One of the reasons churches in North America have trouble guiding people about money is that the church's economy is built on consumerism. If churches see themselves as suppliers of religious goods and services and their congregants as consumers, then offerings are 'payment.'

— Doug Pagitt (b. 1966), Mitbegründer der Emerging-Church-Bewegung, Pastor, Buchautor und Aktivist

Topics: Money & Possessions, Church & Congregation

Doug Pagitt

Doug Pagitt (* 1966) ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor, Buchautor und Aktivist aus Minnesota, der Ende der 1990er-Jahre als Mitbegründer der Emerging-Church-Bewegung bekannt wurde. Er steht für eine dialogorientierte, post-evangelikale Gemeindepraxis und progressive Gesellschaftspolitik, stößt jedoch bei konservativen Theologen wegen der Infragestellung traditioneller Dogmen auf scharfe Ablehnung. Bibellesern begegnet er als profilierte Stimme für ein kritisches Hinterfragen evangelikaler Denkmuster und die Verbindung christlicher Ethik mit sozialer Verantwortung.

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