I'm Becoming A Socialist

So as someone who has always considered themselves a hard-core conservative, I have decided that I'm struggling with becoming a socialist. It all stems around the concept of "redistribution of wealth."

According to Emptytomb.org, 2005 Overseas Ministries income, including donations and other sources, to 700 Protestant mission agencies, including denominational, interdenominational and independent agencies, was $5.2 billion.

Yesterday I was sipping on some Starbucks (avg American spends $100 a mo. on coffee), my friend Rick was telling me about his new consulting job for a church in Dallas. He was telling me how they just completed a $77 million building w/ the mineral rights of the land their church sits on.

Last week, I saw that the OK Baptist General Convention just completed their $45 million plan for the kids camp they run in Falls Creek.

My mind is reeling as I think about how it takes 4HIM ministries way too much time to scrape up the $10,000 it takes to builld a school, a poultry farm, a water well... you name it.

The world is in a state of crisis, and God's people in America who have the highest concentration of wealth in the HISTORY OF MANKIND, are busy spending $6.3 billion on lawn and garden accessories like sundials, fountains and sculptures.

The question that I cannot shake from my mind is why, why, why do send so little and do so little overseas to stop poverty, disease, feed orphans, build communities...yet we have abundant flat screens, high-tech video equip, $77 million buildings, plush campuses...etc in our churches?

So, in conclusion, I am for the redistribution of the wealth of the church from our building campaigns, for chandeliers and flat screens to orphans and widows.

What exactly must God think of us?