it seemed like a great book; but eventually it seemed like all it was doing was talking about money. The whole reason this bugs me is because I don’t think that our ministries need to revolve around getting more money. I mean maybe for a particular ministry you will need to raise a certain amount of money, but I don’t think that your ministry should thrive off of donations from people who have just briefly heard about it.

It dissapointed me to see the book turn in this direction, but it did. I didn’t quite no what to do. I don’t like not finishing books, so I tried to continue reading it, but it felt like it was just building me up to respond to the donation card about a hundred pages away from where I was. I will most likely end up finishing the book sometime, but it just makes me sad to see that money is so important to some ministries.

This book most likely isn’t as bad as I’m making it out to be, in fact I really enjoyed the parts I read that didn’t feel like a plea. It is the televangelists that have ruined it for other ministries though. I can’t stand to hear people ask for money, because there are those ministries out there that have to ask you for a donation after every podcast, and they will even give you a “free” gift with the donation. You know what I mean? “We will give you this free set of magnets with a minimum donation of fifty dollars!” Or how about this, I really can’t stand the way you will send an e-mail to one of these ministries, because the message they presented was really great and then all of a sudden you are recieving daily emails with about two sentences of devotion, and about two paragraphs expaining why you should become a partner with them.

These make me so upset. I am sorry, but I think it shouldn’t be our responsibility to support these huge ministries. I feel it is the local church’s responsibility. Obviously there are certain exceptions like when people just want to donate or give, but I am really tired of people classifying Christians as people who just want some extra money, and even more I am tired of these ministries that make that perception a reality.