Local Church, Local Bank

File this post in the: “Daniel doesn’t have a point” folder.

Once upon a time I attended a church whose senior pastor liked to underscore the importance of moving one’s church membership to a local body of believers. Joining a local church was important. Just like when you move to a new city you get yourself an account with the local bank, so also you need to be affiliated with a local church. The local branch is where you do your business. So went his argument.

When I was in middle school, my dad (a Navy officer) was stationed in Rota, Spain. I opened a bank account with Navy Federal Credit Union. That’s been my bank ever since.

I haven’t had a local branch of my bank since I was fourteen.

But I never had the heart to tell my pastor.

4 Responses to “Local Church, Local Bank”

  1. Jeremiah July 20, 2010 at 9:02 am #

    I like the local church idea, but how “local” is “local”? I work 2 miles from home and shop for food 1.5 miles from home, but church is 4 miles away.

  2. kat July 20, 2010 at 9:25 am #

    it’s ok. this is not a hellable offense. you’ll be ok. promise.

    (btw, isn’t USAA just awesome? i will never have another credit card or car insurer)

  3. John Mark Harris July 20, 2010 at 11:05 am #

    Ditto… I love USAA. I started scanning in deposits, and now I do them on my iPhone. I tried it with cash… didn’t work ;-)

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