Church rejects donation from lottery winner

Comment #27

JackpotWanna — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:55:50 GMT

Maybe the donation wasn't big enough

Comment #26

skypekaitas6 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:08:12 GMT

Pastor, I am not lying, I am injured - Graduate and Marine Engineer, after I was disabled. Earlier I as a Child under 6 of age for 2 years did nothing but looking and understanding the 12 pages of calender and the numbers. When disabled aged around 25, I was after Mass Service in Church-Amager-Copenhagen-Denmark was told of the lottery winning and drama an episode outside the church. I WAS TOLD NO ONE CAN PREDICT 7 LOTTERY NUMBERS FROM 35 OF THE DANISH LOTTERY, I KNEW THIS FEAT I CAN DO, AND FIN... [ More ]

Comment #25

Idesire$ — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 02:04:20 GMT

Bingo is a form of gambling and some religious places have BINGO nite there. LOL

Comment #24

Zippy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:35:46 GMT

Maybe, he wants recognition(glory) if he wanted to donate that badly, he would do it anonymously...

Comment #23

time*treat — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:23:19 GMT

The first time less came down than went up would be the last time you did that.

Comment #22

dingo — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:44:40 GMT

Every organization has its principles. If his church do not accept, he can donate to other charities.

Comment #21

LckyLary — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:32:04 GMT

Of course Bingo is a form of gambling.. but the Church in question here is Baptist i.e. fundamentalist (Bible-based), and Bingo is usually run by Catholic churches.. and since Bingo proceeds go to the Church, I'd not see the harm. I don't even know where in the Bible it says not to wager money, but anything not to the glory of God is sin, so that could include even burping. Any sin from gambling would be what is done to get money to wager and what is done with winnings. Spending $20 of a tax ref... [ More ]

Comment #20

savagegoose — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:16:16 GMT

i got a standing deal with god, when i win money i toss it into the air. whatever god catches he can keep. so far he doesnt seem to want money at all.

Comment #19

whitmansm2 — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:06:39 GMT

This reminds me of a story my pastor told me long time ago.

There was a great storm coming and a little town was evacuating their people. A little old man refused to leave and said, God will save me The rains came. The old man prayed that God would rescue him. The people came back and told him he needs to get out now. He refused saying God will save me The water rose up as high as his porch! A boat was sent out to rescue the old man. He, again, refused saying God will save me . It rained har... [ More ]

Comment #18

time*treat — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:51:40 GMT

He's welcome to donate to time*treat's church-of-the fire, brimstone and scratch-offs; where the comdemned spend eternity listening to people who are bad at math (attempt to) argue the tax implications of lump sum vs annuity, and each sermon ends with a lovely jaunt through the Book of Revelation ... or USC 26, depending.

Comment #17

smooth05 — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 04:47:59 GMT

a lot of people belive in tilthing 10% to god so i don't see why they wouldn't take it, money is money

Comment #16

ThatScaryChick — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:29:02 GMT

I hope he finds a church who would be willing to except his donation and do some good with it. I'm sure there are quite a few churches out there, that wouldn't turn him away.

Comment #15

Littleoldlady — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:16:49 GMT

If that man wanted to make that donation to me the paster should have taken it. By his refusal, he has judged his pairshioner and that also is a sin. A man is not supposed to put his money in a hole in the ground..he is supposed to make his money grow. for poor folks, lottery winnings are the way that most of them do it. I hope that that man finds a church that is willing to take his tithe.

Comment #14

pacattack05 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:25:39 GMT

Very good points.

More hypocrisy

Even if the prostitute or the drug dealer didn't directly donate money, it was probably handled by them indirectly.

If the premise of the church is that the money is blood money, then all money should fall in that category. Most, if not all money has probably been used for evil purposes too, not just monks doing transactions...lol

Why do I even bother

Comment #13

pacattack05 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:19:20 GMT

Are you trying to make sense of religious hypocrisy?

Good luck

Comment #12

pumpi76 — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:12:10 GMT

I hope that they are against the stock market too because is the same crap, i hope they don't receive donation from someone in the stock market or put their money in the stock market since they want to take that route...Trading in the stock market is like giving your breathen your thrash who your breathen knows no better...I just hope they have that in mind and don't place their money in the stock market either...

I sometimes can blame them because at the current level that the lotteries is i... [ More ]

Comment #11

doubledee32 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:31:06 GMT

Almost reminds me of the story of a Pastor in Chicago years ago preached against playing the lottery and his wife plays behind his back and wins right? so the pastor was asked how he felt about the lottery now that his wife had won 5mil and his reponse was IT'S NOT A SIN WHEN YOU WIN!!

True Story

Comment #10

dbexec — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:30:47 GMT

If worthiness was a prerequisite for God's grace, we would ALL perish. But yes, it is all His. Not just in the end, but now, yesterday, and forever. The silver is His and the gold is His.

Comment #9

four4me — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:21:23 GMT

The church has every right to refuse any money from any source they deam unworthy of gods grace. However in the end it will all be his.

Comment #8

dbexec — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:21:42 GMT

If this Pastor thinks it's soooo bad, I don't believe he has read in his Bible where it says the the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just...

Comment #7

duckman — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:58:22 GMT

A church, like anyone else, has the right to choose where they knowingly get money from. This church has chosen not to put the sparkle of the dollar ahead of their principles.

An alternative for the lottery winner is to spread the donations around to several other churches with smaller anonymous donations. Spread it around. Smaller inner city churches often need money for the basics such as building repairs and for outreach programs which help the local community.

Comment #6

Doc Tor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:17:29 GMT

I don't understand any Pastor saying that they don't want lottery money. Do they know were the money they collect ever Sunday come from. They preach that those who wlak walks of this world should change and in changing some drug dealers come in that are still selling drugs and put money in the offering , those who are still prositituding put money ing the offering thos who go to the casino and win put money in the offering and on and on. So why and how could he say that they did not want lottery... [ More ]

Comment #5

spy153 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:58:43 GMT

I have an interesting story to share about this as well. I was troubled with myself to know whether I was doing the right thing by playing the lottery. And had asked the elders of the church about playing the lottery. My pastor stated he believed it to be a sin. So, I prayed about it for a long time. Many days I fasted and prayed. My church had a guest speaker coming to lecture during a conference. My husband and I planned to attend for the soul purpose of seeing this speaker because I had seen

Comment #4

RJOh — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:02:23 GMT

I'm against the lottery, but if one of my members won the lottery, I wish and I hope he would give 10% to the church, we could do a lot of things with that money, says Hall.

I wonder if that's 10% of the annuity value before taxes or 10% of what the winner actually gets after taxes even if he accepts the cash value. Some pastors believe God shouldn't have to stand in line and wait for Uncle Sam to get his share first.

Comment #3

s5thomps — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:13:18 GMT

If that particular church is not willing to accept the donation, then that is their CHOISE!, There are plenty of charities that would be willing to accept that money. I am sure that he could donate that amount of money to a homeless shelter, and probally write off most off it on his taxes! To me that is a win win situation.

Comment #2

ThatScaryChick — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:41:49 GMT

It always surprises me when I read stories of churches turning away lottery winners donations. The money could do so much good for a lot of people. It's not like these people are handing over money they earned from dealing drugs.

Comment #1

justxploring — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:27:46 GMT

Isn't Bingo a form of gambling?

In 2003 a man on Marco Island in FL won $14.3M and the Salvation Army returned his $100,000 check. He was a retired stockbroker and said that investing in the market is just as much as a gamble, so he was puzzled by the reaction to his donation.

Church rejects donation from lottery winner

Lottery Post — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:19:31 GMT

After Robert Powell hit the Florida Lottery jackpot last month and took home more than $6 million, he thought of his church.

And he offered to drop his tithe, around $600,000, in the collection plate of First Baptist Orange Park.

But the church and Pastor David Tarkington politely declined and told Powell they will not accept the lottery winnings.

Many churches do not approve of the lottery and gambling but on the other hand Pastor Dr. Lorenzo Hall of the El-Beth-El Divine Holiness C... [ More ]