"No dinner."
In the evening, when Mavey took Yunia back to the church, he happened to bump into Mrs. Cecil who looked resentful.
"Father, where did you go?"
Mrs. Cecil put her hands on her hips and said angrily: "Thanks to you, I didn't even have time to clean the house today!"
"ah?"
Ma Wei looked at her with a puzzled face: "What happened?"
"See for yourself!"
Mrs. Cecil placed a thick directory on the table: "At least 100 people came to the church today to become believers in the Church of Truth! But you are not here, so I can only write down their names first. It ended up being busy until the evening! Oh my God, I didn’t even have a cup of tea!”
Picking up the directory on the table, Ma Wei flipped through it and saw many newly recorded names. A rough count suggested that there must be about 120 people.
After thinking about it, Ma Wei immediately understood why the number of believers suddenly increased dramatically.
After the earthquake last night, he publicly stated that he was willing to bear the cost of repairing the houses of believers. Once this matter is publicized, of course many people will come here...
However, Ma Wei also knew that among these "believers" who came here because of the reputation, it is estimated that few of them really wanted to join the church. Most of them were just for the small maintenance fee.
"Father, although your willingness to bear the cost of house repairs for believers is very touching, I must remind you..."
Mrs. Cecil said seriously: "This is not a small amount of money."
"I know."
Ma Wei handed the honey candy in the iron box to Yunia, and said in a calm voice: "But no matter what, I don't want to see any believers in danger because they can't pay the maintenance fee... Every one of them Everyone is a loyal supporter of Goddess Yunia. As for money, I will find a way."
Hearing this, Mrs. Cecil suddenly had a headache: "Father...how many of these people who came today truly belong to the church?"
"In their eyes, your behavior is no different from charity!"
"By the way Mrs. Cecil, her name is Nia, she is my daughter."
Mawei suddenly changed the subject, touched Yunia's head and said, "From today on, she will live with me."
"daughter?"
Mrs. Cecil looked at Junia and then at Mavey in surprise: "Father, when did you give birth to a daughter? Why didn't I know at all?"
"Well... people have to go through it, right?" Mawei smiled and said: "Nia, say hello to Mrs. Cecil, she is a senior believer in our church."
"Hello Mrs. Cecil..."
With honey candy in her mouth, Yunia blinked her eyes and looked at the other person curiously.
"Hello to you, Nia." Mrs. Cecil smiled, loving Yunia who was like a porcelain doll: "It turns out that Father, you suddenly asked me to borrow the children's clothes last night, just to wear them for Nia. , you haven’t eaten yet, I’m going to prepare some simple food.”
"good."
After Mrs. Cecil hurried into the kitchen, Mavey took off his coat, put his hat on the hanger, and closed the church door.
"Dad, dad..."
Junia followed him closely and asked repeatedly: "Why was Mrs. Cecil so angry just now?"
"Because she understands human nature and thinks about the church wholeheartedly."
"Oh...Dad, is it wrong for you to bear the maintenance costs for believers?"
"Of course."
"Then Mrs. Cecil is wrong?"
"She's right too."
In Yunia's blank gaze, Maverick pulled her to sit on the church bench, stared at the tall statue in front of her, and said word by word: "In the final analysis, the differences between me and Mrs. Cecil are essentially It’s because of different positions.”
"As a believer, her main concern is whether the church can be sustained for a long time. As the founder and manager of the church, I need to consider not only how long the church can be sustained, but more importantly, how to promote the church."
"In the short term, my move to shoulder the repair costs may result in the loss of a large amount of wealth, but all we lose is money, not to mention that the money is not unbearable for me now."
After a pause, Ma Wei continued:
"If we take a longer-term view, the benefits brought by this move will far exceed the small amount of money spent today."
"Younia doesn't understand..."
"Reputation, prestige, these are necessities for development."
Ma Wei explained: "I only spent a little money to spread the word "Truth Church" by word of mouth. Maybe only 100 people know about it today, but what about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow?"
"I dare to conclude that within a week, the name of the Church of Truth will spread throughout New Ross City. By then, the existing believers will be proud of it, thereby deepening their loyalty, and other non-believers will also or may It will leave some impression, more or less, and they will feel that Truth Church is a good church that truly benefits believers.”
"The first impression is very important. It will be extremely beneficial to our future development, including those nobles. They will also hear about the church's good deeds."
"Well...."
Yunia was eating sweets and her mind was spinning rapidly: "Dad, you said in the afternoon that the boss behind the orphanage we went to is the fourth prince. In this case, you have to support their actions every week, is it for Have you had any contact with the Fourth Prince?"
Ma Wei smiled and said: "Who knows... Yunia, I still have things to do. Can you go to the kitchen to help Mrs. Cecil prepare dinner?"
"Um!"
Yunia nodded, grabbed the little bear's arm, and ran towards the kitchen quickly.
After watching her go away, Ma Wei lit the kerosene lamp on the side and gently flipped through the list of believers on his lap.
The thick directory is full of names, and every believer who has been baptized and officially joined the church has been recorded, a total of 807 people.
807 believers, this number sounds like a lot, but in Ma Wei’s eyes...
not enough!
Far from enough!
After questioning last night, he learned that Yunia's power is linked to the number of believers. The more believers, the stronger Yunia's power will be.
But 807 believers, in the eyes of those big churches, are not even as many as the number of believers in one of their parishes. The Church of the Three Destinies, which is regarded as the state religion of the Kingdom of Windsor, has millions of believers!
Their gods….
How powerful should it be?
There is no doubt that in the coming changes, every church with a god will frantically expand its sphere of influence, and they will scramble to win over believers!
During this process, the relationship between the church and the church was by no means harmonious, and they even regarded each other as mortal enemies....
If we want more people to know the truth, then it is essential to develop the church.
“It’s a battle between doctrine and doctrine, belief against belief.”
Ma Wei stroked the cowhide cover of the Book of Truth with his palms:
"Even in an era of theocracy, I firmly believe that truth will be the only light."
Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up, holding a kerosene lamp in one hand and a book of truth and a list of believers in the other, and walked towards the study.
"We can no longer take our time, we must change our strategy!"
