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Digory | 11 months ago

It’s fine to be inexperienced with Christianity, but it skews the reporting.

For example “kingdom giver” is not someone who gives kingdoms, it’s someone who gives to Christ’s kingdom. But the widow and her mite is an example of kingdom giving as much as the Greens.

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Fluorescence|11 months ago

>> someone who gives kingdoms

The article doesn't claim that so it seems your Christian sensitivities have skewed your reading comprehension.

It's referencing a Forbes article using the term to distinguish between thoughtless arbitrary giving vs. giving with purpose:

"Even the most generous Christian philanthropists often don't see the purpose of their giving," says Dr. Mark Rutland, the new ORU president and founder of the Global Servants evangelical ministry. "There are impulse givers, people who give to their alma mater or their church or some particular ministry with which they become familiar—but the Greens are Kingdom givers. ... They consider it an honor; they consider it a mission."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2023/02/13/this-bil...

Digory|11 months ago

The sentence from the article is:

"While the total amount the Greens have made in charitable contributions has been kept private, former Oral Roberts University president Dr. Mark Rutland may have worded it best when he described the family as “kingdom givers”.

It doesn't link to the Forbes article's definition. Without more, I'd read that sentence to say "Kingdom givers" is a descriptor of the total amounts given by the Greens -- we don't know the amount, but they give kingdoms.

As I explained above, "Kingdom" is unrelated to the size of the gift, as made clear from the quote you cited.