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Yoking up a church assembly to the Federal Government and incorporating a church into a Corporation, where the pastor of that assembly becomes a CEO (Hireling) and where the deacons and elders are now 'board members' and share holders, is contrary to Scripture.
Establishing the State as the sole authority and sovereign head over your church is removing the headship of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that is exactly what most churches in America have done.
The 501c3 'church' corporations across this country have no protected Constitutionally protected rights. Since the State is the creator of that 501c3 Corporation. The State gives its creature its rights and can also take them away.
Furthermore, in the Scriptures, you never find one instance where the Lord, or any of His apostles and disciples ever went to the Government of their day for permission to preach the Gospel. They never asked permission to labour in their ministry.
And so why are so many so called 'pastors' doing it now, where they are seeking permission from the Government to start a church assembly and to preach the word. 501c3 incorporated 'churches' are one of the main reasons why Christianity has become weak in this country, and why many Christians have been silenced.
501c3 is a 'sacred' cow to many ministers today, because they fear losing their tax exempt status (which they already had prior to their incorporation under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution) if they preach on anything controversial. The silence of most ministers when it comes to the rampant cesspool of sin and iniquity in our nation today is most certainly deafening. No wonder iniquity is abounding as much as it is. If more men behind the pulpit would actually grow a backbone and would start caring more about standing for what is right, rather than being popular, perhaps more ministers who have learned about the issue of 501c3 Incorporation would start to repent and openly denounce all 501c3 status of their assemblies.
Another thing to consider concerning this 501c3 issue is the following. Just have a look at the other type of Organizations which also fall under the 501c3 incorporated status:
*Church of Wicca [http://www.wicca.org/]
* The First Church of Satan [www.churchofsatan.org]
* The Witches' Voice [www.witchvox.com]
*Church of Scientology [www.scientology.org]
* The Secular Web (Anti-God Organization) [www.infidels.org]
* Mormon Church of Latter-Day Saints [www.lds.org]
* Touchstone Local Council Covenant of the Goddess [www.tlcweb.org]
* Satanist Cult of Cthulhu
*American Atheists [www.atheists.org]
*Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders [www.glad.org]
*QCinema: Gay & Lesbian Internation Film Festival [www.qcinema.org]
*U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops [www.uscb.org]
*Pagan Druids of CedarLight Grove [www.cedarlightgrove.org]
*Planned Parenthood (Baby-Killers) [www.plannedparenthood.org]
And so If there is anyone on here who is considering starting a church assembly and ministry, for the love of all that is good and decent, DO NOT incorporate your church ministry. Please, do take heed to this post. If you are going to incorporate as 501c3, after knowing what you know now about 501c3 incorporation, then you might as well just write I–chabod at the front of your assembly.
Establishing the State as the sole authority and sovereign head over your church is removing the headship of the Lord Jesus Christ. And that is exactly what most churches in America have done.
The 501c3 'church' corporations across this country have no protected Constitutionally protected rights. Since the State is the creator of that 501c3 Corporation. The State gives its creature its rights and can also take them away.
Furthermore, in the Scriptures, you never find one instance where the Lord, or any of His apostles and disciples ever went to the Government of their day for permission to preach the Gospel. They never asked permission to labour in their ministry.
And so why are so many so called 'pastors' doing it now, where they are seeking permission from the Government to start a church assembly and to preach the word. 501c3 incorporated 'churches' are one of the main reasons why Christianity has become weak in this country, and why many Christians have been silenced.
501c3 is a 'sacred' cow to many ministers today, because they fear losing their tax exempt status (which they already had prior to their incorporation under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution) if they preach on anything controversial. The silence of most ministers when it comes to the rampant cesspool of sin and iniquity in our nation today is most certainly deafening. No wonder iniquity is abounding as much as it is. If more men behind the pulpit would actually grow a backbone and would start caring more about standing for what is right, rather than being popular, perhaps more ministers who have learned about the issue of 501c3 Incorporation would start to repent and openly denounce all 501c3 status of their assemblies.
Another thing to consider concerning this 501c3 issue is the following. Just have a look at the other type of Organizations which also fall under the 501c3 incorporated status:
*Church of Wicca [http://www.wicca.org/]
* The First Church of Satan [www.churchofsatan.org]
* The Witches' Voice [www.witchvox.com]
*Church of Scientology [www.scientology.org]
* The Secular Web (Anti-God Organization) [www.infidels.org]
* Mormon Church of Latter-Day Saints [www.lds.org]
* Touchstone Local Council Covenant of the Goddess [www.tlcweb.org]
* Satanist Cult of Cthulhu
*American Atheists [www.atheists.org]
*Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders [www.glad.org]
*QCinema: Gay & Lesbian Internation Film Festival [www.qcinema.org]
*U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops [www.uscb.org]
*Pagan Druids of CedarLight Grove [www.cedarlightgrove.org]
*Planned Parenthood (Baby-Killers) [www.plannedparenthood.org]
And so If there is anyone on here who is considering starting a church assembly and ministry, for the love of all that is good and decent, DO NOT incorporate your church ministry. Please, do take heed to this post. If you are going to incorporate as 501c3, after knowing what you know now about 501c3 incorporation, then you might as well just write I–chabod at the front of your assembly.
