Why Pay for Freedom (501c3)

Religion cannot be free if you have to pay the government, through taxation, to exercise it. Since churches aren’t taxable in the first place, why do so many of them go to the IRS and seek permission to be tax-exempt? It occurs out of:

· Ignorance (“We didn’t know any better”)

· Bandwagon logic (“Everyone else is doing it “)

· Professional advice (many attorneys and CPAs recommend it)

 

Does the law require, or even encourage, a church to organize as a 501c3? To answer that question let’s turn to what the IRS itself has to say.

Churches Need Not Apply

 

In order to be considered for tax-exempt status by the IRS, an organization must fill out and submit IRS Form 1023 and 1024. However, note what the IRS says regarding churches and church ministries, in Publication 557

Some organizations are not required to file Form 1023.

These include:

Churches, interchurch organizations of local units of a church, conventions or associations of churches, or integrated auxiliaries of a church, such as a men’s or women’s organization, religious school, mission society, or youth group. These organizations are exempt automatically if they meet the requirements of section 501(c)(3).

 

The Court asserts that an exempt organization (one that has become a 501c3) must “demonstrably serve and be in harmony with the public interest,” must have a purpose that comports with “the common community conscience,” and must not act in a manner “affirmatively at odds with the declared position of the whole Government.” Taken together, these passages suggest that the primary function of a tax-exempt organization is to act on behalf of the Government in carrying out governmentally approved policies.
When a church accepts the 501c3 status, that church:

· Waives its freedom of speech

· Waives its freedom of religion

· Waives its right to influence legislators and the legislation they craft.

· Waives its constitutionally guaranteed rights.

· Is no longer free to speak to the vital issues of the day.

· It’s controlled with fear, if it doesn’t following IRS guidelines it will lose its tax-exempt status.

· Becomes a State-Church.

One need not look far to see that the church’s acceptance of the 501c3, and its significant restrictions, has had devastating consequences to not only the church, but to the entire nation.

To say the least, this takes away the purpose of the Church. If we are not able to speak against our enemies and prepare people for the coming of the Anti-Christ, then what good are we to become owned by the state and it's demonic services to the evil one.