But there is no way to do without money. If three or four friends gather week by week in one of their homes, money was needed to buy or rent that home. And once you order hymn books, print Bibles, hire a janitor, pay a full time pastor, put the good news on the radio, or send out missionaries, financial problems arise. And wherever money is involved some will be tempted to misuse it. This happened with Judas who kept the bag for Jesus's band of disciples.
Sensible people accept the fact that money is needed for necessary expenses.
What bothers us is when we are hassled every Sunday to give for mounting expenses. Even worse is facing a huge deficit, and being made to feel guilty if we do not meet it. Nor do we appreciate others evaluating our income, and then telling us how to invest our giving. It is even worse when our denomination thinks up a budget for work on a wider scale, and then lays on a financial campaign for us to meet their target. We know that anyone can think up ways to spend other people's money.