If Churches Are Non Profit Organisations, Why Do They Own The Most Valuble Real Estate In The World & Why Are Their Millions Of Starving People In The World, What Are They Truley Doing With This Money?
2007-01-08 00:02:52 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
well, take a look at the preachers house and the car he drives, for doing what? giving a speech on sundays? church is big business now, they ought to be taxed like anyone else, including the hard working stiff who actually works hard for a living and has a small house and old car.
2007-01-08 00:56:17 · answer #1 · answered by Annmaree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a BIG difference between TAX FREE or EXEMPT, and Non-profit_organizations. However, within many Churches, there are held 4013C-titles to many Non-profit_organizations; Also there are a lot of Jet-Setting Preacher-Men. Here: Go read every thing you would ever want to know about, how to and what about, Contents [hide] 1 Non-profit distinction 2 Nature and goals 3 Legal aspects 3.1 Formation and structure 3.2 Tax exemption 3.3 United States 3.4 Canada 3.5 India 3.6 United Kingdom 4 Issues faced by NPOs 5 Examples 6 On the Internet 7 Other terminology for the sector 8 See also 9 External links 10 References
2016-03-29 15:49:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Churches are non-profit, they do not pay dividends and no "owner" pockets money for their own gain legally.
That they own valuable real estate today is irrelevant. Some real estate becomes valuable over time, some because the church itself invested in real estate, sometimes it is because people leave property to the church when they die, etc.
Valuable real estate is not "money." Churches could sell the assets, but then lack places to worship. But in itself, the land and buildings themselves do not feed anyone.
As for the starving people, the churches already spend billions in world hunger relief each year. The question is, are those efforts only fixing the immediate problem while stopping a long term solution? Free food serves to feed also black market criminal activities and also stops local farmers from producing food since prices become depressed and they no longer can afford to produce food.
2007-01-08 00:17:34 · answer #3 · answered by kingstubborn 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A profit organization is one that carries out a business with the sole purpose to making profit
All religious institutions are not covered by this definition and the money they get and properties they build are for the purpose of general good meaning that there is no individual who owns them directly or indirectly it is the given community that owns
2007-01-08 00:10:25 · answer #4 · answered by madhatter 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well may be one of the reasons is use those valuable estates for generating money to charity purposes regarding there are no many ways to donate those religious foundations. For sure you can find some corruption in those foundations such as every foundation around world, religious or not religious. Thanks.
2007-01-08 01:06:35 · answer #5 · answered by Safy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good question. Ask the pope. Or leader of any "church", for that matter. (But the pope HAS been caught wearing Prada shoes. Hmmmm, does anyone know what price they start at? And does this "holy father" (gag) really NEED Prada shoes? )
2007-01-08 00:09:01 · answer #6 · answered by INDRAG? 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
you should name the churches which you are referring to because not all church is of the same category The Church of God, International is not one of that kind
2007-01-08 00:10:35 · answer #7 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You don't get out much or do any actual research do you?
2007-01-09 04:29:54 · answer #8 · answered by luvwinz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋