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Subject: Churchgoers given money and told to multiply it

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Dave

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Date Posted: 07:10:48 01/21/02 Mon

Churchgoers given money and told to multiply it

A Methodist minister has dished out �10 notes to his congregation and told them to go forth and multiply the money.

The Rev Howard Long put his faith in the money-making talents of his flock to come up with fund-raising ideas.

The south Wales minister drew inspiration from the Parable of the Talents in the Gospels and decided to turn scripture into reality.

Now he is hoping up to 50 members of his congregation at Mumbles Methodist Church, Swansea will reward his faith and turn their �10 into a substantial profit.

"One person did ask me if they could put it all on the 4.25 at Aintree as a joke," said Mr Long.

"But the serious side to this is that we are looking to raise as much as possible for our grade II listed church which needs �600,000 of work.

"I gave them all four months to do their best and they are due to show how they have performed on February 16."

He said his Biblical parable, in which a man gives his servants cash and tells them to increase the capital, can be treated as a modern day morality tale.

Those who turned their cash into a profit were praised but one servant, who buried his cash and did nothing, was cast out.

Mr Long added: "In this case none of the congregation is in any danger of being cast out. This was all done on a voluntary basis."

Story filed: 14:33 Monday 21st January 2002

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