Pastor Steve Furtick of the Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, brings in 20,000 worshippers and $500,000 every weekend.  That’s tax-free money.

I guess some eyebrows raised when it got out that they “asked volunteers and employees alike to sign a confidentiality agreement, which threatens to sue if volunteers and members disclose church finances.”

Hummm … Then there’s the fact that they give away 12% of that they take in.  Nobody knows what exactly happens to the rest of the money. I suppose that church members don’t care because they get Jesus out of the deal.

Furtick was recently asked how much money he makes.  His answer?

That would be the most arrogant thing I could do and it would rob me of the blessings of what Jesus said, which is that when you give, you don’t get up and tell everyone how much you’ve given.

Uh, we’re asking how much you get, not how much you give.

The church recently built him a $2,000,000 home which he says is “not that great of a house.” It’s got 7 and half bathrooms, which is probably the bare minimum because this guy is full of crap.

Thanks to Alan for the heads up.