[Rashputin]

You're confusing 501C corporations with churches. If some organization files as a corporation, so be it, but that doesn't justify taxing churches organized as churches and not as corporations.

[Patton@Bastogne]

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What's not generally NOT known by most American Christians is that almost "every" church is a two-entity operation (originating from U.S. Supreme Court rulings).


Entity-1 : The Spiritual Side

Doctrine, Teaching, Prayers ... basically non-tangible items



Entity-2 : Money and Material Items

Money, Bank Accounts, Property, Insurance, Books, Hymnals, Choir Robes, the Pastor's Podium



The "vast majority" of ALL churches that own ANYTHING from "Column-2" is a corporation.

A corporation.

Just ask your church's Accountant.

And just as the SPCA and Lion's Clubs are "corporations" that ULTIMATELY ANSWER TO THE GOVERNMENT that CREATED them ...

so are "religious corporations".

Period.



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