It has been said that there are three things in the world that are most likely to destroy a person: money, power, and sex.
This article portrays and documents the rise and fall of a female pastor in the church from the perspective of money.
Pastor Enya's mother believed in the Lord at a very early age. Under her mother's guidance, she came to the church and became a Christian. Enya was not just concerned with the needs of the church but saw one of the greatest shortages in the church at that time—a lack of pastors, especially those with a formal theological education. So she decided to study theology.
Just like that, Sister Enya graduated from the seminary and began full-time ministry in the church before being ordained as a pastor.
The majority of the people in the pastoral community are men. Pastor Enya caught the attention of a brother in the church. The pastor of the church felt that this brother was more committed to his faith and was willing to support Pastor Enya in the ministry. The two fell in love, got married, and had children.
Pastor Enya gave birth to two children, a son, and a daughter. In her case, she did not cross the money threshold.
It turned out that Pastor Enya, who had been working full-time in the church for a long time, received little monthly financial support, which was unstable; sometimes she received nothing at all. Her husband, who works in a factory, earns a small salary and has very little left after paying the rent. The small family that had been able to sustain itself began to suffer a financial crisis after the addition of two children successively.
Raising two children in this day and age can be quite expensive. It costs money to send the children to nursery school and buy meat, milk, eggs, and fruits. There are also medical appointments, medicines, clothes, and toys to buy.
It turned out that, in addition to working in the church, Pastor Enya also handled the finances of a small organization part-time due to the pressures of life. As there was no demarcation between the job of a cashier and the job of finance, it was all given to Pastor Enya to do.
Unbeknownst to anyone, she began to take money from the organization. After transferring the money to her account, she used the money to buy milk, beef, fish, prawns, clothes, toys, and so on for the children. The first few times, the money was probably taken and quickly returned; later on, the money was just taken and never returned. The misconduct of Pastor Enya continued for several years before it was discovered. An investigation revealed that over the course of several years, Pastor Enya had taken over 100,000 yuan.
Pastor Enya was not only unable to work part-time in the organization but also unable to continue serving in the church, and the church kicked her out. The bigger problem was that other churches were afraid or unwilling to invite her to serve. In the end, her family chose to leave the country and disappear from sight.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
有人说,世界上有三个东西,是最容易把人给毁掉的,这三个东西就是钱、权、色。
本篇从钱的角度来描绘和记录教会一女牧师的衰亡之路。
恩雅牧师的妈妈很早就信了主。在妈妈的引导下,她来到了教会,成为了一名基督徒。恩雅不仅只是关注教会的需要,而是看到了当时教会最大的缺乏之一——缺乏牧者,尤其是受过正规神学教育的牧者。于是恩雅姊妹决定去读神学。
就这样,恩雅姊妹从神学院毕业,然后在教会开始全职服事,然后被按立成为牧师.
在牧师这个群体当中,男性占据绝大多数。恩雅牧师就引起了教会一名弟兄的注意。教会牧者觉得这个弟兄信仰上也比较追求,愿意支持恩雅牧师的服事。之后2个人恋爱,结婚,生子。
恩雅牧师先后生下两个孩子,一个儿子,一个女儿。在恩雅牧师这里,她终究没有跨过金钱这道门坎。
原来,恩雅牧师因为长期在教会里面全职服事,每个月能够得到的经济供应并不多也不稳定,有一些时候甚至没有。而恩雅牧师的丈夫在一家工厂上班,每个月的收入也不多,除了用来交房租以外,就所剩无几了。
恩雅牧师结婚以后,这个原本还能够维持的小家庭在先后多了两个孩子以后,就开始不断出现财务危机。
在今天这个时代养育两个孩子需要相当不菲的花费。孩子上幼儿园,购买肉类、牛奶和鸡蛋、水果都需要花钱。另外还要看病买药,买衣服、买玩具。
原来,除了在教会服事、牧会以外,迫于生活的压力,恩雅牧师还在一个小机构里面兼职,负责财务工作。因没有把出纳和财务分开,全部都交给了恩雅牧师来做。
在任何人都不知道的情况下,恩雅牧师开始伸手拿这个机构的钱。把钱转到自己账号里面以后,恩雅牧师就拿着这些钱给孩子们买牛奶、牛肉、鱼虾还有衣服、玩具等等。前面几次,可能拿了以后很快就想办法还回去了。可是后来钱只是拿出来却再也没有还回去了。恩雅牧师的不当行为在持续了几年之久以后也终于被人发现了。一番调查下来发现,在几年的时间内,恩雅牧师一共拿走了十多万块钱。
恩雅牧师不但没法在这个机构里面兼职了,也不能够继续在这所教会服事了,教会把她赶了出去。更大的问题是,其他教会不敢也不愿意邀请她参与服事。最终,恩雅牧师家庭选择了远走他乡,消失在了人们的视线当中。
牧者衰亡启示录(一):恩雅牧师的衰亡之路——金钱是撒旦最常规也最强有力的武器
It has been said that there are three things in the world that are most likely to destroy a person: money, power, and sex.
This article portrays and documents the rise and fall of a female pastor in the church from the perspective of money.
Pastor Enya's mother believed in the Lord at a very early age. Under her mother's guidance, she came to the church and became a Christian. Enya was not just concerned with the needs of the church but saw one of the greatest shortages in the church at that time—a lack of pastors, especially those with a formal theological education. So she decided to study theology.
Just like that, Sister Enya graduated from the seminary and began full-time ministry in the church before being ordained as a pastor.
The majority of the people in the pastoral community are men. Pastor Enya caught the attention of a brother in the church. The pastor of the church felt that this brother was more committed to his faith and was willing to support Pastor Enya in the ministry. The two fell in love, got married, and had children.
Pastor Enya gave birth to two children, a son, and a daughter. In her case, she did not cross the money threshold.
It turned out that Pastor Enya, who had been working full-time in the church for a long time, received little monthly financial support, which was unstable; sometimes she received nothing at all. Her husband, who works in a factory, earns a small salary and has very little left after paying the rent. The small family that had been able to sustain itself began to suffer a financial crisis after the addition of two children successively.
Raising two children in this day and age can be quite expensive. It costs money to send the children to nursery school and buy meat, milk, eggs, and fruits. There are also medical appointments, medicines, clothes, and toys to buy.
It turned out that, in addition to working in the church, Pastor Enya also handled the finances of a small organization part-time due to the pressures of life. As there was no demarcation between the job of a cashier and the job of finance, it was all given to Pastor Enya to do.
Unbeknownst to anyone, she began to take money from the organization. After transferring the money to her account, she used the money to buy milk, beef, fish, prawns, clothes, toys, and so on for the children. The first few times, the money was probably taken and quickly returned; later on, the money was just taken and never returned. The misconduct of Pastor Enya continued for several years before it was discovered. An investigation revealed that over the course of several years, Pastor Enya had taken over 100,000 yuan.
Pastor Enya was not only unable to work part-time in the organization but also unable to continue serving in the church, and the church kicked her out. The bigger problem was that other churches were afraid or unwilling to invite her to serve. In the end, her family chose to leave the country and disappear from sight.
- Translated by Nonye Nancy
Pastor's Downfall: Money Is Satan's Most Conventional, Powerful Weapon