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Is it OK to receive donations from illegal drug sources?

Acts-celerate Owner Posts: 6957 **1/18/16 1:11 pm**

For decades, maybe still happening, the COG (and other Pentecostal groups), while preaching hell-hot against smoking, received tithes and offerings from people who raised tobacco. They could not smoke it, could not be a member of the church if they did, but they could grow it for others to smoke.

Which raises the question: Does that philosophy carry over to the drug trade? Some say nicotine is one of the strongest drugs of all. Both tobacco and drugs can kill; one slower than the other but the end result is basically the same.

Just wondering?

Doyle
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Cojak

01000001 01100011 01110100 01110011 Posts: 24282 **1/18/16 1:21 pm**

I have actually known 3 drug dealers, neither of them would be caught dead giving to a church, but did give to some who needed it. One died early, the others changed their ways one is a 'sort of preacher' lay preacher now, the other a respected business man.

But I don't think we have a problem of drug money in church. Shocked

If a church gets it, I don't think the source would be known, would that be okay?
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diakoneo

Golf Cart Mafia Consigliere Posts: 3382 **1/18/16 8:39 pm**

I was told by more than a few members that the church I pastor now would probably not exist if not for financial aid from bootleggers and moonshiners. Some of them eventually became members others did not.

Cojak

01000001 01100011 01110100 01110011 Posts: 24282 **1/18/16 9:31 pm**

When my dad pastored VAldese, NC I remember a boot legger attending, I knew him, his daughter was my first girlfriend and she never knew it. I knew where his still was. I am sure he gave in the offering plate, no checks for sure.

How would it be possible to turn that down? I don't think a cheerful giver will bring an offering and say, this is money from an illegal business, will you take it. If that happens, I could see a pastor giving it some deep thought. Shocked

I just cannot see that happening.

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