It is Feast of Tabernacles time, did you send in your tithe of the tithe so your respective church could finance its Feast sites? At least that is the con game they told you they would use it for.
After Herbert Armstrong dreamed up this 4th tithe, the hundreds of splinter groups continue this nonbiblical tradition to this day.
While many COG families struggle to get to the Feast and stay in the cheapest hotels as possible, or even camp, those above them are staying in the finest hotels and eating extravagant dinners while downing the best alcohol they can afford.
Some of that 4th tithe money goes to pay for these ministers and Feast coordinators hotel rooms and food during the feast. Or it goes to people like Lil'Jimmy Meredith who was paid to travel cost-free to Hawaii and other areas to check out feast sites.
Many COG members through the decades refused to send it in. With their churches bragging incessantly on how much money they took in on Holy Days, why would they continue to fund the privileged elite?
Like the old Worldwide Church of God, ministers in many COG groups get Feast bonuses of thousands of dollars for them to spend at the Feast. Add to that the travel vouchers for rental cars and food allowances, and these people are sitting pretty while you send in your hard-earned money to keep them all happy.
Next year, take that tithe of the tithe and take your family out to a nice dinner, take an excursion at feast site, or overindulge your wife and children, but don't fund these crooks! They have the money to pay for these sites so don't fall for their lies.
