# praise the lord and buy us a car! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054 "2003-04-07T13:35:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/1 "2003-04-07T13:35:24Z")
This is funny. Once in a while, I get this newsletter. Its from some ministry called {url][www.withoneaccord.org/](http://www.withoneaccord.org/). I think its by the infamous William Shnoebelen, former everything. Here sa cute excerp: We thank those who sent special offerings for us to be able to replace our 91 Taurus(car). We have a start, but could still use either a lot more funds or else someone to donate a car (doesn’t have to be new). Amazing! Forget about the send us money to do God’s work-We want a car! LOL ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/2 "2003-04-07T13:44:53Z")
[[urlwww.withoneaccord.org/](http://urlwww.withoneaccord.org/) ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/3 "2003-04-07T13:51:24Z")
[www.withoneaccord.org/](http://www.withoneaccord.org/) ---
**Author:** ![CRorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CRorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CRorex)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/4 "2003-04-07T14:12:17Z")
Is it cruel to laugh at you over the coding snafus? First post I read this morning and I found it highly amusing. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/5 "2003-04-07T14:22:26Z")
“oh Lord, won’t you buy me, a Mercedez-Benz…” janis saw it coming … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/6 "2003-04-07T14:29:59Z")
Working in the ministry might be all that these folks do. It could be their job, or the equivalent of it in manhour terms, and it would make sense for them to look to it to provide them with some means of support. Their needs are probably small, one of which is reliable transportation. Think about how difficult life can be, especially if you’re out in the suburbs or further, without a way to get where you need to go. Does the minister of your church work for free? ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-the-lord-and-buy-us-a-car/167054/7 "2003-04-07T15:35:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tlw \* > \*\*Does the minister of your church work for free? \*\* Seriously? Until I was in my early twenties a few years ago I thought that all men of the cloth did it for free.