We do council our congregations, especially the Treasurers to try and hold their reoccurring expenses to the level of their monthly tithes. These include Pastor salary, building payment, utilities, insurance, any other financial cost that is a monthly expense............and then all other commitments be considered as Love Offering expenses....... Not all can do even this, and so other congregations help them when possible.
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Ours is not a mega church. We have a membership of nearly 1000, with a number of adherents, also. We have the extra interests built on our mission to reach and serve our city, and to be a people of excellence producing the next generation of spiritual leaders who are excellent in what they do for God, also.
1000 is a mega church 
A mega church is like .... 200+ for some gatherings
Couldn't we establish that a church where the pastor is unable to account for the state each sheep in the flock be out of order?
Quick question.... was not the tithe Abraham gave to Melchizedek, a high king and priest of unknown origin and a shadow and type of Christ... instituted before the Mosaic Law?
A mega church is like .... 200+ for some gatherings Couldn't we establish that a church where the pastor is unable to account for the state each sheep in the flock be out of order?
Quick question.... was not the tithe Abraham gave to Melchizedek, a high king and priest of unknown origin and a shadow and type of Christ... instituted before the Mosaic Law?
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1000 is a mega church A mega church is like .... 200+ for some gatherings
A mega church is like .... 200+ for some gatherings
That is an unrealistic expectation. However a good church that uses the "cell church" format has pastors that have the capability to be on top of the condition of his flock---easily.
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Just curious Dan., why does it matter to you or anyone why someone else and their church tithes or doesn't tithe? Don't each of us have to be thoroughly convinced in our own minds? That is how I feel about it especially since there are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many different opinions and teachings on the subject of tithing. Either a Christian knows the Holy Spirit is leading them to do something so they have a firm belief about it OR they don't. And if they don't they should not do it because then they will be doing it for a wrong reason like because everyone else is or isn't doing it.
Well here in the USA you cant hide! Most churches are under the 501c3 exemption status and it is public information! We here in the usa are transparent
Nonprofits are required to submit their financial statements and other information -- including the salaries of directors, officers, and key employees -- to the IRS. (For information on who is considered a key employee, see IRS Form 990 and its instructions.) The IRS and nonprofits themselves are required to disclose the information on Form 990 to anyone who asks. Nonprofits must allow public inspection of these records during regular business hours at their principal offices. However, many people won't even need to ask -- a number of websites make Forms 990 available for the searching, including the Foundation Center at http://fdncenter.org and GuideStar at www.guidestar.org.
In addition, people can request information from the IRS by writing a letter, including the name of the organization, the year, and the type of tax return requested, and send it to:
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Attn: Freedom of Information Reading Room
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20224
Nonprofits are required to submit their financial statements and other information -- including the salaries of directors, officers, and key employees -- to the IRS. (For information on who is considered a key employee, see IRS Form 990 and its instructions.) The IRS and nonprofits themselves are required to disclose the information on Form 990 to anyone who asks. Nonprofits must allow public inspection of these records during regular business hours at their principal offices. However, many people won't even need to ask -- a number of websites make Forms 990 available for the searching, including the Foundation Center at http://fdncenter.org and GuideStar at www.guidestar.org.
In addition, people can request information from the IRS by writing a letter, including the name of the organization, the year, and the type of tax return requested, and send it to:
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Attn: Freedom of Information Reading Room
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20224
Just curious Dan., why does it matter to you or anyone why someone else and their church tithes or doesn't tithe? Don't each of us have to be thoroughly convinced in our own minds? That is how I feel about it especially since there are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO many different opinions and teachings on the subject of tithing. Either a Christian knows the Holy Spirit is leading them to do something so they have a firm belief about it OR they don't. And if they don't they should not do it because then they will be doing it for a wrong reason like because everyone else is or isn't doing it.
but definitely, give what feels right to you...
about other people's churches, Euphemia had mentioned some details about her church's budget... I thought it was really interesting, so I was asking for more details...
see, that's what I thought too... and you may well be right...
when I looked on the internet, it looked like churches were exempt from filing... in most cases... then it gets complicated... imo...
there is a irs site where we can search for who's filed a 990:
https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/revokeSearch.do?searchChoice=ePostcard&dispatchMethod=selectSearch
when I searched for churches in my neighborhood, none of them came up... (the masons did, though)
when I looked on the internet, it looked like churches were exempt from filing... in most cases... then it gets complicated... imo...
there is a irs site where we can search for who's filed a 990:
https://apps.irs.gov/app/eos/revokeSearch.do?searchChoice=ePostcard&dispatchMethod=selectSearch
when I searched for churches in my neighborhood, none of them came up... (the masons did, though)
