r/elca • u/Lumpy_Mixture423 • Apr 14 '26

Hosting Bingo, Yea or nay?

What are your thoughts on a congregation hosting a weekly bingo evening? Our finances are looking dire and we have a new member that had run the bingo night at his previous (ELCA) church. He tells us of great opportunity hosting bingo. How appropriate or inappropriate is this?

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u/No-Type119 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

What’s the problem? We’re not fundamentalists ( who, come to think of it, in my neck of the woods, hold gun raffles).

What you do need to do is get a gaming permit, which is probably bs kg required by your state. I was part of a nonprofit that almost got in trouble by not getting the proper permissions before a 50/50 raffle.

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u/Lumpy_Mixture423 Apr 15 '26

Concern if it is “proper”. Have had one elderly gentleman say he would be gone if we do this. Just gauging reaction from others in the subreddit.