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Originally Posted by flumoxed
I remember passing through a lot of villages in Kenya where houses were run-down and dilapidated, schools were falling apart, dispensaries and mortuary facilities were non-existent and fire departments were unheard of.
But in those same villages I saw grand opulent Churches that stuck out of the landscape like sore thumbs with their stained windows and beautiful gardens. I wondered why locals would spend so much of their resources for a building that was used 1 day a week while neglecting every other aspect of their life.
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How much have you ever donated from your own pockets to build a church? Most of the churches you see have been financed by the mother churches where the congregation has grown.
Most of the villagers still take their offerings as harvest to be auctioned in the church.