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TO THE 45
MEMBERS OF CHRISTIANITY OASIS THAT GAVE LOVE OFFERINGS TO
CHRISTIANITY OASIS IN THE YEAR 2007 ... AND TO THOSE WHO ARE
CONSIDERING GIVING LOVE OFFERINGS IN THE FUTURE ...
THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES CAN CHOOSE TO
OPERATE DEPENDING ON MANY VARIABLES.
AS PER THE
CHRISTIANITY OASIS DISCLAIMER ... WE HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO
BECOME DEPENDENT ON GOVERNMENT INCENTIVES OR BECOME DEEMED
BY THEM AS A "QUALIFIED" CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION AS THEY HAVE
LAWS WHICH PROHIBIT US FROM GIVING MONEY TO THE POOR AND
DEDUCTING IT AS AN EXPENSE.
THIS SIMPLY
MEANS THAT WE DO NOT RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE GOVERNMENT
AND WE DO NOT GET THE "STATUS" OF BEING A "QUALIFIED"
ORGANIZATION WHICH THEY KNOW MOST WANT TO BECOME ASSUMING IT
WILL BRING IN MORE MONEY TO THEIR CAUSE.
AS MOST KNOW, WE
DO GIVE OUT QUITE A BIT OF FUNDS TO THE POOR AND THOSE WHO
NEED A LIL HELP, WHEN WE ARE
APPROACHED BY THOSE IN NEED. THIS ACT HAS THE GOVERNMENT TITLE US AS A
"NON-QUALIFIED" ORGANIZATION UNDER THEIR EXISTING RULES AND
REGULATIONS.
LET ME
GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ... THERE WAS A FAMILY WHO HAD A CHILD
WHO NEEDED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR AND SEVERAL OF US PITCHED IN
AND SENT THEM MONEY.
IF WE
WERE DEEMED AS "QUALIFIED" ... WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO
THIS UNLESS WE DEMANDED RECEIPTS FROM THIS SOUL (AND ALL
OTHER NEEDY SOULS WE GIVE TO) AS FOR IT TO BECOME TAXABLE
INCOME FOR THEM. INSTEAD IT WAS SIMPLY A GIFT OF LOVE ...
WHICH IS LEGAL, BUT HAS US DEEMED AS BEING "NON-QUALIFIED"
...
IN
ADDITION, EVEN IF WE WERE DEEMED AS A "QUALIFIED"
ORGANIZATION ... IN MOST CASES, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
CLAIM THE DEDUCTION BECAUSE OF THEIR RULES AND REGULATIONS
ON THOSE WHO GIVE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.
THEY
HAVE A LIST OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY DEEM AS
"NON-QUALIFIED" ... A COUPLE EXAMPLES WOULD BE THE MONEY YOU THROW IN THE SALVATION ARMY
BUCKET OR GIVE TO THE POOR MAN ON THE CORNER AND MANY OF THE
SMALL CHURCH COLLECTION PLATES.
YOU
CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT
THIS ON THE TAX FORM:
TO CHOOSE TO GIVE LOVE
OFFERINGS TO THE LORD BY WAY OF A CHRISTIAN MINISTRY IS NOT
ABOUT GETTING WORLDLY REWARDS ... IT IS ABOUT STORING UP
YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN.
THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO GIVE LOVE OFFERINGS TO CHRISTIANITY
OASIS TO SPREAD THE WORD CAN NOT CLAIM THE LOVE OFFERINGS
THAT THEY GAVE AS A TAX DEDUCTION.
AS WE
INDICATED ON THE
CHRISTIANITY
OASIS LOVE OFFERINGS DISCLAIMER ...
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"We would
pray that you would find it more fulfilling to
know that your contribution is going to further
the Gospel of Jesus Christ through this Ministry
as well as going to help families and
individuals who are truly in need and that this
would be more of a reward to you in Heaven than
a tax break from the government." |
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IF YOU GIVE LOVE OFFERINGS TO
THE LORD BY WAY OF CHRISTIANITY OASIS AND SEEK A MERE TAX DEDUCTION ...
YOU ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE.
Take
care and have a SON-derful day
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