Reply #37: If you have the money to pay them back [View All]

[Liberal Christian]

then you will not only feel as though you have paid the debt, but you will help the church to continue helping others as they helped you.

When I pastored a local church, we often gave money to people in need. Once in all that time, someone paid it back. I about fell over from astonishment. Then I put the money right back in the Discretionary Fund to help someone else.

If you're not comfortable giving it in person, by all means mail a contribution with a note. But I promise that if you take it back and give it to the priest who is currently serving there and tell him the story, you will absolutely make his day.

And if you are now in a place where you can repay the original amount with more, then that would be extra wonderful.