Talk:McLean Bible Church

additions as of 03/04/2007 3:20pm
I've reciently made a large addition to the page, including a listing of the churches 10 core values with internal links, an additional external link, and an additional referance to the church's web site.

I am sending an email to the church to have them check the site and the vaidity of the internal links

Nincubus99x 20:20, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Internal Linking of "God"
I link God to God the Father, I would like some other input on the subject. they are obviously refering to the Christian God, and not specifically to Christ or to the Holy spirit, but I don't know for sure if their use applies exclusively to God the Father

Nincubus99x 20:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Stub?
I would like someone else's input before I remove the "stub" tag, but I do believe it would be appropriate

Lack of Financial Transparency;is it a charity?
Is this wikipedia entry an advertisement for this "church"? This is the second biggest mega church in VA, the first being the Falwell church in Lynchburg. It has over 12,000 members. None of those members have any access the financial information re the church. There was recently a brouhaha when one parishoner had the gall to ask how much Pastor Lon made a year. My background is congregational. In my church, this information would be available instantly to every member of the church. MBC fought like hell to avoid releasing the information until finally it somehow leaked out that "Pastor Lon" is making $800K a year.

Churches claim 501(c)(3) status but are not required to file annual reports with the IRS to verify that the church is passing on the profit for charitable purposes. Given the massive amount of money MBC takes in, and its very lavish building, its curious that very little actual charitable work is performed at the church. The only exception is the respite care, but that is mostly staffed by volunteers. Some discussion of these issues should be referenced on this page. FrancisDane (talk) 15:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)