Not one penny has ever gone for the benefit of the members.
I know that's not true , they have the farm that grows food for the bethel people and they do send relief to the afflicted around the world and of course there's the "life saving" preaching work , be that as it may. According to them the greatest thing you can do is the preaching and conversion work. People have contributed their money for the purpose of the world wide preaching work so this business of lending money that was freely given for the purpose is very dishonest to me. At least this time the statement on the halls financial situation was in the black and there were no demands for more money as I've seen in the past .