Why Churches Should Not Incorporate by: Gary North I.C.E. Position Paper No. 1 (July, 1984) “Then too, because of the intrusion of the federal and state governments into the sphere of church incorporation, some are advocating disincorporation by churches. Given the vulnerability of the church as an incorporated legal entity to statist […]
CORPORATE CHURCH CHRISTIANS PARTNER WITH PAGANS FOR A BETTER WORLD By Paul Proctor October 3, 2008 NewsWithViews.com It would seem a new fall emphasis is underway to again try and bring the world’s religions a little closer together with the help of the Southern Baptist Convention’s two most prominent Council on Foreign Relations members, pastor […]
“WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR!” Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, WE HAVE NO KING BUT CAESAR. — John 19:15 How true, the teaching of Jesus is that no man can serve two masters. Strange that this pro—Jehovah, REGARDING PAYING TAXES TO CAESAR, religious […]
The U S Supreme Court’s position on Corporations Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43, 74 (1906) “Upon the other hand, the corporation is a creature of the state. It is presumed to be incorporated for the benefit of the public. It receives certain privileges and franchises, and holds them subject to the laws of the […]
SHOULD CHURCHES BE INCORPORATED? Don BoysPh.D. Copyright, 2004 Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German citizen, was an active member in the anti-Hitler resistance movement. He served as a double agent for the British and in 1943 was arrested for smuggling fourteen Jews to Switzerland. For that “crime” he was hanged two years later. […]
Separation of Church and State: Christians Who Call Evil Good and Good Evil “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter” (Is. 5.20)! I would guess that most Christians would apply this verse, as I have […]
Who Really Heads The Church? (“Sharing” His Glory?) [Isaiah 42:8, 48:1] Choose you this day whom ye will serve…” “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Luke […]