Church according to Acts

I have been thinking about this for years about how the current church, as much as I love them all and their passion for the things of the L-rd. I am not sure about why or how they function effectively.
What I mean is, the money that is spent on building and maintenance and so on ectera, is huge.

The church that I am very familiar with has decided to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate a very well functioning church building. The past changes to the property might have been necessary, but the current amount, makes me very sad and makes my heartache.

I would say spend the money if you have it after all the needs of the members of this church are being met, financially. Then I would agree to spend the money on the renovations.

As a member when I send my tithe and there is a need in the body of Christ that needs to be met, then it should be not a strange question to ask of the church to meet that need. Is that too much to ask?

My friend barely has enough money to pay her medical bills, but can she ask a church that has tithe coming in to take care of her financial need? Of course not, that is not normal. She has to pay over time for the procedure that she needs.

Is it up to me to take care of these needs that I see? I am in the category of widow, fatherless and now orphaned, These are the ones that the church is supposed to care for.

James 1:27, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress.”


  Deuteronomy 10:18, “He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing.”


Deut 14:28-30 The Levite because he has not portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the L0rd your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. 

We will not need money in heaven, but here on earth it is a function of life.

My car is broken, but paying for a new transmission or new car is not feasible right now. Could I ask the church if anyone has a car I can drive? Probably not.

In the 70's there were tent meetings and thousands of people came to the L-rd, thousands were healed and they are still serving the L-rd today. We did not need a huge church buildings with fancy anything for the L-rd to move among the people.

Please help me to understand this reasoning. America is in trouble but we are all still forced to be independent from each other. This is not right in my understanding, I feel more fulfilled with being with my friends, they dont have much, but what they do have they are sharing with me and my daughter.

Can you really say the L-rd is telling a church to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars, how much can that hundreds of thousands of dollars help the people of any congregation? Does this practice seem absurd to anyone else?

There might be many people in the church wondering why they have to suffer when the church has access to so much.

The people of the church have to go above and beyond their income at times to fulfill a need in their circle of friends, no one in the church should have financial needs in my opinion.

I feel like a wrung out rag until I am dry and beat against a rock and then spread out to dry.

My dream last night was that I was all dry, I had nothing else to give. I do feel like that too.

Do you see what I see and/or feel the way I do?

The church according to Acts-

Acts 2:42-47 New Living Translation (NLT)

The Believers Form a Community

42 All the believers devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, and to fellowship, and to sharing in meals (including the Lord’s Supper[a]), and to prayer.
43 A deep sense of awe came over them all, and the apostles performed many miraculous signs and wonders. 44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had. 45 They sold their property and possessions and shared the money with those in need. 46 They worshiped together at the Temple each day, met in homes for the Lord’s Supper, and shared their meals with great joy and generosity[b]— 47 all the while praising God and enjoying the goodwill of all the people. And each day the Lord added to their fellowship those who were being saved.

I see it this way, that everyone in the early church shared everything they had with each other, now in America, this has been a necessity for many. However, this society is still an independence on each individual to care for all their needs, including the widows, orphans and the Alien.