ejected Posted December 28, 2018 Group: Senior Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 47 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 761 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 225 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/17/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted December 28, 2018 501c3 Allegance to the state. Pastor cannot endorse a candidate that is anti abortion. If he does, he'll lose bis tax exempt status. A lot of money lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steward George Posted December 28, 2018 Group: Steward Followers: 110 Topic Count: 10,461 Topics Per Day: 1.26 Content Count: 27,742 Content Per Day: 3.34 Reputation: 15,386 Days Won: 126 Joined: 06/30/2001 Status: Online Birthday: 09/21/1971 Steward Share Posted December 28, 2018 1 minute ago, ejected said: 501c3 Allegance to the state. Pastor cannot endorse a candidate that is anti abortion. If he does, he'll lose bis tax exempt status. A lot of money lost. Actually Pastors are trying to get the IRS to challenge them in court so they are speaking out -- and the IRS doesn't want to go to court because they know they'll lose. Erik Stanley, legal counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, said a lawsuit is exactly what his group was looking for when it launched the Pulpit Freedom Sunday initiative in 2008 to challenge the Johnson Amendment, the part of the tax code that requires nonprofit groups not to engage in political speech as a condition of that status. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/15/atheists-sue-irs-for-pulpit-freedom-sunday/ Also, the House is trying to deal with the Johnson Amendment as we speak. https://www.christianpost.com/news/bill-repeal-johnson-amendment-protect-pastor-rights-endorse-candidates-political-positions.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne Posted December 28, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 104 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 3,776 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 4,746 Days Won: 2 Joined: 03/31/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted December 28, 2018 2 hours ago, ejected said: 501c3 Allegance to the state. Pastor cannot endorse a candidate that is anti abortion. If he does, he'll lose bis tax exempt status. A lot of money lost. ??? Pastor's in my church and in my area are not tax-exempt. They pay taxes, FICA, insurance, and more. A church, an organization, can be tax-exempt as a non-profit organization. Meaning the trustees are not paid. Non-profits can hire pastors, janitors, or whomever. But they must take all kinds of withholdings from their checks. If churches were NOT a 501C3, all the monies that the members give for missions, world hunger, prison ministries, repairs on the buildings, and much more would be heavily taxed. My pastor tells everyone to check the beliefs of candidates running and vote for the one most Biblical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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