Those who refuse to give the “first fruits” of their income are no better than homosexuals and will go to hell, Grace City Church Pastor Josh McPherson said in a sermon titled “Are Christians Required to Give Money to the Church?” in March.
“If you’re sitting here claiming to be a Strongerman and wearing the gear and you are not tithing to God through this church and you’re some alpha male who likes to look down on all those gay sex men, just know that God views you and those men as the same,” McPherson said.
“First fruits” means the 10% off the top of whatever your household income is, and McPherson stressed that’s just the starting point. It’s a position McPherson has been vocal about since he started GCC, and former members have said McPherson tells his followers to pay their tithes before their mortgages, car payments and grocery bills1.
21 Comments
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 264d
Accidentally saying something Christ-like
HubertManne@piefed.social · 13 pts · 264d
Wow. A christian church pushing the 10% tithe thing. So unusual.
RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 264d
Welp, guess I'm gay. I should tell my wife.
ieatpwns@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 264d
10% off the top is wild af. Fuck prosperity gospel with a cactus. Idk who’s worse the church asking for the first cut or the fools blindly paying into this shit
calliope@retrolemmy.com · 8 pts · 264d
Oh no, “wearing the gear?”
abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 264d
Fellas, is it gay to not give money to Josh McPherson of Grace city church, Wenatchee, WA? You're literally...umm... Wait I got this...err...
Infynis@midwest.social · 6 pts · 264d
I think Jesus said something about guys like this. I think he said it with whips
SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 264d
While he was in chains?
luciferofastora@feddit.org · 1 pts · 264d
Nah, while he was visiting the temple and found grifters on its doorstep and had the most based tantrum in Abrahamic mythology
RonnyZittledong@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 264d
Somebody is having trouble making their Mercedes payment
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 264d
Prosperity gospel is a hell of a thing.
Easy there buddy, you're giving the game away.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 264d
If there's a hell, that wretch will be in it.
Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social · 5 pts · 264d
It's fun to see them with their masks off. Those "alpha male" types loved that, I'm sure.
LookBehindYouNowAndThen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 264d
Well, I might as well see what this whole gay sex thing is about as long as I'm hellbound anyway.
Who's cumming with me?
FridaySteve@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 264d
Wow I'm gay
AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 4 pts · 264d
Guess you may as well hang for a sheep as for a lamb in that case.
hateisreality@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d
How much you wanna bet he's in the closet?
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 264d
Then the lord looked up from the excel spreadsheet and said, “Give unto me a ten percent cut of your money…and like none of that ‘what about my mortgage’ stuff, I wanna make bank son.” -The book of Financialus chapter 3 verse 2.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 2 pts · 264d
Two tithes to Caesar then.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 264d
So as far as the Bible and Jesus himself are concerned, it’s perfectly fine?
otacon239@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 264d
Well, shoot. Here I woke attracted to women but now this pastor has turned me gay. I can’t spare the money, so I guess I’m into dick now…