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On November 5, 2007, United States Senator Chuck Grassley announced an investigation into the tax-exempt status of six ministries under the leadership of Benny Hinn, Paula White, Eddie L. Long, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar, and Kenneth Copeland by the United States Senate Committee on Finance.
Pastors Bobby and Joyce Williams are getting divorced -- and now their Alliance church is going up for auction as part of the proceedings.
The actual divorce rate is probably somewhat higher due to civil divorces obtained without an accompanying ecclesiastical divorce. [35] Divorced individuals are usually allowed to remarry though there is usually imposed on them a penance by their bishop and the services for the second marriage, in this case, are more penitential than joyful.
As an alternative to disaffiliation, at least five regional U.S. conferences authorized or were interested in allowing churches to continue leaving the denomination through a church closure policy
For example, a person earning €50,000 may pay income tax at 20% (€10,000); the church tax is an additional 8% (or 9%) of that sum (€800 or €900). [10] The paid church tax is deductable in year of paying and reduces the taxable income.
The power of owning dividend-paying stocks is often underappreciated. Consider, for example, that a study by Hartford Funds and Ned Davis Research found that between 1973 and 2023, companies that ...
Being married is commonly welcomed, in which case the pastor's marriage is expected to serve as a model of a functioning Christian marriage, and the pastor's spouse often serves an unofficial leadership role in the congregation. For this reason, some Protestant churches will not accept a divorced person for this position. In denominations that ...
For nonqualified (or ordinary) dividends, you’ll pay tax at your ordinary income rate. For 2024, these are the brackets: Tax Rate. Single Filers. Joint Filers. Heads of Households. 10%.