| Todd Bentley | ||
| As to the revival going on in Lakeland, | ||
| ANOTHER BULLY | ||
| The bad critics again | ||
| Understanding me and others better | ||
| Virgin Mary | ||
| This says it all | ||
| as to what is a Christian? | ||
| Bad Midwives | ||
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“IRS Stranglehold http://rahabsplace.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/irs-stranglehold/ In case you haven’t noticed, I added a DONATE button to the page. I thought there might be some folk out there who wanted to help us as a ministry, and I wanted to give them the opportunity to do so. The important thing is not “Give us your money,” but rather the blurb below the button. We, the leaders of Xtreme Encounters and Rahab’s Place, have made a decision not to play the non-profit game that the IRS imposes on churches who want the tax exempt recognition of what is known as 501(c)3. We have chosen to set both organizations (Xtreme Encounters is our church and Rahab’s Place is my personal ministry identity) up as for-profit entities. Why on earth would we do that? First, the benefit of being tax-exempt and not paying taxes on corporate assets is outweighed for us by the need to be a part of the political dialog in our city. IRS rules state that an organization can lose it’s tax exempt status by: attempting to influence legislation if it contacts, or urges the public to contact, members or employees of a legislative body for the purpose of proposing, supporting, or opposing legislation, or if the organization advocates the adoption or rejection of legislation. So, if we decide to show up at a city council meeting as a group to express our disagreement with a proposal before the council to grant a zoning exemption for yet another nudie bar to open up in our area, that could jeopardize our tax-exempt status. To us, it is worth the amount of taxes we will have to pay as an organization to keep the right to be a part of the dialog in our city. It is imperative to us to be able to be a voice for righteousness. Another issue is that in order to keep your tax-exempt status, a certain percentage of your income has to come from charitable contributions. In other words, you have to badger people for money. If there is one thing that irritates me beyond endurance it is the beg-a-thons that Christian stations engage in, as well as the “GIVE TO UUUUUUSSSSSSS” letters that some ministries send. After studying the IRS code, I have decided that some of that is dictated not by a need for funds, but rather the need to have enough donations to cover the money they make on their other activities in order to keep their tax-exempt status. What about paying taxes on ministry assets? What about it? We want to be a positive influence in our community, an example to others and an instrument for change. In America, money talks. We want to start some self-supporting activities and businesses that will provide employment opportunities for people coming out of maladapted lifestyles. If the Lord blesses our efforts, we don’t want our tax-exempt status being held over our heads because we become good business people and make a profit rather than begging for money. We also feel that we will have greater accountability as a for-profit than as tax-exempt. We actually have to file quarterly taxes and reports. People will know where our money comes from and where it goes. Some in the church have used their tax-exempt status as a means to grow wealthy at the expense of people who believed that their money was being used to promote the spread of the gospel. Currently, the Senate is investigating a number of such ministries, some of whom are refusing to provide the requested information. We feel that the best way to keep the government out of our business is to quit taking favors from the government. Jesus said to render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s. So we will pay our taxes like good citizens, and believe that God will bless us as we seek to be an instrument for righteousness and change in our city.”
Posted on April 2, 2008. Filed under: Church Planting | Tags: Christianity, Church, Church Planting, Religion |
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Now I really do agree with you here in your financial approach
I have also written about some of the clearly perverse Church Corporations, that are not congregationally owned, for one example such as the Alliance, The Christian Missionary Alliance denominations where they clearly not only abuse the donations but they do not give a full account of it too. An abusive empire building self servicing corporation at that too. https://anyonecare.wordpress.com/2008/05/13/christian-missionary-alliance/ https://anyonecare.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/christian-and-missionary-alliance-denomination/
http://pbulow.tripod.com/faceit.htm
In cult theologies, Jesus is a creation in one form or another (this is why the Jehovah’s Witnesses add the word ‘other’ four times to Col. 1:16-17). Therefore, He is not to be prayed to, worshiped, or called God.
If you are a Christian then you will be able to pray to Jesus, not just through. You will be able to worship Jesus equally with the Father. And you will be able to call Jesus your Lord and God. A cultist cannot do this. A cultist has a false Jesus, and, therefore, a false hope of salvation.
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No More Rich Seat/Poor Seat . George became the pastor of a small church in England. The church wanted to pay him a good salary from the money it received renting pews to rich church members who sat at the front of the church. (Poor members had to sit in the “cheap” seats in the back.) George told them that this had to stop if they wanted him to be their pastor. Even so, he did not allow the church to pay him a salary. He trusted God to meet his needs, and God did. George and his family never missed a meal and were always able to pay their rent. George began to sense, however, that God had something else for him to do.
Praying Food into the Home. Each day as George walked the streets, he saw children everywhere who had no mom or dad. They lived on the streets or in state-run poorhouses, where they were treated badly. George felt God calling him to open an orphanage to take care of the children. George prayed, asking God to provide a building, people to oversee it, furniture, and money for food and clothing. God answered his prayers. The needs of the orphanage were met each day. Sometimes a wealthy person would send a large amount of money, or a child would give a small amount received as a gift or for doing chores. Many times food, supplies or money came at the last minute, but God always provided without George telling anyone about his needs. He just prayed and waited on God.. More than 10,000 children lived in the orphanage over the years. When each child became old enough to live on his own, George would pray with him and put a Bible in his right hand and a coin in his left. He explained to the young person that if he held onto what was in his right hand, God would always make sure there was something in his left hand as well.
( Ironically many of his present supporters beg for money, sell his Books also to make money, instead of praying.) http://chi.gospelcom.net/kids/glimpsesforkids/gfk008_2.php
for more see
http://www.bsmi.org/download/mueller/GeorgeMuellerOfBristol.pdf
http://www.christiansintouch.com/greatMen_GM.cfm
>>At the roots of this Lakeland movement is a host of demonics. A “Sundar Singh annointing” and an angel called “Emma” (which ‘coincedentally’ is a name for satan found in the satanic bible.) Look to the root, not the fruit!
http://rahabsplace.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/great-florida-outpouring-endorsements/
If there are counterfeits, there must be also a genuine existing.. spirit led Christians can tell the difference by the Holy Spirit.
as per your unsubstatianted assumptions, it is so obvious that you are desperately grasping at straws in your personal bashing of this revival, for what winning at all costs is so important to you, you forget decency, honesty, respect?
and what are you doing in the Satanic Bible? try the Holy Bible instead.
IRR/TV has received an email from Alexandr Klyushev of the Association of Religious Organization in Kazakhstan asking Christians around the world to pray for their very survival as draft legistislation is in its first reading in the Kazakh parliament seeks to outlaw all evangelism and public profession of faith as well as force all religious communities to register or even re-register with the government. Any community with less than 50 adult members will be denied legal status and must cease to exist. The churches will not be permitted to be involved in publishing, education or missionary activity, effectively closing even Sunday schools for children. Mr. Klyushev is asking that believers write to the government of Kazakhstan protesting these human rights violations and pray as they have never prayed before for the churches in Kazakhstan. Please do pray for them. http://irrtv.wordpress.com/
https://anyonecare.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/understanding-me-and-others-better/
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Missing the point?