Walkawayarchie- I totally agree. There should be a system of checks and balances. In my former church, the pastor's wife did the bookkeeping for the church. I don't think that this should ever be allowed. Anyone that would make any sort of financial question would be like looked down upon.. like for not trusting the pastor or something. The pastor would always say that it wasn't his church.. it was everyone's.. but when it came down to it a select few made the decisions for the whole.. and you were to 'tow the line.'.......... errr! Frusterating!


I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.