Why I Gave $10K to the Church

How the church exploited my desire to please God

Dan Foster
Backyard Church
Published in
5 min readJul 16, 2023

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I once put a cheque for $10,000 in the offering plate at church.

Ten thousand bucks.

It hurts to type it.

It brings a little tear to my eye when I think about it.

The genesis of the gift

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Dan Foster
Backyard Church

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