RE: Should Churches Remain Tax-Exempt?
December 9, 2014 at 5:54 pm
(This post was last modified: December 9, 2014 at 5:56 pm by Jenny A.)
I'd like to see how much church money collected actually goes to charity. I think the answer is probably not much. I've sat through more than one church budget meeting and I can tell you that most church money goes to maintaining the building, the pastor and other staff's salaries. Next is money payed to the denominational organization which may do some missionary and charity work beyond their administrative function. After that the charity often consists of youth programs mostly for the church's youth, and other services provided to church members. Next comes straight out missionary work. Finally bringing up the real is real charity, usually with strings attached.
I've belonged to a number of social/charitable or educational organizations. If we spent anything on ourselves even approaching the amount churches do we'd have lost our tax exempt status. If churches want to be tax exempt charitable organizations, they should either start behaving like tax exempt charitable organizations or create separate tax exempt organizations that really are charitable.
I've belonged to a number of social/charitable or educational organizations. If we spent anything on ourselves even approaching the amount churches do we'd have lost our tax exempt status. If churches want to be tax exempt charitable organizations, they should either start behaving like tax exempt charitable organizations or create separate tax exempt organizations that really are charitable.
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