This
was sent by a friend on January, 8th, 2001:
Are
you aware of this? The United States
Government is in a
dispute
with an Indianapolis Baptist Church.
They government
(under
Janet Reno and President Clinton) have ordered the seizure
of
the church to take place prior to inauguration.
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE--DAY 54!!
U.S.
MARSHALS WILL COME BEFORE THE INAUGURATION!!!
A
meeting between US Marshals, Dr. Dixon, Pastor Dixon and the
attorneys
for both sides took place this afternoon.
The tone of this
meeting
was different than previous meetings. The head Marshal,
who
has exercised restraint up to this point since he was ordered
to
seize the property on November 14, is getting pressure from
"higher-ups
in Washington".
We
have it from unimpeachable sources that the Marshals will raid
the
Indianapolis Baptist Temple BEFORE the inauguration on
January
20, 2001. Up to this point, it was believed that the Marshal
was
waiting to see what the political efforts of the Baptist Temple
would
result in, but that has all changed.
THE
CLINTON/RENO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS ENDING ITS
WATCH
BY INSISTING ON THE IMMEDIATE SEIZURE OF A 50-
YEAR-OLD
MAINSTREAM BAPTIST CHURCH, BEFORE THEY
CAN
GET A PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE SOLUTION!
They
are purposely pushing forward the seizure of this church,
because
they are afraid that the new administration would stop the
seizure.
CALL
I.B.T. FOR DIRECTIONS OR TO HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED.
(317) 787-0830
Listen
to Pastor W.N. Otwell live from IBT on short wave Saturday
evening
on WWCR 5.070 Mhz, 7:30 to 8:00 pm Eastern time.
__________________________________
In
light of the above, I thought some of the following quotations
were
particularly appropriate:
"If
you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude
better
than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in
peace.
We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick
the
hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you
and
may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." --Samuel
Adams
"They
that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety
deserve neither liberty nor safety." --Benjamin Franklin
"Is
life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of
chains
and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God, I know not what
course
others may take, but give me liberty or give me death!" --
Patrick
Henry
"Whatever
happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the
gospel
of Christ." (Philippians 1:27)
"The
righteous will never be uprooted, but the wicked will not remain
in
the land." (Proverbs 10:30)
"Listen,
my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right
path."
(Proverbs 23:19)
"For
the LORD is righteous, he loves justice; upright men will see
his
face." (Psalm 11:7)
"The
authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the
whole
of man's reason." --Martin Luther (1483-1546)
"The
higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all
mankind
is not of human, but of divine origin.
She cherishes no
purpose
save to merit the favor of Almighty God." --Calvin Coolidge
"No
people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and
this
is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness in our own
strength,
but with gratitude to the Giver of good who has blessed
us
with the conditions which have enabled us to achieve so large a
measure
of well-being and of happiness." --Theodore Roosevelt
___________________________________
I've
always been amazed at the ardor and strong faith of the founding fathers
of
America. As you see above, though, even
later presidents such
as
Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt gave credit and
thanksgiving
to Almighty God.
Seems
to be time to keep America in prayer. Many
believe God
has
given America another chance with a man who is devoted to
the
Lord. May it be so!
"Now
the Spirit speaketh expressly, that
in
the latter times some shall depart from
the
faith, giving heed to seducing spirits,
and
doctrines of devils." (1 Timothy 4:1)
"For
the time will come when they will not
endure
sound doctrine; but after their own
lusts
shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having
itching ears; And they shall turn away
their
ears from the truth, and shall be turned
unto
fables." (2 Timothy 4:3-4)
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There
are 2 messages in this issue.
Topics
in this digest:
1. The Indianapolis Baptist Temple Stand
Off
From: John Henry <Baptist@udon.ksc.co.th>
2. The Indianapolis Baptist Temple Stand
Off
From: John Henry
<Baptist@udon.ksc.co.th>
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Message:
1
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 03:27:46 +0700
From: John Henry
<Baptist@udon.ksc.co.th>
Subject:
The Indianapolis Baptist Temple Stand Off
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE STAND OFF
FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
JANUARY
7, 2001 AD
Day
55 Of The Stand Off
GENERAL
ALERT AND CALL TO ACTION
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/PressReleaseJan7.html
The
IBT leadership has received reports from reliable sources high up in
the
Justice Department that the raid on IBT will come before Jan. 20th when
George
W. Bush will be sworn in as the 43rd President of the United States
of
America.
The
imminent raid is planned as the last thing the Clinton Administration
does
before leaving office. It has been reported that the Clinton
Administration
has said their number one enemy was the fundamental
Christian.
This is a vindictive, power mad plan to crush a New Testament
Church
that dared to challenge the actions of Janet Reno and her boss, Bill
Clinton.
The President has become an expert in using the IRS against those
with
whom he disagrees.
The
same administration that began by ordering the raid and resulting
deaths
of 82 men, women, and children at Waco, Texas is leaving office with
the
destruction of a main line, 50 year old Baptist Church. This is the
beginning
of the destruction of all the fundamental Christian Churches in
America.
Using the precedent of this case, the IRS is already moving on
other
churches and Christian ministries across the nation. Destroying Bible
believing
churches is not a new concept. Their idea of destroying one of
the
largest leading fundamental churches is not a new concept. The
communist
nations have said they believe in Religious freedom with one side
of
their mouth while destroying the dissenting, unregistered churches. 1500
of
these types of churches were destroyed in China just before Christmas.
Some
Congressmen and Senators are studying and speaking about religious
persecution
in China and India. We invite them to come to IBT and see first
hand
the religious persecution in America. This is not a tax issue, it is a
control
issue. This is not only a First Amendment issue, but also a first
Commandment
issue.
IBT
is issuing a call for all interested parties to come and stand with
them
in this battle. This is a peaceful Redress of Grievance. All who will
stand
with IBT on this basis are urged to come and stand with the Church.
==============================
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE STAND OFF
FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
JANUARY
8, 2001 AD
Day
56 Of The Stand Off
UPDATE: UNITED STATES VS. INDIANAPOLIS BAPTIST
TEMPLE
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/index2.html
High
officials of the U.S. Justice department have ordered Federal Marshall
Frank
Anderson to seize a 50-year-old main line Baptist Church before
George
W. Bush is sworn into office.
IBT
is now in its 56th day of its peaceful Redress of Grievance. Nearly 200
members
and supporters slept at the Church last night.
Letters
to President Clinton and notes from children asking to be allowed
back
into their school that was housed in the Church have been ignored.
Sarah
Evans Barker Federal Judge for the Southern District of Indiana,
Indianapolis,
ordered the Church to vacate the buildings by High noon on
November
14, 2000 AD. The order was given to satisfy alleged uncollected
and
unpaid 941 withholding, FICA/Medicare taxes, for those who served in
the
Church ministry from 1987-1993. This amount including penalties and
interest
has increased from $200,000 to $6 million dollars.
The
news media have been ordered off of the parking lot along with the cars
of
supporters. The media has also been told that they will have to leave
when
the raid begins. Also no filming by the members or supporters will be
allowed.
====================
Dear
friend,
We
are in desperate need of funds to continue this battle for a free Church
and
Christian education without state interference. Please send the largest
gift
possible to:
Indianapolis
Baptist Temple
P.O.
Box 11
Indianapolis,
Indiana 46206.
For
all of you who respond, we will send you a "Scenes From the Battle"
video.
Please help us today if possible.
---------------------------------------------------
For
information contact IBT at:
(317)
787- 0830 or (317) 783-6753
ibtnews@voyager.net
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Also
see:
THE
REAL FACTS IN THE CASE OF US VS IBT
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/realfacts.html
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE OWES NO TAXES
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/gadletter.html
THE
RAPING OF THE BRIDE
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/bride.html
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Message:
2
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:19:35 +0700
From: John Henry
<Baptist@udon.ksc.co.th>
Subject:
The Indianapolis Baptist Temple Stand Off
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE STAND OFF
FOR
IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
JANUARY
10, 2001 AD
Day
58 Of The Stand Off
UPDATE: ATTORNEY FOR INDIANAPOLIS BAPTIST TEMPLE
MAKES REQUEST TO SEE
JANET RENO
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/index2.html
Some
media sources told IBT that Federal Marshal Frank Anderson went to
Washington,
D.C., to visit with U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. The IBT
leaders
followed by asking attorney Al Cunningham to make request that the
Church
leaders also have an audience with the Attorney General Reno. The
Church
hopes to hear from the Attorney General's office sometime today. In
the
mean time, the people of IBT remain on alert. Many are in the services
each
evening, with 150 - 200 people staying overnight throughout the buildings.
Today
is the 58th day of the peaceful redress of grievance from members and
supporters.
Services will continue nightly. Most of those present have
never
been in church services for 57 straight nights.
====================
Dear
friend,
We
are in desperate need of funds to continue this battle for a free Church
and
Christian education without state interference. Please send the largest
gift
possible to:
Indianapolis
Baptist Temple
P.O.
Box 11
Indianapolis,
Indiana 46206.
For
all of you who respond, we will send
you
a "Scenes From the Battle" video.
Please
help us today if possible.
---------------------------------------------------
For
information contact IBT at:
(317)
787- 0830 / 783-6753
ibtnews@voyager.net
---------------------------------------------------
Also
see:
THE
REAL FACTS IN THE CASE OF US VS IBT
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/realfacts.html
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE OWES NO TAXES
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/gadletter.html
THE
RAPING OF THE BRIDE http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/bride.html
CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE & ROMANS 13
http://www.angelfire.com/nt/baptist/Rom13.htm
STATE
CHURCHES THROUGH INCORPORATION AND TAXATION
From whence deriveth the
church her authority?
IRS 501(c)(3) or
Matthew 28:18
By Dr. Greg
Dixon, Pastor
Indianapolis
Baptist
Temple
http://home.inreach.com/dov/ibttax.htm
A
part of the following was given by Dr. Dixon as testimony before the
Senate
Finance Committee in 1983. The chairman was Senator Robert Dole (R),
of
Kansas.
Make
no mistake about it: "D" day for the churches of America is January
1,
1984.
Maybe Orwell had the right date after all. On this date every church
in
America must register and pay taxes to the Federal Government. Please
remember
that this has never happened since the founding of our nation more
than
two hundred years ago.
Starting
January 1, 1984, all churches and schools, which are exempt from
federal
income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code,
will
be required to pay Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes
for
each employee who is paid $100.00 or more in a calendar year.
Be
assured, regardless of what it is called, this is a tax. President
Franklin
D. Roosevelt said that it was a tax when it was presented to
congress
originally in 1934. Congress admitted that it was a tax when it
was
passed. The Supreme Court since has declared it to be a tax, and two of
the
most well known constitutional attorneys of our time in the area of
religious
liberty have said that this is a tax. David Gibbs has said it
over
and over again on the Accelerated Christian Education fall tour. Mr.
William
Ball has said essentially the same thing in a memorandum from his
office.
Mr.
Ball says:
"The
principle involved is plainly a tax on religion. Churches and
religious
schools are not afforded an option to pay, or not to pay, for an
insurance
program for their employees. The relatively small size of the tax
is
irrelevant (though to some the burden may be substantial). If religion
may
be taxed a little, why not greatly? The tax imposes obligations upon
religious
bodies in respect to the use and management of their own
resources
and with respect to the personnel of their ministries."
This
position paper should not be interpreted as advising anyone as to what
he
should do in regard to this tax. This paper is for the purpose of
clarifying
the issues and suggesting some alternatives. It also explains
what
some churches are doing in regard to this problem.
To
get a proper perspective, let us review the social security issue. Mr.
Ball
writes:
"In
January, 1984, non-profit organizations, including churches and
Christian
schools, will be swept into social security. Earlier this year
(1983)
Congress passed HR 1900 which was heralded as the 75-year cure of
the
nation's sagging social security program. President Reagan has signed
the
bill into law. Beginning January 1, Christian schools will be required
to
withhold 6.7% from each employee's salary for social security payments.
The
Christian school (and/or church) will, in addition, pay 7% of each
employee's
salary to social security as well. Understandably, this will
have
a significant financial impact on many Christian schools that have not
participated
in the government's social security program."
Of
course, many churches would have to borrow money to pay these taxes
since
most of them do not have it in their budget.
Originally
when this issue arose in congress in 1934, the legislators
suggested
that it be voluntary for everyone. President Roosevelt said,
"No!"
In fact, he said that it would be an involuntary coercive tax. many
of
the old line churches asked to be included. Congress was very emphatic.
They
said, "No, we can't tax God." So they didn't.
In
1951, however, Congress decided that God could be taxed voluntarily.
Many
churches since then have "opted in" and some who did participate have
opted
out and many never were included. Now in 1984, fifty years later,
Congress
had decided that God can be taxed involuntarily.
Make
no mistake about it, the penalties are unbelievably stiff. The pastor
or
responsible officer could receive a five year prison term or a $10,000
fine
or both and this is just on one count.
According
to Dr. David Gibbs, esq., there are three principles involved in
this
matter of taxation. First, the power to tax is the power to control.
Secondly,
this tax (FICA) is the means to which government provides
benefits
(subsidy or welfare) and thirdly, a tax is a test of sovereignty.
One
state cannot tax another because each is sovereign, God is sovereign;
He
cannot be taxed.
Many
pastors are asking if a church has the scriptural right to refuse to
pay
taxes. This issue strikes at the very core of the separation of church
and
State. What can join the church and State more than coercive taxes?
The
principal of this division is found in the dawn of history as it is
recorded
in Genesis chapter 14. Abram paid tithes of all to Melchizdek,
King
of Salem, and refused the spoils he was offered (though legally) from
the
King of Sodom.
It
is clear that it was the result of a solemn oath that Abram had made to God.
"Abram
said to the King of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord,
the
most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, that I will not take
anything
that is thine, lest thou shouldst say, I have made Abram rich." -
Genesis
14:22,23
Maybe
the church of the Lord Jesus Christ should restate this vow again.
The
church is not to finance the government neither is the government to
finance
the church. A State-financed church is a State controlled church.
The
pulpit must ever be free to cry out against the king. Nathan said to
King
David, "Thou art the man" (2 Samuel 12:7). Later, as religious
freedom
began
to die in Israel, prophets were imprisoned or killed for such boldness.
We
also see that the Levites were not taxed or conscripted for military
purpose
(Numbers 1:45-54; Numbers 18. Note especially verse 24). The tithe
was
to go to the Levites (Deuteronomy 14:27-29; Joshua 21).
However,
I think Ezra 7:24 is as clear as crystal.
"Also
we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites,
singers,
porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall
not
be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them."
The
New Testament is equally clear in Matthew 28:18-20 and Ephesians
5:21-33.
Let's look at some principles in these verses.
1.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the sole authority over the church (Matthew 26:18).
2.
The church is under orders from Him alone to disciple, baptize, and
teach
all things that He has commanded them (vs. 19, 20).
3.
If the church will do this then He promises to be with her to the end.
(vs.
20).
4.
Paul compares the special relationship of Christ and His church to a man
and
his wife. What can be closer (Ephesians 5:21-33)?
5.
Christ is the Savior of our body (the church), not the State (vs. 23).
6.
The church is subject unto Christ, not the State (vs. 24).
7.
Christ purchases the church with His own blood (vs. 25). The State can
give
nothing for the church and should give nothing to the church.
8.
The Lord nourishes and cherishes the church. Through the centuries the
State
has tried to destroy the church.
9.
The church is a living organism with a living head and body. Therefore
the
church is not a religious organization. It is possible to be a
religious
or charitable organization without being a church.
10.
The church is to be joined unto Christ (vs. 31). The Lord Jesus uses
the
word cleave in Matthew 19:5.
11.
Admittedly this is a great mystery (vs. 32), and in this post-Christian
era
it should not surprise us if a world who hated our Lord Jesus Christ
should
also hate His church (John 16:18-21).
The
following is taken from Baptists and the American Tradition! by Robert
C.
Newman, Regular Baptist Press, Des Plaines, Illinois.
"Pressures
upon the New England Bible commonwealth forced gradual changes
in
their peculiar form of church-State union. Civil magistrates continued
to
enforce both tables of the law, which meant the regulations of the
religious
as well as the civil life of the populace. The magistrates were
considered
the 'nursing fathers to the church,' and as such, they could
pass
and enforce legislation for tax support of Congregationalism. They
could
not alter the church's beliefs and worship, a hated memory of the old
days
in England. But taxation for church support and the trial of heretics
were
within their domain. Not until 1728 did Puritan New England exempt
Baptists,
Anglicans and Quakers from taxation for support of the Standing
Order." Page 24, paragraph 1.
"Being
a strong Baptist and an independent, he (Backus) took care to
ascertain
beforehand whether or not the Association would wield any control
over
his local congregation." Page 33, paragraph 3.
"Religious
taxation was the main issue. Backus was the alert leader in this
long
controversy. He resorted to newspaper attacks against the proposed
Constitution
for its failure to eliminate taxation to support
congregationalism.
"Backus
was a man of principle. He did not simply contest tax support for
the
established church, but tax support of any religious body." Page 35,
paragraph
1 and 2.
"In
the pamphlet he (Backus) describes punishments, imprisonment's and
other
assorted persecutions directed at various Separates and
Separate-Baptists
on the part of the New England oligarchy." Page 36,
paragraph
2.
"In
1783 he (Backus) wrote A Door Opened for Christian Liberty. In it he
related
the persecution of Richard Lee." Page 36, paragraph 3.
"...he
(Backus) argued that the Head of the Church is Christ and, since
there
is no earthly head, then to impose one is unbiblical....since the
above
is true, then a government should not govern in religious
affairs....he
(Backus) maintained that the 'end of civil governments is the
good
of the governed.' Page 37, paragraph 1.
"The-established
clergy held sole right to perform marriages and bury the
dead....Thus,
while Anglican ministers were State supported, they were also
State
regulated. Beginning in 1662 and continuing for nearly a century
afterward,
Virginia's General Assembly required ministers to present
evidence
of ordination by an English bishop." Page
42, last paragraph 2.
"The
Baptists were the first to enter the war for religious liberty in
Virginia."
Page 42, last paragraph.
"They
(the New Light Baptists) were often without formal training and
always
without government sanction....Between 1768 and 1776 the colony
imprisoned
more than forty Baptist preachers. This was relatively easy
since
they had no State certification." Page 42, paragraph 3.
In
the Fundamentalist vs. Modernist controversy in the 20's the issue was,
"Who
is Jesus?" The controversy today is "What is the Church?"
The
true church of the Lord Jesus Christ should not be surprised if one of
its
greatest antagonists in this struggle are the interdenominationalists
and
para-church organizations. They believe in a universal, invisible
church
while the Bible teaches that His assembly is local and visible.
Who
can deny that after January 1, 1984, ever church in America will be
required
to become a State church. According to Dr. Robert McCurry in the
August
14, 1983, issue of The Temple Times.
"A
State church is a church that is recognized by the State, serves the
State,
provides revenue for the State, and serves a public purpose that is
not
contrary to established public policy. This is exactly what was decreed
for
churches of America.
"Churches
will be registered with the State by tax-identification numbers.
"Churches
will be producers of revenue for the State by paying taxes 'to
assure
the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds.' Taxable
organizations
are answerable to the government-open to the inspection and
dictates
of the government.
"Churches
will be agents of the State by confiscating and remitting to the
State
taxes that the State has ordered the church to confiscate from the
remuneration
of church employees.
"Churches
will be servants of the State by keeping records for the
remitting
records to the State.
"Of
course, this is just the beginning. The full impact of what will be
imposed
on the churches is yet to be seen. Once a State church has been
decreed,
the door is open to an endless number of impositions."
A
Christian attorney in Indianapolis, has compiled a list of forth-one
different
areas of conflict between the church and State today. No wonder
over
8,000 Christians and churches are currently on trial in America.
In
a recent court trial a pastor was asked by a prosecutor if his church
used
toilet paper. When the obvious had been established the State tried to
enforce
interstate commerce laws against the church when it was showed that
they
had brought the paper over State lines.
Dr.
McCurry also relates the following in the December 12, 1982, issue of
The
Temple Time:
"Several
years before his death in 1976, which would be the early 70s, and
long
before there emerged the type of persecution of the church and its
ministries
in America by the government as is now so visible, Baptist
evangelist
B.B. Caldwell made the following prediction in a sermon
entitled,
'Seven World-Shaking Events Soon to Come to Pass.'
"I
predict that the final oppression of Christianity will start with
taxation...
there will be universal taxation. This will start with a series
of
independent churches and missionary associations, thereby casting a
shadow
upon their integrity and raising doubts in the minds of their
contributors
as to the validity of their ministry.
"The
government will haul ministers of the Gospel into court on alleged tax
irregularities
and challenge ministerial authority of independent ministers
of
the Gospel. The government will get rid of independent ministers,
churches,
and associations and a State church will be set up."
Notice
in this amazing prediction the connection between taxation and a
State
church. The danger of such a State church may be more real because
many
preachers and Laymen in the United States either do not know what a
State
church is, or do not care. CLA Attorney David Gibbs stated that there
is
probably a widespread feeling that State church implies uniformed guards
conducting
the church services. And because that seems so unlikely, the
fear
of a State church is often minimized.
What
Can Be Done?
I
am suggesting that churches become unincorporated, both State and
Federal;
and that new churches not apply at all. In my opinion after
studying
this subject for many months, incorporation is possible the
innocent
trap that Satan has lured us into.
Make
no mistake about it. A corporation is no fictitious entity. it is a
creature
of the State. It has no constitutional rights as the individual,
and
it must make incredible concessions today which are clearly unscriptural.
Consider
what the Supreme Court of 1905 had to say in regards to
incorporation
in the Hale vs. Hink case.
Quote:
"The benefits of the Fifth Amendment are exclusively for a witness
compelled
to testify against himself in a criminal case and he cannot set
them
up on behalf of a corporation."
Quote:
"A corporation is a creature of the State and there is a reserved
right
in the legislature to investigate its contracts and to find out
whether
it has exceeded its power."
Quote:
"There is a clear distinction between an individual and a
corporation
and the later being a creature of the State has no
constitutional
right to refuse to submit its books and papers for an
examination
at the Suit of the State."
Quote:
"Franchises of the corporation chartered by the State are, so far as
they
involve questions of interstate commerce, ('denominations') exercise
in
subordination of the power of congress may not have general visitorial
power
over state corporations, its powers in indication of its own law are
the
same as if the corporation had been created by an act of congress."
In
reality there are only three purposes for incorporation: Liability
(limited),
respectability, and perpetuity (if the owner dies the
corporation
lives on.) Why should the Blood-bought Church of Jesus Christ
have
to have any of the three? First of all, the Church has the promise
that
the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18). And
then,
why should we have the approval of man if we are approved in Heaven
by
God Himself? And then, we certainly do not need to worry about the
owner
of the church dying for He is alive forevermore and has
promised us in
Matthew 28:20, "and, lo, I am with you alway, even
unto the end of the world."
The Congress amended HR 1900 to exempt churches who were
not paying FICA
taxes at the time. However, they would have to file Form
8274 with the
Federal Government. Thousands of churches did so.
However, because to sign
file Form 8274 would be an admission of jurisdiction
(Lordship) of the
State over the church, the unregistered churches refused
to file the form.
Following are eleven reasons why the Indianapolis Baptist
Temple refused to
sign form 8274:
1. It would deny the Lordship of Christ over His church
(Ephesians 5:23-24).
2. The IRS has no right to tell a Baptist church its
definition of a minister.
3. The IRS definition of a minister is a Roman Catholic
definition.
4. We would have to admit that a religious organization
and a church are
the same thing.
5. Must admit that we are a not-for-profit business
organization.
6. We must say that we have employees, not ministers.
7. We must admit that we are not opposed to taxing the
church.
8. It automatically makes the church an agent of the
State.
9. It opens the church records automatically to the
State.
10. There are no regulations written, which means that we
would be signing
a blank check.
11. The Blood-bought Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
cannot participate in
a tax scheme that is a hoax and a fraud.
The Indianapolis Baptist Temple unincorporated June 23,
1983. At that time
we severed all relations with the State and Federal
Government that would
entangle us and hinder the church from operating strictly
under the
Headship of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We stopped collecting and remitting taxes to the State,
as an example. Can
you imagine the Blood-bought Church of Jesus Christ being
a publican (tax
collector) for a wicked State that murders a million and
a half unborn
infants per year, finances sodomy, and supports communism
around the world?
The Baptist Temple stopped withholding taxes and
twenty-five to thirty
other things to get disconnected from the State, local
and federal
governments. A complete list is available on request by
contacting:
Indianapolis Baptist Temple
P. O. Box 11
Indianapolis, IN 46206
Phone: (317) 787- 0830 or (317) 783-6753
E-mail: <ibtnews@voyager.net>
Churches that are interested in unincorporating should
contact Mr. Al
Cunningham of the Biblical Law Center, at P.O. Box 415,
Montgomery Creek,
California 96065, Phone 916-337-6492
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Also see:
THE
REAL FACTS IN THE CASE OF U.S. VS I.B.T.
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/realfacts.html
CIVIL
DISOBEDIENCE & ROMANS 13
<http://www.angelfire.com/nt/baptist/Rom13.htm>http://www.angelfire.com/nt/b
aptist/Rom13.htm
INDIANAPOLIS
BAPTIST TEMPLE OWES NO TAXES
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/gadletter.html
THE
RAPING OF THE BRIDE
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/bride.html
THE
INDIANAPOLIS BAPTIST TEMPLE WEB SITE
http://www.indianapolisbaptisttemple.com/index2.html
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