"GUIDELINES for POLITICAL ACTIVITIES by CHURCHES and PASTORS."

Christianity in America is under direct assault like never before in our nation.  RESEARCH!  LEARN your rights, exercise them and stand by them!!!!! NEVER BACK DOWN UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!  DO NOT INCORPORATE YOUR GOD GIVEN MINISTRY, EVEN 'CORP SOLE', UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. DO NOT PUT THE GOVERNMENT/SATAN AT THE HEAD OF YOUR MINISTRY BETWEEN YOU AND ALMIGHTY GOD!!!!!!!

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Ron Paul - the only Congressman to stand up against the IRS as Federal Marshals seized the Indianapolis Baptist Temple on February 13, 2001   http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Writer-Bio-Page.htm?EdNo=104

For those interested, here is the first page of the document, "GUIDELINES for POLITICAL ACTIVITIES by CHURCHES and PASTORS."

James Madison Center for Free Speech
GUIDELINES for March 2006
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES by CHURCHES AND PASTORS
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by James Bopp, Jr. General Counsel
James Madison Center for Free Speech
in association with the Alliance Defense Fund

As the 2006 elections approach, and various groups begin again their intimidation tactics in an effort to silence churches and pastors about the great social and moral issues of our time, churches and pastors need clear guidelines for permissible political activities. In response to that need, the James Madison Center for Free Speech and the Alliance Defense Fund are providing these guidelines3 and will respond free of charge to inquiries by churches, pastors, and priests on permissible political activities through informal e-mails, telephone advice and legal opinion letters.* The Alliance Defense Fund has provided a grant to the James Madison Center for Free Speech for this purpose.

These guidelines summarize the requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act and James Madison Center for Free Speech, 1 South 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47807, voice 812-232-2434, fax 812-235-3685, http://www.jamesmadisoncenter.org e-mail  madisoncenter@aol.com.

Alliance Defense Fund, 15333 North Prima Road, Suite 165, Scottsdale, AZ 85260,
http://www.alliancedefensefund.org

The James Madison Center for Free Speech encourages you to copy and share these guidelines with anyone who may benefit from their use.  Requests for a formal opinion letter involving substantial legal research are not covered by the grant. If a request falls into this category, the requesting pastor or priest will be notified as soon as possible so that appropriate arrangements may be made to answer this request.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the1 Government for a redress of grievances.

Here' more info from Liberty Counsel:  http://www.lc.org/resources/pastors_chu ... litics.htm       http://lc.org/index.cfm?PID=15257

GUIDELINES for POLITICAL ACTIVITIES by CHURCHES and PASTORS. This is put out by the James Madison Center for Free Speech, funded by a grant from the Alliance Defense Fund.

http://www.citizenlink.org/images/ivote ... slegal.pdf      (Note: March 2006 version is updated and current.)

This is a must read for all 501(c)(3) organizations.

ACTIVITY

Endorse a candidate for political office? CHURCH: NO PASTOR: Yes

Allow candidates to speak on church premises? CHURCH: Yes PASTOR: N/A

Rent list of church members to candidate for fundraising purposes (at fair market value)? CHURCH: Yes PASTOR: N/A

Distribute Voter Guides CHURCH: Yes PASTOR: Yes

Engage in voter registration, voter identification, get out the vote, voter education ? CHURCH: Yes PASTOR: Yes

(sorry, the examples are a bit cramped & confusing..)


Friends, this is a great tool to help inform and encourage pastors, churches and non-profit organizations to get involved, to let their voices be heard, and to help mobilize the Evangelical Christian vote.

I believe that the 501c3 is deceptive, because it places the government and IRS, over the headship of Jesus Christ, and so a church should never serve two masters. Render on to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are Gods. The 501c3 was set up and designed to control what is said at the pulpit, while at the same time it would give certain pagan agencies the ability to control who gets voted into office, as well as to remind people to forget about using their God, given Constitutional Rights, called Freedom of Speech. Churches were already tax exempt. Thanks to Lyndon B. Johnson, his deceptive idea of a 501c3, he uses his personal idea to control Freedom of Speech. I would tell pastors today that if you want your freedom back, dispose of the 501c3, and challenge the Lyndon B. Johnsons deceptive 501c3 in court. After all Lyndon B. Johnson, would have a difficult time defending himself since he is no longer alive. The power comes from the people not the government. If God is with us then who can be against us.