Rich Pastor and Poor Pastor - 2

I , Me, and Mine:


Jesus did not appoint his  brothers and sisters as disciples. Jesus did not charge for his miracles.
Jesus visited both poor and rich.  Jesus did not appoint his mother as a head of the church.
Jesus never said he needs minimum crowd to address. Jesus did not sell his sermons, never asked his disciples to make wealth out the mission.

St. Paul writes in I Timothy 5:17, 18:

"The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching". But what about looting and living lavish Kingly life. 

Poor pastor mind is making wealth for him, his family and for his next generation. Rich pastor takes care of his sheep.  He gives everything for his congregation.  

Rich Pastor and Poor Pastor - 1

1. Where is your treasure, there is your heart will be also (Mathew 6:21).

Rich pastor's heart is in the word of God. He meditates word of God day and night. Rich pastor believes the Word of God word by word and follows it. He witnesses the Word God to his congregation. It is a Faith. No question how Sun moved back for 40 minutes (2 Kings 8-11) and Joshua's long day (Joshua 10: 12-13). Rich pastor do not wait for Nasa to prove it.  His life is not contracting to Word of God.  His eyes are not on worldly materials, money, tithing, women, wealth creation,  power, caste, language.... He preaches and practices too.

Sachin Tendulkar is a number one cricket player.  he never said, "I am the number one cricket player in the world so I do not require a practice match before the world cup match".  Even though he is a number one player, he never misses any practice match before the actual match. Rich pastor does not open Bible on Sunday only.  It is in his heart. He mediates it day and night, every day until his death. Because he has called for it. That is his life. Poor pastor opens the Bible just before the service. He articulates worldly stories for his congregation.  There is no life in what he utters in service.  There is no praises. There is no power of Holy Spirit. There  is no spiritual experience but only ritual experience.  Poor pastor compromises worldly pleasure for word of God.    For poor pastor, his body is not temple of Christ. 

For rich pastor witnessing a Word of God is Life because his heart is there. 

For poor pastor it is a job. A survival.

Know the tree by its fruits.

Rich Pastor and Poor Pastor - Introduction

Robert T Kiyosaki's Rich Dad and Poor Dad is a very famous book. This book is talking about what rich dads teach their kids and what poor and middle-class dads do not teach their kids.

I regularly watch few Television-evangelists programmes on youtube. My Facebook knows my taste and keeps recommending a lot of such sermons. I have a good number of video collections of the particular evangelist.

After experimenting the number of churches (from Pentecost to Jehova's witness to Lutheran to name any ) during 2004 - 2006 and decided to be in the Catholic church for various reasons, I go to Sunday mass regularly at least to be a good role model to my children.

Suddenly I realized why some pastors/priests are successful and many are not. A pastor/priest living on the other side of the globe influences me while a pastor/priest living in my neighborhood not.
So here is "Rich Pastor and Poor Pastor: What Rich Pastors teach their congregation members and poor and middle-class do not!".


I will keep pouring in my thoughts on this subject. 


* Pastor means all who preach irrespective of the church they belong to.
* Rich and Poor does not imply wealth accumulation in my discussion


                                                                                                                 (To be continued)