This is simply cheating.

I've been a podcast listener with a bundle of three questions, three for the price of

one.

Dear Pastor John, I recently came across a website titled We Are Church, which is Francis

Chan's new calling in which we read the following question.

If someone asked you to describe church using only the Bible, what would you say?

And it's explained that their church structure includes no salary for pastors.

Tithes and offerings are collected, but all the money is set aside for missions and people

meet in homes.

I have great respect for Chan, and I know you do too, but it forces me to ask three questions.

One, is a biblical for a pastor to draw a salary from the church?

Two, is a biblical for the church to gather together in church buildings?

And three, is a biblical to use a weekly rhythm for sermons and preaching?

Well, let's just leave aside any specific person or website.

I like Francis Chan a lot.

I kind of was a good friend.

We've overlapped in lots of places, and I like him, and I don't want to pick on him

at all.

So I'm just going to pose the very specific question.

Salary for pastors, question number one, two, preach sermons as part of a regular church

service.

Three, do it weekly.

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