Crypto in Church.

[Lida93]

Cryptocurrency as a digit asset based currency is on a  daily gradually gaining the widespread acceptance as expected, looking at 2010 compared to this day 2022 the awareness and engagement has been tremendous and it's quite a welcome development despite the ban placed on it by few governments.

I came across a video that has made social media talking which shows how a crypto class was conducted by a church for it's members to be educated about the knowledge of cryptocurrency.

According to the source:
The video was captioned, "Crypto training. Proverbs 14:23In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.'' According to the netizen who shared the clip, the pastor got a professional to train congregants on crypto. While boasting that such an opportunity can't be got anywhere, the netizen expressed joy that 'kingdom wealth is on the way.' In the clip, a projector is seen displaying a crypto trading chart while people listened.


https://www.legit.ng/people/1478160-crypto-chuch-pastor-tutor-train-members-crypto-church-video-stirs-reactions-social-media

Does this look like  a plus to the crypto community?   

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[kryptqnick]

While this looks bizarre, I think it's good that a church is doing a useful thing. Historically, churches have been responsible for education in many places, so the mission of giving knowledge (and not just the knowledge regarding a specific religion) has been implemented by churches for a long time. That being said, we currently live in quite a different world, where there are plenty of schools and other education facilities. Also, while teaching about Bitcoin and blockchain would be good, I am not sure about trading specifically. Trading is something that can lead to losses of money, and no prayer will save people from that.

[Rruchi man]

...the pastor got a professional to train congregants on crypto.

This is wonderful to read and something that I wish other religious leaders can emulate instead of only being spiritual all the time which can get boring and scare some people especially the young ones from Church. If more churches emulate this and engage the youths more in activities like this that they see are contemporary and have physical benefits to them and their lives...More youths will not leave their churches and will find Christianity more practical and not boring.

Also the involvement by the church can also help change the minds of those extra religious person's who have never believed in crypto.

[Doan9269]

the pastor got a professional to train congregants on crypto. While boasting that such an opportunity can't be got anywhere

There are things needed to be clarified in other to avoid a second thought from people, i think using the word church here looks odd to me from your topic saying "crypto in church" i think this is wrong, first the reason been that you could have stated that a clergy man organises a crypto class, because saying crypto is being taught in church is wrong and i totally disaggree with that because it can compromise the standard and purpose of what the church stands for, another reason why i will stand against your topic is because you're making two wrong steps, first is posting about crypto on bitcoin discussion board, you could have use the word bitcoin or secondly make your post on altcoins discussion,  and talking about cryptos in general is a pool of shitcoins except for bitcoin.

[Nrcewker]

Does this look like  a plus to the crypto community?   

Yes absolutely.
I mean we always encourage people who spread about Cryptos at various places. Really glad to see that the church has taken a great step.
Our main motive is to spread the news of Cryptos all over the nation.
Also if possible educate different people about cryptos and Bitcoins whenever possible. Moreover it’s also great that when people manage to hold their money in a decentralised manner.
Really appreciate everyone who took this initiative.

[Franctoshi]

the pastor got a professional to train congregants on crypto. While boasting that such an opportunity can't be got anywhere, the netizen expressed joy that 'kingdom wealth is on the way.' In the clip, a projector is seen displaying a crypto trading chart while people listened.
Does this look like a plus to the crypto community?   

The pastor teaching the church about Crypto (how to make money) in order to escape from being enslaved with poverty is a one.
Recently Just in my own story too, A pastor friend in my local church met me in the house that they're going to have a training section (an entrepreneurship week) for secondary school graduating students and other children in the Church, that he would like me to join and share my skills to the children as well,
So I told him that I only got a digital skills to share, that it's all about digital asset investment in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, I was a bit surprised when he said that is okay, that there are many students that will fit in that category and they're already on ground.When I got there and gave them lectures on Bitcoin, I was really shocked with how the children catched up and the pastor begged I should come back next time to complete the lecture.

 Bitcoin is money and money is used in the church, so if Bitcoin becomes the future of money as we hope, then even the church will make use of it.
This is how fast Bitcoin is growing.

[Mpamaegbu]

While this looks bizarre, I think it's good that a church is doing a useful thing.

Your statement is contradictory, except if your use of "bizarre" doesn't correspond with its real meaning. Otherwise, one would observe that you praised the action of the church in organizing a crypto lesson for its congregation. Why call it bizarre then? Anyway, I believe the church is in order educating its members on current happenings around the world as it concerns financial awareness and uplift. The church shouldn't be heavenly bound that it forgets it's still on earth with all its earthly challenges. If the congregation is taught financial stuff and it prospers, the church prospers with it too, vice versa. It's a simple logic and the leadership of the church knows that.

[The Great Kardoko]

Call me crazy, but I have a wild suspicion that this "lesson" may have ended in a pitch of some kind. I have had several "lessons" myself.

[Lida93]

the pastor got a professional to train congregants on crypto. While boasting that such an opportunity can't be got anywhere

There are things needed to be clarified in other to avoid a second thought from people, i think using the word church here looks odd to me from your topic saying "crypto in church" i think this is wrong, first the reason been that you could have stated that a clergy man organises a crypto class, because saying crypto is being taught in church is wrong and i totally disaggree with that because it can compromise the standard and purpose of what the church stands for, another reason why i will stand against your topic is because you're making two wrong steps, first is posting about crypto on bitcoin discussion board, you could have use the word bitcoin or secondly make your post on altcoins discussion,  and talking about cryptos in general is a pool of shitcoins except for bitcoin.

First of all I appreciate your thoughtfulness in reminding me about where I was supposed to post my thread, but let me remind you that wherever and whenever cryptocurrency is mentioned the first thing that comes to mind of majority of people is Bitcoin before any alts could follow.

On the other hand my friend, whether clergyman or not, the whole truth is that the whole teaching took place in the Church, so I think you're just being too religious about the whole matter and rather diverting focus from the message the thread introduced to some irrelevance.
Thank you.

[sheenshane]

It helps to spread awareness, especially among youth who are very curious about all things that they encountered.
Though this isn't new even churches accept Bitcoin as a donation, I have read several articles that some churches do accept Bitcoin as a donation for the faster-accumulating funds.

Not bad at all, the intention of the Pastor was good and it really help both the community and them to improve their skills in crypto.
I have doubt that this Pastor is also a crypto lover which is he loves to share his knowledge with someone which is we know Pastor or Priest are good at giving advice.

[virasisog]

It helps to spread awareness, especially among youth who are very curious about all things that they encountered.
Though this isn't new even churches accept Bitcoin as a donation, I have read several articles that some churches do accept Bitcoin as a donation for the faster-accumulating funds.

Not bad at all, the intention of the Pastor was good and it really help both the community and them to improve their skills in crypto.
I have doubt that this Pastor is also a crypto lover which is he loves to share his knowledge with someone which is we know Pastor or Priest are good at giving advice.

I'm sure that the pastor has witnessed how crypto could change lives and as a leader, his intention is to share and spread the good news about it to his congregation. I hope that every church would have this kind of awareness because, to be honest, some religions link cryptocurrency to 666 which sounds crazy. I really wish that more churches would be open to crypto adaptions and see it as a key to financial freedom in the future.

[TheNineClub]

Well, church teaching their followers how to make more money, so they could give back to the church. Holy Spirit NFT anyone? Jokes aside, I aplaud any education, nit just crypto but economic and monetary in general. So that's what Adam Smith was refering to when he was talking about the invisible hand of the market XD

[fiulpro]

This is honestly weird since they are projecting crypto and wealth together, i do know that some people do follow the church by heart and thus they would try and buy the crypto without any further knowledge but it's great to see that the church did something and educated the people about it first but I do think that it's weird when you mix the words of God according to them and also cryptocurrencies as well, this might be wrongly interpreted by some people since they can generally take it as " a gift from God". " God is punishing us - when the price is down" things like that, it's best to understand that you do make these decisions yourself and thus should get more knowledge on cryptos more or so Church at least tried to do something.

[swogerino]

I like it very much that religion is finally starting to look clear into cryptocurrencies.I heard some speeches from the pastor here when I used to go to church every Sunday (just for facade because where I live in the neighbor are good Christians,I am a gambler) where he clearly accused people mining cryptocurrencies that are interfering in our normal lives as they don't like to work but are mining at a large scale so they can quit their job.It is the same stance that unfortunately continues here as I hear the Sunday speech in TV now.

So it is a really great move forward which of course is good in general seeing churches starting to embrace cryptocurrencies.

[abel1337]

Well This is a definite plus in crypto community. It's nice to see some churches is spreading words about cryptocurrency. I'm sure that non-crypto users who read the article why the church is being involved in crypto. Surely their curiosity will be triggered and there's a high chance that they themselves will be involved in cryptocurrency by doing research and knowing how it works.

I've remembered some parody coins about religion before, As far as I remember it was called hesucrypto, It's obviously a shitcoin but it got a lot of noise in social media. It was such a fun that someone created that kind of parody coin.

[hatshepsut93]

I don't like the idea of mixing religion with anything at all - politics, finance, educations, science. I can easily imagine a pastor shilling for some ICO or shitcoin for their personal profit. Maybe it even already happened. Religious leaders shouldn't tell people how to live every aspect of their lives, its a recipe for disaster and a large number of wars and conflicts in the world stem from this to this day.

[Rabi3]

Cryptocurrency as a digit asset based currency is on a  daily gradually gaining the widespread acceptance as expected, looking at 2010 compared to this day 2022 the awareness and engagement has been tremendous and it's quite a welcome development despite the ban placed on it by few governments.

I came across a video that has made social media talking which shows how a crypto class was conducted by a church for it's members to be educated about the knowledge of cryptocurrency.

According to the source:
The video was captioned, "Crypto training. Proverbs 14:23In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty.'' According to the netizen who shared the clip, the pastor got a professional to train congregants on crypto. While boasting that such an opportunity can't be got anywhere, the netizen expressed joy that 'kingdom wealth is on the way.' In the clip, a projector is seen displaying a crypto trading chart while people listened.


https://www.legit.ng/people/1478160-crypto-chuch-pastor-tutor-train-members-crypto-church-video-stirs-reactions-social-media

Does this look like  a plus to the crypto community?   

of course it helps, anywhere bitcoin or crypto in general is being talked about in a positive way to an audience or a group of people, it helps spreading awareness about it and more people are likely to join the wave of crypto, Church is kind of a weird place to do it, but if it positively affect it then why not.

[LegendaryK]

It seems the pastor of that church has forgotten the 1st commandment and Jesus reaction to Money Changers in the Church.
Reference source : King James Bible

1. You shall have no other gods before Me

And Jesus went into the temple of God,
and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple,
and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,

[rhomelmabini]

Now if the church use it, they'll be no tax exemption on their side, eh? Apart from that I think other conservative churches/religion wouldn't let their ideas be mixed with the evolution of man made technologies especially a lot of part in the Asian continent.

[hugeblack]

The case is still individual and cannot be generalized.
I prefer people to follow their investment advice based on their own convictions and not because of religious saying that may acquire false sanctity.
In general, if these individuals learn to use Bitcoin wisely, it may change the lives of some people or help improve them.