Calif. pastor takes in $2.4M after donations plea

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100103/ap_on_re_us/us_rick_warren_donations;_ylt=AgSnHPSkHka0yXccxgCvDth0fNdF

Sun Jan 3, 7:40 am ET
LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Evangelical pastor Rick Warren's plea for donations to fill a $900,000 deficit at his Southern California megachurch brought in $2.4 million, Warren announced to cheers during a sermon at the church on Saturday.

Warren said the amount raised after the appeal was posted online Wednesday included only money parishioners brought in person to Saddleback Church by New Year's Eve. More was arriving by hand and by mail, he said.

"This is pretty amazing," said Warren, who made the announcement by bringing out 24 volunteers each holding a sign for $100,000. "I don't think any church has gotten a cash offering like that off a letter."

[ixion]

1. praise the lord and pass the Real Estate

I'm sure he'll be in the market for a second or third home now. :puke:

[Christa]

2. Or 4th or 5th

as he personally is $500 million strong.

:puke:

[Va Lefty]

3. Yet another member of the PTL club...

and I don't mean Praise the Lord!!

[liberal N proud]

4. The blind being conned by the false prophet

[liberalmuse]

5. There really is a sucker born every minute.

Why a church would need such an obscene amount of money is beyond me.

[tsuki]

6. I guess I'll have to buy his book at the used book store. I can see

the "purpo$e" that drives his life. I'd like to have some of that "purpo$e" also.

[lpbk2713]

7. "Keep them cards and letters comin' in friends and neighbors."

"I need to gas up my 747." :eyes:

[JBoy]

8. Headline: Sheep volunteer for shearing.

[clear eye]

9. Sort of like the villain in a teen horror movie--

he (or in this case his hate-filled church) just won't stay dead.

[hayu_lol]

11. The 'low' return for his plea is his fault...

Oral Roberts sat on top of a flagpole and an obliging Texan sent him a check for 8 million.

Makes one wonder how regular church groups manage to survive these electronic 'come to Jebus' evangelicals.

[Subdivisions]

10. God, people are stupid. n/t

[AlinPA]

12. Does he need money for tickets on the rapture?