Two Ohio churches accused of violating nonprofit status by supporting

NY Times Monday: Two Ohio churches accused of violating
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loved your response to me earlier. :)

the churches were progressive.

I was all ready to whine! Now what am I gonna do?! :P

churches..oh please oh please.

Gee, I don't see any mixing of religion & politics from that guy.

Rod also is rumored to enjoy certain physical & earthly pleasures too.

He & Blackwell are tight.

believe me, cats do not change their stripes.

Oh what I would give for a photo showing his enjoyment of "earthly pleasures"

Or the later Rod who liked to give comfort to women
other then his wife? Younger women really needed comfort.

Just to dish if for no other reason!

BTW - Rod with da bong, Rod; destroyer of private property, Rod, the idiot

so they figure it would be best to wait until they get all the terrorist killed or something

...and we won't have this little problem, will we?

Observe: sentimentality about religion and politics leads to religious politics.

who are singlehandedly propping up slum communities because the government will not.

They're not all crystal cathedrals.

If the churches pay taxes, that money needs to be earmarked for helping poor people.

If they're actually "dirt fucking poor", then they won't have to
worry much about taxes, will they? No income, no holdings, no
taxes.

Tesha

A church backing a rethug I am shocked.

I don't see that kind of public investigation happening in Ohio any time soon.

Churches could face IRS probe 
Pastors Parsley, Johnson exploited pulpits to play politics, ministers’ complaint alleges 
Monday, January 16, 2006
Mike Harden and Joe Hallett 
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH 
 
ADAM CAIRNS | DISPATCH 
Eric Williams, senior pastor of North Congregational United Church of Christ, tallies up petitions that ask the IRS to investigate political-campaign activities of two central Ohio churches. 
 
The complaint alleges churchsponsored events have 
showcased Republican gubernatorial candidate J. Kenneth Blackwell. 
 
The Rev. Rod Parsley, left, and the Rev. Russell Johnson have been accused of using their churches for partisan politics. 

More than 30 local pastors last night officially accused two evangelical megachurches of illegal political activities. 

In a rare and potentially explosive action, the moderate ministers signed a complaint asking the Internal Revenue Service to investigate World Harvest Church of Columbus and Fairfield Christian Church of Lancaster and determine if their tax-exempt status should be revoked. 

The grievance claims that the Rev. Rod Parsley of World Harvest Church and the Rev. Russell Johnson of Fairfield Christian Church improperly used their churches and affiliated entities — the Center for Moral Clarity, Ohio Restoration Project and Reformation Ohio — for partisan politics, including supporting the Republican gubernatorial candidacy of Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell. 


http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/01/16/20060116-A1-00.html

"It’s sad to see the religious left and the secular left forge an unholy alliance against people of faith," Johnson said."

When atheists accuse churches of rightwing pandering, it comes off as self-serving. Time for the religious left I remember from my childhood to take it to the streets.

Viva La (Le?) "Unholy Alliance".