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In response to "Not if they don't actually make a profit. Some churches make large profits and should pay taxes." by Krusty

I drive by a huge church that went up a couple years ago that on it's grounds has a huge house where the minister lives.

Posted by Spawn Jun 28 '12, 09:21

I rented a house to minister that had, no exaggeration, 45 suits hanging in his closet and had two new caddies.

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Some people abuse it, so we should throw the entire system out? - spamlet Jun 28, 09:25 7
- Actually, yes. - Spawn Jun 28, 09:35
- While that's true, that doesn't mean that tweaking or improving the system isn't possible. - musubi Jun 28, 09:34 3
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  - they proivde many of the same programs that not for profits do, which is good, but the original reason for the exemption - Truman Jun 28, 09:36 1
    - Because they work for God. - Spawn Jun 28, 09:39
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  - That's my point. -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 09:36
lately, the firm i work for has picked up quite a few kc churches - Truman Jun 28, 09:23 10
- That's a governance problem in the church, not a problem with it being tax-exempt. -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 09:26 8
  - yes and no, they say a lot "the government doesnt require us to do yearly reporting, so we wont do it, no matter what" its a very common sentiment - Truman Jun 28, 09:31 3
    - Then you are in the wrong church. Ours is fully open for finances and publish the budget and quarterly updates for any member. - spamlet Jun 28, 09:34 2
      - yours is the outlier, not the norm. maybe you havent been to enough to seen that, and i am happy you found that sort of place - Truman Jun 28, 09:37 1
        
        Exactly. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:40
  - do churches have like BoD or BoT? because if only the pastor is making decisions, there *is* no governance. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 09:27 3
    - depends on the chuch type probably. most baptist groups have deacons, or similar, and have a few "boards" - Truman Jun 28, 09:33
    - They should. Again, that's a problem with governance of the church. - spamlet Jun 28, 09:32 1
      - look, all i think is that they should have to file some sort of informational return. - Truman Jun 28, 09:35
- The dude switched to a new caddie *every* year. I honestly wanted to ask him, "Just how dumb are your members?" -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 09:25
God is good. :) -- nm - Jim Jun 28, 09:22

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