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A Chicago Church Just Straight Up Gave Each of Its Members $500 Read more at
http://www.relevantmagazine.com/slices/chicago-church-just-straight-gave-each-its-members-500#J6hibf0vF6ZfWFvK.99 That sounds pretty cool but as usual I’m split on the issue. I’d hate to second guess my motivations for following Jesus. Do I follow in hopes of receiving the fish and the loaves or do I follow out of a desire to receive living bread? I guess in my case it’s better to fast when I show up to remove all inner doubt. 
It sounds like the members have come up with some good uses for the money and it sounds like the pastor is encouraging people to decide for themselves. Those are pretty inspiring things.
The LDS Church does do that – and much, much more – for lots of its members. It just does it in the form of welfare assistance. I’ve received MUCH more than that over the course of my life. The LDS Church also has been criticized for its distribution of welfare funds in some places – being accused of trying to buy members. If it did this . . . the internet would explode with vociferous condemnation. That’s a guarantee.
I do see some good in this, especially in the general idea and way it was approached (the “heart” and motivation), but I don’t like the idea of a church handing out money outside of need.
It sounds interesting, but our church gets so much flak for lack of transparency, and it accused of having more money than it knows what to do with, I think it would signal a church with more money than it needs. They would never do it — particularly given the number of members in our church. Old-Timer wrote:The LDS Church does do that – and much, much more – for lots of its members. It just does it in the form of welfare assistance. I’ve received MUCH more than that over the course of my life.
The LDS Church also has been criticized for its distribution of welfare funds in some places – being accused of trying to buy members. If it did this . . . the internet would explode with vociferous condemnation. That’s a guarantee.
I do see some good in this, especially in the general idea and way it was approached (the “heart” and motivation), but I don’t like the idea of a church handing out money outside of need.
Thank you for pointing this out Ray, our family has been recipents of church welfare while my husband was in school and it made a big difference.
There are many things I’d like to see the LDS church do. This is not one of them. I think it might “work” for a lone independant church but as others have said, for a large organization this would have many more pitfalls than positives.
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