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Who Is REALLY Lord
of Your Church?
Perhaps if we had real churches we would have real preachers. A real preacher would preach the Law to the oppressor and Liberty to the people.
Richard Hoskins, in the Hoskins Report 6/98 outlined 29 IRS regulations pertaining to 501(c)(3) churches:
1. Church must be incorporated.
2. Church must have a "recognized" creed and IRS approved form of worship. (Who does the approving and accepts the "form" is not covered in the regulations)
3. The church must have a definite and distinct ecclesiastical hierarchical government. (?)
4. The church must have an IRS approved formal "code" of doctrine and discipline. (Type and what discipline are not identified in IRS regs)
5. It must be a denomination with a distinct religious history. (?)
6. Must have "ordained" ministers. (?)
7. Ministers must have been educated in state accredited colleges. (More opportunity for PC indoctrination of ministers)
8. Must be neutral on political issues. (Helps explain why churches never preach against the sins and blasphemies of government officials, despite blatant violations of the Law of God)
9. Must have a "tax exempt" status issued by the IRS.
10. Must pay a fee to the IRS for this "tax exempt" status.
11. Must be engaged in furthering exclusively public purposes. (?)
12. The church cannot bar its services to the public. (?)
13. The pastor must answer to the IRS as to the daily activities of the church.
14. The IRS must be privy to all financial transactions, including sources, donors, expenditures, and if cash is used, a possible association with money-laundering is suspected.
15. Books and records must always be available.
16. The Pastor must inform the IRS of the names of all donors.
17. Gifts to missionaries and evangelists exceeding $600 requires filing form 1099.
18. The church may use only IRS approved methods of fund raising.
19. The Pastor will be called to account by the IRS over any stand taken against the tax system. 501(c)(3) requires church pastors to preach on taxpaying. (Ever notice how pastors preach a sermon about 'rendering unto Caesar' on the Sunday before April 15th?)
20. Must submit names of all church workers, down to and including maintenance people.
21. Must give unlimited submission to civil magistrates pertaining to all laws - federal, state and local - including public policy. (Judeo-Christian clergy are more obedient to man's government than to the Royal Law of God)
22. The church must advocate and promote racial integration.
23. Must not publicly oppose licensing of churches.
24. May not engage in political activities opposing pornography. (Now you can see why there are no sermons on this)
25. May not support legislation saying that children belong to parents and not the state.
26. May not form a political action committee or actively support legislation opposing lotteries and gambling.
27. May not advocate support of the U.S. or State constitutions as the supreme law of the land. (Helps explain why our Judeo-Christian pastors do not speak out)
28. May not participate in opposing the school system. (As they may find that God has been removed)
29. May not publicly declare that the church is to obey God rather then man's government.
"We ought to obey God rather than men." Acts 5:29
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I was filling out a questionare about preaching the Gospel to Jews and I got the following series of questions, in an email, regarding my answers. I thought many would be interested in my response. I've changed the format of the questions a bit to fit better here on my site. Here are the questions:
