A Houston-Area Church Is Going To Host ‘Drag Bingo’ For Children
(ktrh.iheart.com)
🤢 These people are sick! 🤮
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There’s a huge difference between religion and faith. You are correct. There a several compromised churches.
If your church is 501(c)3, it's compromised.
That's the majority of churches out there.
Don't be surprised when you find out the pastors who are pushing mask mandates or the jab are getting cash payments from the government to do so.
And if your church is a good church but has 501(c)3 in place, it's given up its First Amendment rights and there's a good chance the feds will kick down its doors if it doesn't comply.
Indiana church seized for back taxes
https://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/02/13/irs.church.seized/index.html
https://archive.ph/dZtJr
If you disagree with my assertions, ask yourself how a church can be seized for back taxes unless the 501(c)3 agreement voluntarily signs away its First Amendment rights.
Edit: The truth hurts. If you're scared, go to a non 501(c)3 church.
The current supreme court would almost certainly rule that taking away a churches tax exempt status for exercising the first amendment is unconstitutional. Just because a charitable organization talks about political issues or engages in political action does not make them a political entity. It is easy to prove that the Bible has written about topics like sexuality and gender thousands of years ago, and they've been a core tenant of the Religion.
The Johnson amendment has no power except the power to trick cowardly pastors and churches into silencing themselves.
Churches aren't required to pay taxes.
If churches apply for 501(c)3 status, this gives their members the ability to claim tax deductions for their donations. For this privilege, the churches enter a voluntary contract with the state.
The Johnson Amendment only applies to those churches who sold their birthrights (freedom of religion) for a bowl of porridge (tax deductions for members).
How can a church which is not subject to taxation lose its tax exemptions?
As far as your claims about the Johnson Amendment, how do you explain what happened to the uncowardly pastor and members of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple? Because the Indianapolis Baptist Temple filed 501(c)3 paperwork so its members could make tax-free donations, it was required not to endorse candidates or speak about politics from the pulpit.
The feds kicked down the doors and confiscated his church because the pastor violated the Johnson Amendment. As the article states, "Federal marshals seized an Indianapolis church Tuesday, carrying out a judge's order to confiscate the property because of $6 million in years of back taxes and penalties.
Why did the church owe $6 million in "back taxes" and penalties to begin with? Do you really think those penalties were for something other than Johnson Amendment violations? Why did the courts reject the appeal of the case?
The courage comes by not filing 501(c)3 paperwork in the first place. It requires telling your members they don't get a tax break for donations because you're not willing to give up your First Amendment rights...
I don't know anything about that church and what happened to them, but many pastors purposely violate the Johnson amendment in order to challenge it court but the IRS has yet to come after them.
https://adfmedia.org/press-release/pulpit-initiative-pulpit-freedom-sunday
We saw that game awhile ago. We actually have church at home. We follow along with InTouch Ministries with Dr. Charles Stanley. We tithe to my brother’s youth ministry. The bonus here is my grandkids are exposed to it every time they’re here in Saturday or Sunday. Questions are asked. It’s truly awesome! Thank you for your post. Many need to see this😇. God bless you, warrior!
Thank you was looking for that term. It shocked me when the churches shut down but then went to the George Floyd riots. After this I addressed some "believers" and pastors about and they said they couldnt gather at a park for safety reasons. Compromised their GOd is not the same
Pastor Dr. Greg Dixon of Indianapolis spent the rest of his life getting the word out to church's and the danger of having 501(c)(3) IRS tax exemptions status. Albeit, the Lord allowed his spirit to be freed from his flesh in 2019, his work is still being carried forth.
Dr. Everett Ramsey joined forces with Dr. Robert McCurry from Atlanta and Dr. Greg Dixon of Indianapolis to form the ACUC (American Coalition of Unregistered Churches). The mission of this organization would be to educate pastors and churches as to the controlling limits put on churches who incorporate and obtain IRS 501(c)(3) tax exempt status.
From 1984 until this day, we have spent our lives trying to get churches to see the error of their ways with incorporation and 501(c)(3) IRS tax exemptions, especially since the IRS makes it clear that neither are required by law in order to fulfill all the Biblical duties and requirements of a Biblical church.
You can read more here on this subject.
Of note, no churches were incorporated before the Civil War and even as late as the 1880s. The first church to incorporate was a religious organization in 1888.
In fact, the State of Virginia and West Virginia had laws on the books up until the 1980s that prevented any church from incorporating. We can thank Jerry Falwell for tearing down those statutes. Apparently, Falwell was a 'useful' idiot in this regard.
Matthew 6:24
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
It's safe to say Falwell chose mammon.
Mammon
MAM'MON,
noun
Riches; wealth; or the god of riches.
My church is NOT 501(c)3, never has been. The pastor is VERY awake and speaks it.
So you can't claim your tithes as tax deductions, right?
I would find it abhorrent to include the criminal syndicate that is the eye are ess in anything I do, especially my relationship to God.