If your pastor believes that more taxes equals giving to the poor, ask him how much of his income above the required amount he gives to the government. Liberals are so screwed up. They actually believe that taxes equal charitable giving. This is why the states that are taxed the highest (all blue) have the LOWEST per capita giving despite having 50 million FEWER adults.
The Methodist Church has been taken over by liberals who don't even bother to read the bible. Find a good Southern Baptist church and go there.
God is not a Southerner, either. We have pretty good Evangelical churches in the North, too.
Excuse me, you don't know what you're talking about. I belong to a Methodist Church and we do plenty of Bible reading and studies. Our last study " Forty Days of Purpose" ( which we just completed Nov 1st.)we even had some members of the local Baptist Church join us for the study.