Is
church peacemaking or profit making?
Is
church peacemaking?
Christ came to the
world and promised the peace, in the same way church pastors are making peace
among the people. The priest gives the peace through the prayers and sacraments;
Church unites people in the circle of the territory. It units them together in
moments of prayer and celebration even forth common issues. In the church
pastors need to serve the people in the spiritual matters. Priest and church
are the part of their own so they contribute through donation or the monthly
subscription. This could help the church to maintain the church activities and
help the poor financially. It may be used us the personal money to meet the
expense in the church and himself. The money comes through the different way to
the church activities. In different way the money handled for building grotto,
church hall, renew the church, rebuilding the church, institutions etc. the
surplus money is misuses by priest and parish people or the council members in
different way. This makes people fight among themselves and to the priest.
Church peacemaking is
becoming much more common and the number of cases cited is growing at an
increasing peace. The field of church peacemaking is also maturing. With more
sophisticated reflections of its growing experience, a body of knowledge is
developing. Leaders are particularly effective in working together for peace
when they are form different churches. When the faith explore and practice
common values, such a justice and compassion, in public life, church leaders
can be an inspiration to other in the local church. Bringing the spiritual
dimension into the peacemaking process can create access to the more deep-seated,
affective base of the parties’ behavior is often based on more emotional
considerations and thus may not be changed simply by rational negotiation
process and subsequent agreements. Cognitive decisions and commitments, don not
necessarily translate into feelings and actions.
These dimensions can be
used in the service of peacemaking. Two critical elements in religious life
that are centrally important for peacemaking they are empathy and compassion,
and the value of tapping into these attributes is readily apparent in effective
religious peacemaking. This report provides a series of case studies addressing
specific religious conflict through a variety of methodologies. Some of the case
describe dramatic successes, like the inter faith mediation centre for
mediation peace between Christian. Leaders joining together to resolve cast
conflicts that are at least partially rooted in anbiam’s or parish territories
when you are ill. You are alone. If you are in pain and you feel that no one else
understands the pain. You feel like you have no relatives, and you feel
abandoned. We talk about the support group. This can be a family member, relatives,
clergy, or someone else the person who is ill can identify with. A support
group member is sympathetic, non-judgmental, knows how to listen well, and is
supportive of the person who is ill.
Church is known for peacemaking
instruments because Jesus promised the peace to the world. In the same peace we
share in the church in the society. In a parish each and every family must be
united but is it possible in a reality? There are conflicts between families
and anbiams, church and parish council, caste system, rich and poor. The
Christian families need to open the way to relate with all in the church for
that the parish priest is the instrument to unite all as one family of Christ.
The other instruments are the religious institutions and pious associations,
even the parish council members and catechist.
Religious peacemaking
is becoming much more common, and the number of cases cited is growing at an
increasing pace. The field of religious peacemaking is also maturing. With more
sophisticated reflections of its growing experience, a body of knowledge is
developing. I made an earlier attempt to reflect on this experience in the book
I edited titled Interfaith Dialogue and Peace building. Leaders are
particularly effective in working together for peace when they are from
different communities. When the faith explore and practice common values, such
as justice and compassion, in public life, religious leaders can be an
inspiration to others in the local church.
Bringing the spiritual
dimension into the peacemaking process can create access to the more
deep-seated, affective base of the parties’ behavior, enabling them to examine
critically their own attitudes and actions. People’s conflict behavior is often
based on more emotional considerations and thus may not be changed simply by
rational negotiation processes and subsequent agreements. Cognitive decisions
and commitments, he argues, do not necessarily translate into feelings and
actions.
These dimensions can
all be used in the service of peacemaking. Two critical elements in religious
life that are centrally important to peacemaking are empathy and compassion,
and the value of tapping into these attributes is readily apparent in effective
religious peacemaking
This report provides a
series of case studies addressing specific religious conflicts through a
variety of methodologies. Some of the cases describe dramatic successes, like
the Inter Faith Mediation Center mediating peace between Christians. Leaders
joining together to resolve cast conflicts that are at least partially rooted
in anbiams or parish territories.
There are different pious association that
helping the church in peace making process. They are the intermediary between
church and the people. They play vital role for dialogue with people and make
the church to respond the need of the people.
The sacrament of
confession makes more meaning to their life in communion with one another. This
is the sacrament that unites everybody and accepts with kind heart. In this
sacrament is to communicate emotions, feelings, positive attitudes, and
relationships. “Confession” has the connotation of relating one’s sins to a
cleric or a congregation, and that’s not quite “it.”
"Peace
I leave with you, My Peace I give to you." In this live we're going to
have misunderstandings and disagreements in the church. But never can we stop
trying to make peace with each other.
Ever
wish you could better control your anger, avoid conflict or keep your mouth
shut? In this message Pastor John will be speaking about Jesus' call to be a
peacemaker.
Is church
profit making?
We follow Jesus teaching. This could be used to help the poor. The roman catholic
church is quite the rich little operation compare to other churches. Priests are not rich because they are service
minded in their fields. People contribute to the church and for the welfare of
the people. They give helping hand to run the church by way of iving
subscription and donation. The church reuest people to contribute ome money for
the mission work and the establishment o the church or renovate the church,
building the grotto ..etc. the money is collected for the particular pupose to
do the ork some time it could be surplus which could be ued for the development
of the church. The fund raising work I done by the people in particular parish
council or the anbiam leder. The money is handled by the people some parishes
the parish priest. It depends upon the parish and places.
My church is non-profit, they give to the
homeless to the home as to help them to get food at the locker, clothers, and
to make sure their kids get medical attention. There is no enough money to get
it all to be done. Our pastors can help the people whatever the way they can.
Priest spends money on people.
Individuals and groups were fired with the zeal of Jesus, who took the
side of the poor and the outcast.
Now churches own many institutions and,
regrettably, some are mere money-making institutions it seems to be but
practical way it’s for the needy that church renders help.
The primary reason for this incorporation, is so that a 501(c)(3) tax
exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service can be secured that will exempt
the church from paying taxes on its offerings and property, and will provide a
tax exemption to the organization's donors. The incorporation also serves to
protect private individuals in the church from incurring personal liability in
the organization's behalf. Whenever a church becomes such a corporation, it is
required by law to keep detailed records of donations and financial records so
to prove the non-profit intent of the organization and to protect the intended
purpose of the donor's offerings. Violations of related laws can result in
revocation of a church's non profit status.
Section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code describes what the government considers
to be an eligible nonprofit, religious group. "A tax-exempt religious
organization is a legal entity or vehicle created and operated
exclusively for religious purposes, no part of the net earnings of which
insures to the benefit of any private individual, no substantial part of
the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to
influence legislation, and which does not participate in or interfere in any political
campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office." churches fall into the category of ‘charitable’
entities. This is often a stretch.
Most churches are incorporated as nonprofit organizations, but there is no
scriptural edict that requires any such status or any recognition from secular
government. Some have contended that if persons regain their donation in the
form of deducted taxes, it diminishes the sacrificial value of the original
offering (2 Sam. 24:24). However, the tax exemption status has generally been
viewed as one of God's great blessings to the American church, enabling it to
direct greater sums to evangelism, benevolence, and foreign mission fields.
The promotion activities of the church spends money for the welfare of the
faithful. The parish priests ask the help of the parish council members to some
work to the church. Sometimes it happens that they miss handle the money in the
name of the church. It is not in all cases of the church. There are good people
to spend money unnecessary.
The money enters into the church by subscription and donation and these are
entered on the accounts. Through the contribution of the people the church able
to carry out the mission and maintain the church going.
There’s an Internet meme of a pair
of white adults handing bibles to Indian children, while the children ask how
they can eat them. Prayers may make those praying feel good about them, but do
nothing to eradicate poverty or feed the meek. I’m not sure what glitch in
human psychology allows us to confuse the two, but the longer we do, the less
actual assistance we can offer
Sometimes the church leaders preach very well
on the charity and but they close the door when they people approach for help.
Posters are cheated by the people and for that reason when needy extents the
hands for help from the priest he thinks
twice before helping the person.
Some people say that church force the people to
offer money because church needs money for the expenses. Church renders service
to the needy in all the places possible but the flow of money in the church
depends upon the area rural or urban parishes. The rural place peoples standard
of living is very low when compare to the urban area parishes. The rural parish
managed by the priest and he gets the minimum subscription according the
families economic situation in the particular area. In the urban they fix it
common because the standard of living is very high and they can contribute more
money to the church for financial support. For an example the apostle of Paul
did not have money to travel or maintain the church and even helping the people
but the money is given by the individuals to support the church in their own
way.
Church helps the people in many ways like
school, scholarships, building houses, educational help, financial support for
the poor families, providing rice and food material to the poor families,
employment opportunities to the jobless.,,, etc. we organize VBS camp in our
campus and provide everything free of casts in that case need financial support
from the people or even any meeting is passable to spend some amount of money
on that occasions.
Churches need money for different programme and
groups, youth, children, outreach, worship, preaching, teaching, fellowship,
adults, parents, service etc. Church
needs budget to run the year and includes money to spend for the whole year. Sometimes
the church renovation works and maintenance of every year is very costly in
that case church has to spend lot of money.
The faithful criticize the pastor is that they
receive money for all the services possible but Jesus says that do not make my
father’s house as the business place. But in reality there are some
business going on each and every
churches for the financial stability of the church. The congregation must help
the church for the maintenance and other related works otherwise the church
dies automatically.
Charity and donation that which helps the
church run in long run as pastor cannot do anything by him for finance part
because the individual stabilize the income means it is not possible at all.
The pastor cannot do all the work possible in the church sweeping cleaning
watchman different bills at end of the month like electric and taxes from the
government.
Many catholic are volunteer the works as
musicians, choir, other part of church activities they do as gods work. Few
people they offer service to the church by doing any one of the works in the
church in that way church can reduce the expenses and do more charity to the
needy people by way of money and materials.
By
Arulkumar
மலரும் மண உறவு இயக்கம் - தமிழ் நாடு
மணவாழ்வு மலர்ந்திட, மலரும் மண உறவு வார இறுதிப் பயிற்சி
அன்பு இவற்றை புதுப்பிக்க விரும்புகின்றீர்களா?
தமிழ்நாடு மலரும்
மண உறவு இயக்கம் உங்களை இப்பயிற்சிக்கு தம்பதியர்களாக உங்களை வார இறுதி பயிற்சிக்கு
அழைக்கிறது. 
தமிழ்நாடு மண உறவு இயக்கம்
