Quite often, the controlling decisions are based on the need to meet the debt payments rather than God's redirection of funds to current needs. Often, the ability to repay the debt is dependent on the ability of the pastor to preach. In many instances, lenders have required a signed contract from the pastor that he would not leave while the debt existed and would maintain an insurance policy to pay off the debt in the event of his death. Huge sums of believers' money go to meet interest payments. This money could be used to further God's kingdom rather than Satan's.
Many major denominations spend more on interest payments than on foreign missions.
Other Christian ministries There certainly can be no distinction between churches borrowing or other ministries borrowing. If an organization holds itself out to be an instrument of Jesus Christ, then it must be striving to meet God's standards. Certainly, there are no perfect ministries or churches, and try as we might we will continue to fall below God's measure. If God can direct us by providing, then He also can direct by withholding. Many ministries have borrowed to do things God never intended them to do.