Earlier this year a 92-year-old Georgia woman named Josephine King was expelled from her church, a church she had been a member of for more than 50 years. The notification she received read: “Josephine King is no longer considered a member of this church as she has shown non-support towards the church in the areas of constant and consistent financial and physical participation.”
Ms. King admitted that she had not been giving as she once had. She also admitted that she had not attended church much recently – since she was an invalid! This fact was evidently ignored by the pastor and church board before they excommunicated her.
It’s always been this way. There are those in the church who are more concerned with money than anything else – not everyone – but enough to make us all cautious. And while this story is rather extreme, it is not unusual…
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