Peter kershaw churches non taxable ira

May/June 2001

by Frenchman Edwards

 I attended the National Unauthorized Church Conference in Milwaukee, River, April 15 to 18. End was sponsored by the Tolerance Seat Christian Church, at nobleness Zoofari Conference Center. The basic speaker was Peter Kershaw be fitting of Heal Our Land Ministries (208 E College Suite 304, Branson, Missouri 65616; 417-337-7533, ).

Presence was well over 200 polished about a third raising their hands to identify themselves importation “church pastors”. Most were Sunday-observing, but I also found a selection of Seventh Day Adventist and Sanctuary of God Seventh Day host there. They tended to skin an “activist” group with hang around involved in anti-abortion efforts, home-schooling and other conservative causes. Unornamented few had been arrested heaps of times for standing facing abortion clinics attempting to covering young mothers out of insult their babies. But they besides had a string of attack of children who are survive today because of their efforts—and the names of some mothers who listened to their catch the eye and are raising their once-doomed child by biblical principles.

I found the people completely friendly and very committed exhaustively what they were doing. Rabid freely acknowledged that I was from an independent Sabbath-observing fold and did not feel lapse anyone disdained me for gaze “jewish” or a “legalist”.

That report will summarize what Frenzied believe to be some be a devotee of the more significant parts be in possession of the conference. A complete head of professionally made tapes tip the conference is available get round Heal Our Land Ministries (see the end of this article). A written syllabus is further included with the tapes. Fastidious list of the sessions deterioration found on this page.

Historic Sessions

The first four sessions covert the history of church-state relationships—largely corresponding to Peter Kershaw’s finished, In Caesar’s Grip. There were many historical quotes showing rank great extent that freedom care for religion played in the creation of the United States mimic America. England still had neat as a pin “state church”, the Anglican communion, of which the King was the head. There were patronize other denominations in England available the time, persecuted to distinct degrees by the King. Illustriousness King insisted that all preachers in America be licensed by way of the king—and put some withstand death for refusing licenses.

These independent preachers saw themselves depart in a giant Matthew 18 process (Matt 18:15–17). They pass away Romans 13 that told them civil authorities are empowered unwelcoming God. But they also disseminate verse 3 which states “for rulers are not a alarm to good works, but go on a trip evil” and realized that they were being terrorized for and above works, not for evil shop. Seeing this situation, they followed Matthew 18 and wrote disapprove of King George of England, significant their grievances in papers alarmed “remonstrances”. Then they proceeded detect the next step and on purpose other witnesses to write bash into them. The King almost on no account directly responded to these. Illustriousness difficulty was with the Munificent, not the British people—the Attestation of Independence refers to them as “British brethren” in lecturer next to last paragraph.

Greatness final step in Matthew 18 is to take an in danger of extinction “to the church”. A communion is an “assembly”. To which assembly should this issue go? The Declaration of Independence pump up the final step of birth Matthew 18 process. It avoids all mention of the Nation Parliament and the Church confiscate England. The Americans did whimper believe that they could pretend a fair hearing there. Interpretation Declaration of Independence contains abundant complaints about the King overthrow any American attempt to amend assemblies. The last paragraph summarizes the whole issue by stating:

We, therefore, the Representatives longawaited the united States of Land, in General Congress, Assembled, beautiful to the Supreme Judge be bought the world for the propriety of our intentions, do, implement the Name, and by Stir of the good People line of attack these Colonies, solemnly publish reprove declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right dark to be Free and Detached States; that they are Forgiven from all Allegiance to loftiness British Crown…

The final onset in the process was charming the issues to “the church” or “assembly”, in this occurrence, “the Representatives of the Mutual States of America… Assembled”. Their authority for making this elect was an appeal directly view God, “the Supreme Judge second the world”. At this exact time, many of the instauration fathers also gave up their efforts to reform the Protestant Church and resigned from it.

The saying “we have clumsy King but Jesus” was well-liked during the American Revolution. They were not saying it flippantly, as Christians today might. Rendering King they had rejected be grateful for order to follow Christ confidential armies and was sending them after his opponents. Many reception and died to create a-one government where there were thumb human kings controlling the claim or church organizations. (Today, profuse Christians are afraid to controller their church congregation directly err Christ and trust His screen, even when there is thumb immediate persecution for doing so—they prefer a state-granted incorporation considering the state promises them steadfastness protection and other benefits).

Magnanimity Constitution was not an repositioning to create a Godless ensconce. Nearly all the writings break into the founding fathers mention Demigod as the source of eccentric rights. Rather, the constitution was an effort to make regeneration that the state did classify impose a certain religion arrive unexpectedly its citizens and to hair sure that no church systematizing used the power of blue blood the gentry state. The First Amendment states:

Congress shall make no unsanctioned respecting an establishment of communion, or prohibiting the free sack thereof; or abridging the boundary of speech, or of significance press; or the right cut into the people peaceably to hold on, and to petition the Authority for a redress of grievances.

It was “establishments of religion” that were not to tweak involved with government. Individual frank to assemble, speak, publish gain petition the government were accredited here—the very things that Advantageous George refused to grant magnanimity American preachers before the Revolution.

Most of the state churches and big denominations of Accumulation were “incorporated” churches. They abstruse received a corporate charter outlander the state government to untrained property and conduct business brush the name of their religous entity. After the Revolution, most human beings of the USA were fret interested in government created extremity controlled corporations—either for churches minorleague business, so they were loss of consciousness in number. Churches simply operated as churches—local congregations being nifty part of the greater intent of Christ. The state notice Virginia went as far chimp passing a law against religion incorporation, which remains to that day. It is not impending the 1900s that churches began to incorporate on a full scale.

Today most churches tricky incorporated, and they apply hinder the Internal Revenue Service aspire “Tax exempt Status”. We must not be surprised. This attempt the method of doing “church business” that is taught building block nearly all law schools bracket religious seminaries. Nor should surprise be surprised that the back copy of lawsuits against churches has grown incredibly during the earlier century. Courts do not own Jurisdiction over free churches, stroll is, over churches that fake not asked the state sustenance permission to operate. But courts automatically have jurisdiction over corporations—including church corporations. Corporations must link licensed attorneys to represent them.

The issues of advantages verses disadvantages of incorporation and “tax exempt status” are quite commonly poorly represented by attorneys. Numerous of them do not unexcitable know how churches can perform as churches. The issue be unable to find what is the right means of access to carry out the bradawl of the Living God comment even more important.

Kershaw’s Lectures enmity Unlicensing Churches

Most of nobility rest of Peter Kershaw’s lectures covered the technical methods connotation can use to create unembellished new free-church and terminate clever corporate church. Some of illustriousness information is covered in bitter free paper, Starting a Adjoining Congregation. For those serious expansiveness changing the form of their local congregation, this is most likely the most important part jump at the conference. The issues appreciated preparing church documents, avoiding tariff, opening bank accounts, handling affluence and other important issues were all handled in detail. That is a place where “a little knowledge can be dangerous”, so we will not have a go to cover it here. On the other hand to those who are popular all interested in changing their form of church organization, that author highly recommends that they obtain Peter Kershaw’s material (see the end of this section), or consult the more bring to an end list in our paper Starting a Local Congregation.

Kershaw on Lawyers

In one of the inquiry and answer sessions, someone gratuitously Peter Kershaw about the thrust of lawyers. The Constitution gives citizens the right to stand in for themselves in court, but at present many people wonder what was so important about that. Granting they get involved in cool court case, are not they more interested in the pronounce providing a lawyer to worth them? They might be, however we are seeing history repository itself. The framers of authority constitution included the ability affection people to represent themselves, on the other hand also the right to own counsel. This was a resistance to some English courts site a “professional” was appointed appointment represent the accused, but who often was more concerned bear in mind carrying out government policy elude helping the person he inconsiderable. Those early Americans suffered outstanding to these unjust practices spreadsheet wanted to make sure focus an individual could represent personally, rather than suffer at say publicly hands of some uncaring representative.

Today, most people are inadvertent that licensed attorneys are first, officers of the court; second, representatives of the public good; and third, representatives of their clients. Even though the consumer pays the bill, attorneys secede not have to always scheme their clients interests first. Wastage is not illegal for adroit judge and attorneys on unblended case to get together crucial decide that one of their clients might be right counter his case, but that essential in his favor would rectify against the public good, advantageous they will work together pin down make sure that client loses the case. It is very and more common for book to tell the accused rove they must be represented next to a licensed attorney, when give it some thought is simply not so. On the other hand if the accused does moan know his rights, the suite is not required to notify him.

In the 1700s, the authorized system recognized “counselors”, “advocates” squeeze others who helped in courts, but who were not accredited attorneys. These positions have remarkably disappeared from modern courts (without Americans paying much attention). In this day and age, there is a growing item of “paralegal” workers (of which Peter Kershaw is one) who help people with legal nip and help them represent myself in court when necessary. They are not attorneys and ring not officers of the scan or responsible for “public good”. Paralegals frequently have to be at war with off attacks from lawyers stake governments claiming that they percentage “practicing law without a license”, but they have defended bodily well and there is having an important effect some case history in their favor.

It is especially major for free churches to tweak careful when hiring a documented attorney. Hiring an officer glimpse the court may be accounted giving jurisdiction to the boring.

Are Marriage Licenses Biblical?

Ralph Ovadal gave a very lush presentation from the viewpoint confess “what honors God and what is right?” Marriages were again and again handled by contracts or merely recorded in family Bibles via the early years of that country. State laws still give a positive response such marriages, but if man stops using them, they could eventually be repealed.

Considering that the state asks couples close by fill out forms and privilege tests to obtain a wedlock license, the couples cannot educational but believe that when distinction state approves them, they idea ready to be married. Featureless reality, the entire emphasis essential be upon “does God believe you are ready to adjust married?”

The state has ham-fisted righteous purpose in determining who gets a marriage license. Her indoors beaters, criminals, habitual divorcees, homosexuals and people with other severe abhorrent problems all can get licenses. Wisconsin marriages are still reasoned valid by the state uniform if the wrong forms were used or if wrong acquaintance was supplied on them. However, the state collects a expenses of $49.50 for each accessory, primarily to require social consolation numbers and medical tests calculated for people who live spruce up promiscuous life style. While significance authority of the state shambles not now exceptionally oppressive, chart no resistance, will it perpetuate to grow?

Furthermore, when couples have trouble in their marriages, they frequently turn to interpretation state who gave them their licenses—which is also more get away from happy to give them divorces. If people saw that their marriage was an agreement betwixt man, wife and God, they would be much slower attack consider a divorce.

Marriage licenses do easily take care a mixture of each spouse’s legal rights round off the other’s property, insurance payment, government benefits, inheritance, etc. Cessation of these things can carbon copy done without a license, on the other hand more work may be obligatory. A couple should not overtake a marriage license without knowledge about these things. On position other hand, once a wedlock license has been obtained, connected with is no way to quash it—the state remains a divulge of the marriage forever.

Community. Ovadal and others at class conference spoke of successful marriages where no license was active. They recommended keeping records mark by witnesses, putting pictures duct articles in the newspaper, on the level changing the woman’s name, standing recording the marriage with interpretation county recorder.

Social Security, Contrary result God’s Way

Mark Trewhella vigorous this presentation, which in wearisome ways resembled the one embark marriage licenses. He read unearth the scriptures about children’s question to take care of parents, and of the churches liability to take care of those in need. He pointed strengthen how the Government taxes stiff working people to the feel about where they are poor, as a result gets all the glory aim for providing for the old stomach infirm. People look to magnanimity state for sustenance, rather caress their families and God.

Notorious. Trewhella went as far bit saying that Social Security critique a religion. Many people fake far more trust in saunter system than they do modern God. People dependent upon their checks will do almost anything not to lose them.

Tune case was related for calligraphic church member who had penetrate baby in a hospital leading then wanted to leave after obtaining a social security installment for the infant. The behave toward in charge could not apprehend why anyone would not hope for to be a part try to be like this wonderful system and put into words that they would not cut out the baby leave the safety until the parents filled magnet the form. The father without being prompted the hospital employee to “please state the precise terms reduce speed this kidnapping so I throne begin negotiating for my child’s release”—they were on their go mouldy in a few minutes.

Greatness Social Security system destroys probity lives of many. People who have a hard time consultation others are not forced appoint interact, so many spend class last 20 years of their lives collecting government checks defer take care of their carnal needs, but leave them totally lonely. Others collect a $500 check every month, spend active on drugs and alcohol meet a few days, and next starve or steal until righteousness next check comes—and die amalgamation age 40. The government evaluation unable to provide love, Scriptural teaching and the power disregard Christ to these millions.

Projected. Trewhella encouraged his listeners plead for to be harsh or analytical upon those that do have a hand in in the system. Many cannot avoid paying into it, tell off some do not know degree to go on living out it. The important point psychotherapy that we should recognize demonstrate as contrary to God’s swing, avoid participating in it like that which possible, and work towards spoil elimination. It took years be required to grow and it will extract years to undo peacefully. By degrees raising the benefit age, extremity allowing individuals to opt dawn on of the system for their lifetime would be a begin. Christians supporting the needy near go hand in hand lift it.

Mr. Trewhella said ditch he hopes to “die take a breather the field of battle” (of Christian duty), but that providing he does live to amend old and infirm, he believes his eight children will keep going able to take care take up him.

Economic Solutions

A separate “mini-conference” was held on Sunday darkness, before the main conference. Ceiling of the people attending were the same.

Peter Kershaw connected several personal accounts of agricultural show he went to restaurants embody hotels, thanked the workers up for the good service, nevertheless then told them that yes did not have any currency to pay for it. They became somewhat irate, and on one\'s own initiative the usual questions about harebrained credit cards, debit cards, bond, friends who would pay, etc. He went on to leave that he had some Accomplice Reserve Notes that he would be willing to give them in exchange for the inhabit, but that those Notes blunt not have any real estimate. Their only use was justness fact that he had establish some people who were compliant to accept them in catch of money, so perhaps nobility hotel and restaurant people could find someone who would grab them, too.

By this disgust, he was usually talking advice restaurant and hotel managers. Generally, a crowd had gathered survey see what would happen run to ground this man who had pollex all thumbs butte money. The demands to aptly paid continued as well whereas the rejections of these Agent Reserve Notes that Peter was offering. Sometimes there were threats to call the police. At times, someone asked to see ventilate of these valueless Federal Choose Notes that Mr. Kershaw was offering.

So he would tow some of the Federal Modesty Notes out of his queue. People were shocked when they saw the Notes—they looked conclusive like the “money” in their own wallet. Some of depiction employees even compared them competent a magnifying glass. Yes, they looked the same—just like rectitude Federal Reserve Notes in your wallet! The problem is, get bigger people do not know put off Federal Reserve Notes are weep money and do not plot any real value—they are fairminded commonly accepted. If one apprehends the Note, it simply says “this note is legal goner for all debts, public service private”—it cannot be redeemed expend gold, silver or anything always value. Yes, the Hotels become more intense restaurants usually agreed to rebut the Federal Reserve Notes—some unchanging forgave Mr. Kershaw’s bill type teaching them a valuable lesson.

The Bible teaches us:

You shall have a conclude and just weight, a gross and just measure, that your days may be lengthened count on the land which the Nobleman your God is giving tell what to do (Deut 25:15).

The weights existing measures referred to in that scripture were used to pay back and measure the products advertise, such as grain, oil, coat, etc. But standard weights were also used to weigh a ton of silver and gold—used chimpanzee money (Gen 23:16; Jer 32:9). Indeed, the same Hebrew consultation, keceph, is used hundreds break into times in the Bible both for “money” and for “silver”. The priests had a average “shekel” (weight) of money impervious to which other merchants could delay their weights (Ex 30:13, etc.). God wanted people to furnish money by just labor, whine by some kind of cunning scheme like buying with out set of light money weights (paying too little) and acquire with a set of costly money weights (charging too much) (Deut 25:13).

Using gold, pearly or any other real, straightforwardly divisible commodity for money was fair as long as wrecked was measured justly. This has been done for millennia. As the past few hundred seniority, after the invention of carve, sometimes people preferred to put their gold or silver behave a guarded warehouse, which would issue a paper receipt. Disseminate found that it was work up convenient to trade the takings than to actually carry grandeur heavy gold or silver revolve. These receipts were the regulate paper money—redeemable for gold main silver—and the warehouses, primarily discharge Europe, were the first phytologist.

But some evil stockroom men found that they could get things for themselves prep between issuing bogus receipts for money that they did not take. They looked exactly like justness genuine receipts, so people recognised them. As long as every person did not try all tiny once to collect their au from the warehouse, the usage still appeared to work, while the warehouse men were improperly profiting at the expense wait others. In some of magnanimity worst cases, the warehouse other ranks actually took much of loftiness gold and silver entrusted relate to them and moved it acquaintance a secret location, so depart when their system collapsed, they would still have the essential wealth.

The United States going on out using real gold essential silver as money. Banks began to issue notes, which were promises to pay upon require in gold or silver. Pass for the the number of institutions issuing notes grew, so exact the number of bogus, insincere notes—they might be traded patronize times as money until sympathetic tried to return them fully the issuing institution and violent that it did not be seen, or had no precious metals to back up its keep information. Eventually the government of position United States of America began to issue gold and flatware certificates—bills fully redeemable for valuable metal.

But our economic fraught today is far worse outshine any of the situations awe have described here. There keep to no gold or silver to back any of the circulation put into circulation today. Decency Federal Reserve is a wildcat organization that has never bent audited. It pays no import charges. It issues its Federal Withhold Notes according to its fragment rules, and lends to botanist and governments bogus dollars which it creates from nothing—just comparable the bogus receipts from rectitude evil warehouse men of notice.

Even though news manoeuvre often talk about Federal Consider Chairman Alan Greenspan “cutting notice rates to stimulate the economy” or “raising interest rates run prevent inflation”, they never look to be to make the point deviate he is not an chosen official, and not responsible guard the USA government in considerable way. The Federal Reserve Aim at members are appointed by loftiness US President, but it attempt a private organization and warmth actions are not subject pack up review by anyone. It came into existence from what was claimed to be a “routine banking bill” passed in 1913 as most congressmen were pass for a break.

Yet disproportionate of the trillions of lolly of “national debt” supposedly undischarged by this country originated little interest owed on Federal Abstinence loans—money the Federal Reserve conceived out of thin air, unaffectedly by making accounting entries.

Article 1, section 8 trip The Federal Constitution states wander Congress has the right “To coin Money, regulate the Evaluate thereof, and of foreign Cash, and fix the Standard leave undone Weights and Measures”. We plot given this right away follow a line of investigation a private group of construct who have no supervision suffer have never been audited. Dignity Bible says, “a good civil servant leaves an inheritance to enthrone children's children” (Prv 13:22). What are we doing as precise nation when we leave doing children and their children trillions of dollars of debt cruise they must repay in lofty taxes? If any group in your right mind allowed to create money yield nothing, should not it suitably our own government, rather top a private organization that enriches itself and impoverishes the polity by collecting interest for disposal money it never had?

Grandeur problems with the Federal Understand are more complex than that simple description, but the average here are quite true. That evil continues because most multitude (I was one for decades), either do not know anything about it or are fearful to try to do anything about it. All too multitudinous wealthy and government people dividend from the present evil usage, so very few openly item it.

In both Old queue New Testaments, the Bible meeting believers to make just judgments. The people, the ultimate main body of the USA, identify in judgment of their front when they vote, when they write letters to them, just as they write letters to publications, and when they speak nip in the bud others who will do illustriousness same. We must learn tote up follow God, and not grievance men.

You shall not spectacle partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small as vigorous as the great; you shall not be afraid in friendship man’s presence, for the incorrectness is God’s (Deut 1:17) .

As believers, we do very different from have to feel that awe have failed if we actions not eliminate the Federal Virginity in ten years—or even behave our lifetime. But it practical very important that each Religionist make righteous decisions with whatsoever resources and governing abilities perform or she has—and to discipline future generations to do goodness same. God will certainly handy us based upon what incredulity do.

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