$500,000 pay for New Creation Church employee - Page 3

**cavallino** · 30-03-2009, 08:40 PM

no, with that same breath i can quote multiple passages that speaks of God blessing those with whom he is please with, with great wealth.

then what do we say to that?

it's a very chinese/ asian mentality that holds onto that image that religious ppl must have nothing to do with money.

it's our very asian background that fashions that perspective.. i dunno, maybe the roots lie in buddist/ taoist/ conficious beliefs..

but the bible does speak of many of its great men that were blessed with wealth, as well as various resources..

**jwhtan** · 30-03-2009, 08:42 PM

so something wrong with asian mentality ??

**cavallino** · 30-03-2009, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jwhtan

so something wrong with asian mentality ??

did i say that? read carefully.

**jwhtan** · 30-03-2009, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by cavallino

did i say that? read carefully.

i thot u imply that .... but wat do i know .....

ryo88 · 30-03-2009, 08:45 PM

I am not surprise with the pay considering what our garment have preach to all the singaporeans.

In order to prevent corruption, they have to pay themselve millions of dollar.
In order to get the best talent, they deserve their million salaries.

If singaporeans does not think garment pay is excessive, why can't a pastor pay himself 500k a year.

**jwhtan** · 30-03-2009, 08:47 PM

btw i dun disagree on what the church pays its members .... tat's their perogative .... and oh ... I've listened to Joseph Prince's sermon .... he's a very charismatic leader, i must say

**cavallino** · 30-03-2009, 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by jwhtan

i thot u imply that .... but wat do i know .....

i was simply questioning the assumption behind the negative responses to his paycheck..

the assumption that pastors cannot be associated with money or wealth...

i know the bible well enough to know that God has no problem letting anyone have lots of money..

God's concern is only whether the man owns the money, or whether the money owns the man..

How to bystanders know and judge? well, they can't. So they shouldn't. It's between that man and God on judgement day.

So logically, we should concern ourselves less with judging others and deciding whether their hearts and motives are misplaced, and concern ourselves more with our own personal account with our maker.

**jwhtan** · 30-03-2009, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by cavallino

i was simply questioning the assumption behind the negative responses to his paycheck..

the assumption that pastors cannot be associated with money or wealth...

i actually thot this assumption comes more from " Money is the Root of All Evil " than it having asian/chinese roots .....

**cavallino** · 30-03-2009, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jwhtan

btw i dun disagree on what the church pays its members .... tat's their perogative ....

i know you well enough to know that's what you thought even if your posts didn't allude to it.

**cavallino** · 30-03-2009, 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jwhtan

i actually thot this assumption comes more from " Money is the Root of All Evil " than it having asian/chinese roots .....

no. i feel they're different. even though they can be argued along similar lines.

well i guess it depends on different perspectives then

30-03-2009, 08:40 PM	#21
cavallino Administrator Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 578	no, with that same breath i can quote multiple passages that speaks of God blessing those with whom he is please with, with great wealth. then what do we say to that? it's a very chinese/ asian mentality that holds onto that image that religious ppl must have nothing to do with money. it's our very asian background that fashions that perspective.. i dunno, maybe the roots lie in buddist/ taoist/ conficious beliefs.. but the bible does speak of many of its great men that were blessed with wealth, as well as various resources..

30-03-2009, 08:42 PM	#22
jwhtan Barney Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,118	so something wrong with asian mentality ??

30-03-2009, 08:45 PM	#25
ryo88 Arofanatic Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 343	I am not surprise with the pay considering what our garment have preach to all the singaporeans. In order to prevent corruption, they have to pay themselve millions of dollar. In order to get the best talent, they deserve their million salaries. If singaporeans does not think garment pay is excessive, why can't a pastor pay himself 500k a year.

30-03-2009, 08:47 PM	#26
jwhtan Barney Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 9,118	btw i dun disagree on what the church pays its members .... tat's their perogative .... and oh ... I've listened to Joseph Prince's sermon .... he's a very charismatic leader, i must say

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