I've been saying this for my church for years but so far I'm a lone voice crying in the wilderness.
“cruel and unusual punishment”
Cruel and unusual punishment is rampant in the ‘family court’ system. Males are constantly abuse and punished for just not being smart. Child support payments are currently being challenged by the economy where unemployed fathers cannot pay and end up behind bars as in third-world debtor prisons.
Obama’s jobs are for the women and minorities.
None of this applies to black churches anyway. Democrats always campaign from the pulpits of black churches.
I do not think churches should have tax exempt status. It is a way for the government to have their boots on the throats of the pastors and other church leaders.
The minute you register your church with the government for any “status” you are asking for trouble.
Ezra 7:24
Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tax, tribute, or custom on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God.
I suppose I could have put it in one reply, instead of three but here’s another one anyway.
My Pastor is conservative and outspoken, even in the pulpit. I tell him that big daddy gov is going to crack down on him one of these days and he tells me that when that happens he will preach the gospel from jail. There’s an easier way, give up that tax exempt status and say anything you please.
I know everyone is not going to agree with that but remember, I’m only speaking about my church, not yours and as noted earlier, it’s not going anywhere in my church.
Too bad it doesn’t work that way for labor unions.
I don’t think labor unions should have tax exempt status.
The Johnson Amendment is on my hit list for the next administration. It is a ridiculous for the government to have jurisdiction over the speech of our pastors and our churches.
Rescinding your status as a non-profit extremely expensive for churches and it is nearly impossible to do successfully.