Pastor Drops Tax Exempt Status in Favor of Dem-Bashing Sermons: 'I Renounce 501(c)(3) Communism' - americanwirenews.com
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Recommended reading:
Joel Osteen Church Cash Discovery Renews Calls to Tax Churches - foxbusiness.com
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Personally, I am opposed to churches having a tax exempt status. But for more on this issue - both for and against...
Article:
Tax Exemption for Churches: An American Value, a Social Imperative - frc.org
Excerpt from this article:
"As seminary president Albert Mohler explains with respect to the subsidy argument, a 'subsidy would be the transfer of tax money to institutions. That's not what's going on here...Rather, the tax exemption is granted with respect to institutions the government does not feel that it has the right to tax on the one hand, institutions that it believes are essential to the Commonwealth and to the commonweal, to the well-functioning of society.'"
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"As seminary president Albert Mohler explains with respect to the subsidy argument, a 'subsidy would be the transfer of tax money to institutions. That's not what's going on here...Rather, the tax exemption is granted with respect to institutions the government does not feel that it has the right to tax on the one hand, institutions that it believes are essential to the Commonwealth and to the commonweal, to the well-functioning of society.'"
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Not a Jezebel State Church, by Pastor Joey Faust [Text: I Kings 18 (Audio)]
Separation of Church and State, by Attorney Jerald Finney
501c3 Churches: Response to Steven (501c3) Anderson's Lies and Heresies, by Pastor Sam Adams
[Text: Ephesians 1:17-23 (Audio); I Samuel 17:29 (Audio)]
Church Incorporation and 501c3, by Marty Tate [Text: Ephesians 1:22,23 (Audio); Colossians 1:12-18 (Audio)]
More Christian Colleges Cave into the Gay Borg - No Tax Exemption OR Accreditation, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
501c3 State Church, by Dan Botterbrodt [Text: Matthew 16:18 (Audio)]
Is Donald Trump the Next Constantine? 501c3 and the Donald's Decree, by Pastor Jason Cooley
For further research...
Separation of Church and State, by Attorney Jerald Finney
501c3 Churches: Response to Steven (501c3) Anderson's Lies and Heresies, by Pastor Sam Adams
[Text: Ephesians 1:17-23 (Audio); I Samuel 17:29 (Audio)]
Church Incorporation and 501c3, by Marty Tate [Text: Ephesians 1:22,23 (Audio); Colossians 1:12-18 (Audio)]
More Christian Colleges Cave into the Gay Borg - No Tax Exemption OR Accreditation, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
501c3 State Church, by Dan Botterbrodt [Text: Matthew 16:18 (Audio)]
Is Donald Trump the Next Constantine? 501c3 and the Donald's Decree, by Pastor Jason Cooley
For further research...
The Tax Exemption Carrot By Dr. D. James Kennedy / Truth in Action |