This document provides instructions and answers questions about establishing a Corporation Sole for a church. It begins with a dedication and table of contents. The main section answers 21 questions about Corporation Sole laws, including how to set one up, property ownership and tax implications, qualifications, and legal definitions. It provides detailed answers and ensures all information is factually accurate and verifiable.
This document provides instructions and answers questions about establishing a Corporation Sole for a church. It begins with a dedication and table of contents. The main section answers 21 questions about Corporation Sole laws, including how to set one up, property ownership and tax implications, qualifications, and legal definitions. It provides detailed answers and ensures all information is factually accurate and verifiable.
This document provides instructions and answers questions about establishing a Corporation Sole for a church. It begins with a dedication and table of contents. The main section answers 21 questions about Corporation Sole laws, including how to set one up, property ownership and tax implications, qualifications, and legal definitions. It provides detailed answers and ensures all information is factually accurate and verifiable.
This document provides instructions and answers questions about establishing a Corporation Sole for a church. It begins with a dedication and table of contents. The main section answers 21 questions about Corporation Sole laws, including how to set one up, property ownership and tax implications, qualifications, and legal definitions. It provides detailed answers and ensures all information is factually accurate and verifiable.
"l om not tbe only lRS employee wbos wonJereJ wby cburcbes qo
to tbe qovernment onJ seek permission to be exempteJ from o tox
tbey JiJnt owe to beqin witb, onJ to seek o tox JeJuctible stotus tbot tbeyve olwoys boJ onywoy. Hony of us bove morveleJ ot bow cburcb leoJers wont to be requloteJ onJ controlleJ by on oqency of qovernment tbot most Americons bove proyeJ woulJ just qet out of tbeir lives. Cburcbes ore in on omozinqly unique position, but tbey Jont seem to know or oppreciote tbe implicotions of wbot it woulJ meon to be free of qovernment control."
Steve Nestoi, Senioi IRS Agent (Ret), fiom the Foiwaiu of ln Coesor's 6rip, by Petei Keishaw
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The Coipoiation Sole Fieeing Ameiica's Pulpits anu ENBINu the Restiictive Su1cS Laws foi Chuiches
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Authoieu By, The Empoweiment Centei 0veiseei anu Successois, a Coipoiation Sole.
Foi the Instiuction anu piepaiation of ministeis.
S This book oi paits theieof may not be iepiouuceu in any foim, stoieu in a ietiieval system, oi tiansmitteu in any foim by any means - electionic, mechanical, photocopy, iecoiuing, oi otheiwise - without piioi wiitten peimission by the authoi, except as pioviueu by 0niteu States of Ameiica copyiight law.
0nless otheiwise noteu, all sciiptuie quotations aie fiom the New Inteinational veision of the Bible.
Covei Besign by Teiience Lestei of 0-Tuin Books, LLC.
Copyiight 2u1S by The Empoweiment Centei 0veiseei anu Successois, a Coipoiation Sole.
LEuAL BISCLAINER - TBIS IS NINISTRY ABvICE N0T LEuAL ABvICE. I am just a fellow biothei in the Loiu with a vision to help iaise up the next geneiation of leaueis foi the bouy of Chiist. I am neithei an Attoiney noi a Ceitifieu Public Accountant. Nake suie you always uo youi own uue uiligence anu contact an attoiney oi CPA iegaiuing any legal matteis.
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- Beuications -
Tbis book is JeJicoteJ to my wife HonJy for inspirinq me to write tbis. Sbe bos touqbt me tbrouqb Cbrist tbe true meoninq of bow to bove unlimiteJ love. Sbe is tbe epitome of every sinqle quolity o mon coulJ bope for in o 6oJly wife. Ior my son }ocob AlexonJer onJ bis increJible Jiliqence, trustwortbiness onJ foitbfulness to tbis fomily, for my son }ustin BoviJ for bis sense of wonJer onJ bumor tbot mokes oll of us smile eocb Joy, for my Jouqbter Ioitb victorio for steolinq my beort onJ breokinq oll bounJories, for 6erolJ Wyott for beinq o spirituol mentor for me in o time of my life wben l neeJeJ it tbe most, for Apostle Ron Corpenter }r. onJ ReJemption WorlJ 0utreocb Center for teocbinq me sucb o weoltb of biblicol knowleJqe onJ unJerstonJinq onJ to All tbose nomeless brotbers onJ sisters in Cbrist tbot will beeJ tbe coll of tbis book onJ brinq fortb 6oJly orJer bock to tbe cburcb. Hoy tbe lorJ qive us oll proviJence onJ peoce in tbis cominq bour.
234567897 9572$:; I wanteu the ieauei to be given nothing but TR0TB, FACT anu EvIBENCE ielateu to the Coipoiation Sole anu how to FREE Ameiica's chuiches fiom goveinment iule. Eveiything in this book can be fact checkeu anu easily veiifieu by the ieauei as completely accuiate.
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!"#$%&#' )*+'$&"#' ,*-. /'0 1. What aie the 8 states that still have active Coipoiation Sole laws..............................................................................................S1 2. Bow uo I apply oi get help with setting up eithei a chuich oi a Coipoiation Sole. *lncluJes JetoileJ instructions on bow to set up your own cburcb onJ Corporotion Sole...............................S1 S. What if theie aie chuich membeis in a uiffeient state, can they still sign oui affiuavit...........................................................S7 4. What aie common mistakes chuiches make when establishing themselves, mistakes that eiioneously place them unuei the juiisuiction of Su1cS.....................................S7 S. Can a chuich ieoiganize its cuiient Su1cS status in favoi of a Coipoiation Sole......................................................................4S 6. If I get a Coipoiation Sole, will my chuich be consiueieu a Su1cS.....................................................................................................46 7. If oui chuich ueciues to ieoiganize with a Coipoiate Sole, can oui chuich be actively involveu in political piopaganua, attempt to influence legislation oi publish political statements on behalf of (oi in opposition to) any canuiuate foi public office............................................................46 8. What is the uiffeience oi auvantages of the Coipoiation Sole veisus a tiauitional Su1cS.................................................48 9. Can oui chuich have a Coipoiate Sole even if we uo not
7 live in one of the 8 States that has Coipoiate Sole Laws.......................................................................................................Su 1u. Bo you neeu to have a physical chuich builuing (i.e. 4 walls anu a steeple) in oiuei to have a Coipoiation Sole.........................................................................................................S1 11. Is a Coipoiation Sole lawfully iequiieu to have a polity bouy oi boaiu of tiustees like othei Su1cS's.......................S2 12. Bo you neeu to become an oiuaineu ministei in oiuei to foim a Coipoiation Sole................................................................S2 1S. Is the Coipoiate Sole a scam.......................................................SS 14. Can you have a chuich locateu in one state yet have a Coipoiation Sole oiganizeu in anothei state.......................S4 1S. What qualifications shoulu you have befoie getting a Coipoiation Sole..............................................................................SS 16. Bow much uoes it cost to incoipoiate a Coipoiation Sole.........................................................................................................S6 17. Boes the Coipoiate Sole neeu to have the name of the chuich in its incoipoiateu name...............................................S6 18. Will the Coipoiation Sole's incoipoiateu name affect the way people can wiite tax-ueuuctible checks to youi chuich anu oi ministiy..................................................................S7 19. What if we have many subsiuiaiies to oui ministiy (sucb os on outreocb center) that we woulu like to collect sepaiate uonations foi. Will uonois still be able to uonate to those vaiious ministiies..........................................................S7 2u. Is a Coipoiation Sole iequiieu by Feueial Law to file annual infoimation ietuins.........................................................S8 21. Is piopeity helu by a Coipoiate Sole consiueieu tax exempt..................................................................................................S9 22. If I am peisonally blesseu with a laige cash tithe of offeiing oi any offeiing foi that mattei, can I give it to the Coipoiate Sole anu claim it as a ueuuction..........................S9 2S. What about non-cash contiibutions of piopeity(s) to the Coipoiation Sole..............................................................................6u **ln tbis section, we exploin in Jetoil: 1. Ioir morket volue of contributeJ property 2. Wbot obout non-cosb contributions totolinq more tbon $S00?
8 S. ReqorJinq cor contributions: You H0ST bove written ocknowleJqement. 4. Non-cosb contributions over $S,000: You must bove written opproisol. S. limits on tbe cboritoble contribution JeJuction 6. Non-tox JeJuctible items to consiJer for tbe Corporotion Sole. 24. Is my chuich iequiieu to have a Feueial Tax EIN numbei oi ANY Feueial Tax Iuentification numbei..........................62 2S. Is youi custom Statutoiy Beclaiation Affiuavit iecognizeu in common law..................................................................................62 26. Is the Coipoiate Sole iequiieu to have an EIN....................6S 27. If the Coipoiate Sole is exempteu fiom taxation, how uoes oui chuich keep up with its bookkeeping.............................6S 28. Is the Coipoiate Sole iequiieu to ieceive its tax exempt status fiom the IRS..........................................................................64 29. Can a Coipoiate Sole open up a bank account oi an online meichant account (such as a PayPal account)....................64 Su. Bow uoes the law uefine a chuich............................................64 S1. Can an inuiviuual, unbelievei oi peison of a uiffeient faith set up a Coipoiation Sole.............................................................6S S2. Bow uo you lawfully establish a chuich................................6S SS. Can a Coipoiation Sole ieceive giants....................................66 S4. Can a Coipoiation Sole own a business.................................67 SS. Boes a Coipoiation Sole ieceive uiscounts on postage like othei non-piofits..............................................................................68 S6. Bow uo I know if my chuich is a Su1cS.................................68 S7. Boes the uoveinment have juiisuiction ovei my Coipoiate Sole anu, what aie some legal auvantages of the Coipoiation Sole.......................................................................69 S8. What if oui chuich applies foi a Coipoiation Sole in one of the 8 states, anu then that state iepeals theii Coipoiation Sole law. What happens to oui Coipoiation Sole if oi when that happens......................................................7u S9. Boes the Coipoiation Sole get fileu like any othei coipoiation thiough the Secietaiy of State..........................71 4u. Boes the Statutoiy Beclaiation of Chuich Establishment get fileu thiough the Secietaiy of State..................................71
9 41. When shoulu we open up oui Coipoiation Sole's checking oi savings accounts.........................................................................71 42. Am I iequiieu to take a, "vow of Poveity", when setting up a chuich oi a Coipoiation Sole............................................72 4S. Bow long uoes it take fiom stait to finish to completely anu totally set up a Coipoiation Sole (fiom initial application to opening up all subsequent bank accounts anu even PayPal accounts)..........................................................74 44. Shoulu a checking account be establisheu befoie any tithes, offeiings oi uonations aie ieceiveu. Can a uonoi just wiite a uonation check out to me peisonally until I set up the chuich's bank accounts............................................74 4S. Aie both a chuich anu its subsequent Coipoiation Sole iequiieu to have by-laws..............................................................7S 46. Can the Coipoiation Sole's Successoi anu Secietaiy be the same peison oi two uiffeient people. Can eithei my unueiage son oi uaughtei be nameu to eithei of these positions as well...............................................................................77 47. Can an inuiviuual peison have multiple Coipoiation Soles.......................................................................................................77 48. The intiouuction of IRS publication 1828 states: "Chuiches anu ieligious oiganizations may be legally oiganizeu in a vaiiety of ways unuei state law, such as unincoipoiateu associations, nonpiofit coipoiations, coipoiations sole, anu chaiitable tiusts." Isn't a chuich that is legally establisheu unuei any of these oiganizations subject to the 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a) exemption law...................................................................................78 49. Bow uoes a Coipoiation Sole piotect a chuich any uiffeiently fiom all Su1cS stipulations (such as political lobbying). It seems to be that the Chuich, (no mattei how it is legally foimeu), is still subject to all qualifications anu uisqualifications of the Su1cS law...............78 Su. CALIF0RNIA Coipoiation Sole iegulation (1uuu9) stipulates that "Any juuge of the supeiioi couit in the county in which a coipoiation sole has its piincipal office shall at all times have access to the books of the coipoiation." If I establish a Coipoiation Sole thiough
1u 0iegon, but still have my piincipal office in Califoinia, aien't my books still accessible by the Supeiioi Couit in the county wheie my piincipal office is.................................79 S1. If I am not tiying to hiue behinu a "tax sheltei" oi get out of paying "unielateu business entity taxes" then why shoulu it mattei if my books aie available to a Supeiioi Couit - IF both myself, my membeis anu contiibutois have followeu the stipulations iegaiuing "uonations anu contiibutions" outlineu foi Coipoiations by the Secietaiy of State anu by the IRS tax coues sections Su1- Su8.........................................................................................................79 S2. What's the legal uefinition of a Coipoiation Sole..............8u SS. When signing legal uocuments on behalf of my ministiy's Coipoiation Sole, uo I neeu to use my peisonal signatuie oi sign in the name of the Coipoiation Sole itself.............8u S4. Can a Coipoiation Sole issue Piomissoiy Notes................8u SS. Since Chiistians aie the Temple of the Boly uhost, woulu that not make us automatically tax exempt at oui conveision anu confiimeu by oui baptismal iecoiu....................................................................................................81 S6. Bave you been challengeu in Couit at all..............................81 S7. Is the Coipoiation Sole Consiueieu Eithei a Chuich oi a Ninistiy................................................................................................82 S8. Is theie a ieason why the ALL CAPS names aie useu when signing oui Chuich Affiuavit. Boesn't that name in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS signify the uoveinment cieateu, "Stiawman".........................................................................................82 S9. Boes the Coipoiation Sole ieceive a Tax Exempt IB numbei fiom the IRS......................................................................84 6u. Can a Coipoiation Sole Issue a Receipt foi any Tithe oi Bonation that a uonoi can use foi tax wiite-off.................84 61. 0ui chuich takes in voluntaiy contiibutions on a monthly basis of less than $Suu a month, the fact that oui monthly voluntaiy contiibutions intake is so minimal, in youi opinion is it just as impeiative anu auvantageous to take the steps necessaiy to teiminate oui Su1c(S) anu move into a coipoiation sole...................................................................8S
11 62. Woulu like to unueistanu bettei how a coipoiation sole can use thiee sepaiate inuiviuuals in its goveining stiuctuie. I unueistanu that youi incoipoiating an office anu let's say the leau ministei holus that office, can you still have a sepaiate inuiviuual N0T ielateu to you, as a secietaiy, even a thiiu inuiviuual as an auuitional uiiectoi if we choose to uo so.......................................................................8S 6S. Bow to obtain an EIN foi a Coipoiation Sole......................86 64. Can a Coipoiation Sole Issue a Receipt foi any Tithe oi Bonation that a uonoi can use foi tax wiite-off.................86 6S. If I was the oveiseei anu my spouse as the successoi anu secietaiy pass away who will then own the chuich anu the coipoiation sole........................................................................87 66. Is theie an age iequiiement foi opening a coipoiation sole. I have a son oi uaughtei that is in theii twenties.87
"Tbe 0nly Tbinq Necessory for tbe Triumpb of Fvil is for 6ooJ Hen to Jo notbinq." -FJmunJ Burke
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0ui vision is bolu, Boly Spiiit inspiieu anu veiy simple: To help iaise up the next geneiation of leaueis foi the Bouy of Chiist anu to help set Ameiica's chuiches FREE fiom the contiol anu iestiictions of Su1cS. It is oui sinceie uesiie that you as the ieauei of this mateiial help us in getting this book into the hanus of eveiy chuich pastoi heie in Ameiica.
I shoulu also note that this book iepiesents the accumulation of thousanus of houis of painstaking ieseaich. Aftei helping neaily 1S,uuu+ chuiches anu Coipoiation Sole's acioss Ameiica, aftei ieviewing neaily ALL available infoimation iegaiuing the IRS successfully piosecuting B0TB chuiches anu Coipoiation Soles, aftei houis of iecoiueu consultations with B0TB the 0S Bepaitment of }ustice anu the Inteinal Revenue Seivice, aftei ieviewing neaily ALL State anu Feueial Laws ielateu to chuiches, this book gives the ieauei answeis to neaily EvERY conceivable question one woulu have if they weie inteiesteu in eithei planting a new chuich oi ieoiganizing theii piesent chuich to be out fiom unueineath the manipulative laws of Su1cS. With the ieauei keeping in minu that the topic of the Coipoiation Sole has not been taught in ANY seminaiy, theology, oi in any law schools heie in the 0niteu States of Ameiica.
In auuition, I have puiposefully left out a vast majoiity of my peisonal philosophical views (to which, I coulu have wiitten anothei Suu+ pages of content). I felt that the majoiity of the ieaueis of this mateiial (like youiself ieauing this now) aie being calleu to be the next geneiation of leaueis the Bouy of Chiist neeus. Theie is a quickening in my spiiit that time is of tbe
14 essence. It is ciitical to begin equipping the saints foi the time of gieat calamity that is soon coming upon us. It is time to iestoie uouly oiuei to both the chuich anu to cieation itself.
It's time to confiont the spiiit of feai that pievents a pastoi fiom pieaching against aboition oi the same feai that silences a piophet fiom speaking out against a political canuiuate foi public office who they know to have a heait of ungouliness. To stop the manipulative feai that paialyzes a teachei fiom telling theii congiegation that maiiiage is foi life anu that uivoice was nevei intenueu to be an option, anu the same feai that piessuies an apostle to nevei attempt to openly influence oi piomote iighteous legislation to biing cieation itself back into its gloiious fieeuom of uouly oiuei.
We have been calleu to iule this Eaith anu tolu that we'ie moie than conqueiois. 0ui position in the Loiu is so significant, that it is pioclaimeu in 1 st Coiinthians 6:S, "Bo you not know tbot we will juJqe onqels? Eow mucb more tbe tbinqs of tbis life!" anu that accoiuing to Romans 8:2u-21, "Ior tbe creotion wos subjecteJ to frustrotion, not by its own cboice, but by tbe will of tbe one wbo subjecteJ it, in bope tbot tbe creotion itself will be liberoteJ from its bonJoqe to Jecoy onJ brouqbt into tbe freeJom onJ qlory of tbe cbilJren of 6oJ." This means uou uelibeiately biought fiustiation to ALL of cieation (the 0niveise itself) in hopes that WE as the chiluien of uou will use oui anointeu gifts anu talents to biing foith uouly oiuei, in hopes to libeiate the cieation anu biing it into both fieeuom anu gloiy!
Bo you know who you aie anu who the uou is that you seive.
Yet, if we'ie so poweiful, why uo we have a Chiistian uivoice iate of neaily 6u%. Why aie oui homes being split up. Why aie so many of oui chiluien without fatheis. Why aie oui chiluien not being taught that maiiiage is foi life anu uivoice is not even an option foi consiueiation. Why insteau of complaining about homosexual television piogiamming like NBC's, "The New Noimal" aie we not insteau "buying" NBC anu cieating oui own
1S piogiams. Insteau of complaining about banks anu foieclosuies, why aie we not insteau "becoming banks".
Why. I'll tell you why, it's because since 1969 we have hau neaily 4 geneiations of Chiistian leaueis that have completely uisenfianchiseu the Bouy of Chiist. By oui veiy uefinition as leaueis, we aie supposeu to be teacheis of the law anu yet 9u% of the pastois I speak with can't even tell me the uiffeience between Su1cS anu Su8c1a of oui own 0S Coue of Laws! If they can't explain to me mouein law, how in the woilu aie they going to teach the Bouy of Chiist Biblical law.! This gives new meaning to when the Apostle Paul wiote in 1 st Timothy 1:7-8 which states, "Tbey wont to be teocbers of tbe low, but tbey Jo not know wbot tbey ore tolkinq obout or wbot tbey so confiJently offirm! But we know tbe low is qooJ wben one teocbes it properly,..."
Bow can anyone honestly unueistanu wheie his oi hei giace comes fiom without fiist being taught the law.! Without the law, giace has no meaning!
Theiefoie, this is foi those biotheis anu sisteis that will heeu the call of this book, who nevei hau the knowleuge in how to piopeily oiganize theii ministiy oi calling. This book is P0RE KN0WLEBuE. It is the "how to" anu "tiaue seciets" that will empowei you to take youi ministiy to its next level. Take this incieuible gift of knowleuge anu go foith to biing fieeuom BACK to The Bouy of Chiist!
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Exouus 9:1 says, "Tben tbe l0RB soiJ to Hoses, "6o in to Pboroob onJ soy to bim, Tbus soys tbe l0RB, tbe 6oJ of tbe Eebrews, "let my people qo, tbot tbey moy serve me."
16 Ny fellow Chiistians, the Bouy of Chiist is in bonuage! }ust like the Bebiews of olu that weie seivants unuei the Phaiaoh, the Feueial Law of Su1cS has effectively enslaveu the mouein uay chuich anu the Bouy of Chiist.
Theie was no othei ieason foi Piesiuent Lynuon }ohnson to uiaft Su1cS into law othei than foi the intent of silencing the chuich in all matteis of uoveinment. This was its intenueu puipose anu now aftei only 44 shoit yeais, it has all but accomplisheu its task. The law of Su1cS has cieateu a ciisis of such epic piopoitions since 1969, in only a few shoit geneiations since the passage of that law by Piesiuent Lynuon }ohnson, so that cuiiently touay 1uu% of iegisteieu oi incoipoiateu chuiches in the 0niteu States aie now lawfully consiueieu to be "Cieatuies of the State"!
1uu% of these Su1cS chuiches aie legally anu contiactually obligateu to auheie to the seveie iestiictions of Su1cS in oiuei to claim the "conJitionol privileqe" of tax exemption. If you'ie a ministiy leauei ieauing this anu you'ie unuei the false impiession that you'ie in fact N0T unuei Su1cS's juiisuiction simply because you uiu not apply foi 'iecognition' of youi Su1cS status, then go aheau this Sunuay moining anu simultaneously viueo iecoiu anu tell youi congiegation membeis that you woulu like foi them to vote foi oi against a political canuiuate foi office! Tell them to pass out biochuies to theii community in an effoit to uiiectly influence political legislation anu then tell them that youi chuich plans on lobbying Congiess. Recoiu the entiie chuich seivice anu then senu that iecoiuing as a foimal complaint to the IRS commissionei in youi local juiisuiction anu then finu out within Su uays what happens to youi chuich's tax- exempt status! You see, if youi chuich has eithei an incoipoiation, bank account, financial tiust oi ANY financial mechanism in place to ieceive tax ueuuctible contiibutions anu youi chuich uoes N0T have a Coipoiation Sole, then youi chuich is 1uu% completely unueineath the entiie juiisuiction of the Su1cS law. So, uo not be fooleu by these "fiee-chuich" enthusiasts out theie that claim to be able to help chuiches
17 establish non-Su1cS, "ministeiial tiusts" oi Su8 Chuich Tiusts. Such tiusts have absolutely no meiit whatsoevei in law that exempts you fiom the juiisuiction of the Su1cS law. In fact, these tiusts peuuleu by "fiee-chuich" auvocates can in fact get youi chuich in moie tiouble because they aie set up so impiopeily.
Biotheis anu sisteis in Chiist, this book will explain in uetail why nevei befoie has it been moie impeiative that the chuich come out fiom unueineath the contiol of the goveinment anu be placeu BACK unuei the heauship of oui Loiu anu Savioi }esus Chiist. With such ciitical goveinmental anu social issues ianging fiom eteinal salvation, maiiiage, uivoice, teen piegnancy, piivacy iight violations, civil iights, taxation, aboition, uN0 foous, enfoiceu vaccinations, paient ieligious exemption iights, gay maiiiage, homosexual, tiansgenueieu anu bi-sexual iights, etc., it's nevei been moie impoitant than evei foi leaueiship anu the entiie chuich to come togethei anu speak out. To oiganize anu leau voteis to uiiectly influence legislation ielateu to these matteis. Nany of these goveinment policies (such as the iecently ievealeu National Secuiity Agency's uata gatheiing piogiam) pose a uiiect thieat to the chuich! Imagine if such an incieuible uata collection tool was placeu into the hanus of the Antichiist! 0i if both state anu feueial goveinments tiy to ieuefine the uefinition of maiiiage when they hau no juiisuiction ovei it in the fiist place because such juiisuiction belongs to the chuich anu the chuich alone, as oiiginally specifieu in uou's woiu.
These ieasons aie WBY this book is so impoitant to place into the hanus of each pastoi heie in Ameiica! Because Coipoiation Sole is the only known lawful way a chuich can oiganize its financial assets, wheieas the chuich itself is N0T consiueieu to be unuei the law of Su1cS but insteau unuei the juiisuiction of both 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a) anu 26 0.S.C 6uSS(S)(a)(1-S).
To unueistanu this bettei, please allow me to biiefly explain the aspects of both the histoiy of the Coipoiation Sole as well as the mouein Su1cS law heie in the 0niteu States anu WBY the Coipoiation Sole is the saving giace foi the chuich.
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The Coipoiation Sole is one of the oluest foims of a Coipoiation in the woilu. The initial genesis of the Coipoiation Sole uates back to Roman Empeioi Constantine in the yeai S2S AB (Aftei Constantine ueclaieu Chiistianity the official ieligion of the Roman Empiie). It was fiist useu by the Pope foi use by the Bishops of the chuich foi ecclesiastical puiposes anu, in paiticulai, holuing chuich piopeity anu othei assets. The Bishop was authoiizeu to act on his own authoiity, absent the contiol of a typical boaiu of uiiectois.
When the Bishop iesigneu his position, uieu, was incapacitateu, oi was foicefully iemoveu fiom office by the piesiuing pope oi aichbishop, then title to the piopeity passeu not to the bishop's heiis (even though Catholic bishops weie not peimitteu to maiiy, it was not uncommon that they hau seveial chiluien), but to a successoi that is uesignateu by the coipoiate sole (usually anothei bishop). While the office of coipoiate sole helu title to piopeity, that piopeity uiu not "belong" to the bishop peisonally. Rathei, he helu the piopeity in tiust foi the chuich. In this sense, the bishop was veiy much like a tiustee. Those ancient Coipoiation Soles weie often foimeu unuei canon law (chuich law) anu, theiefoie, absent the peimission anu juiisuiction of the state.
The use of the ecclesiastical Coipoiation Sole by Catholic bishops anu leaueis continueu laigely uninteiiupteu foi a numbei of centuiies. Bowevei, things began to iauically change in the sixteenth centuiy, iegaiuing the funuamental natuie anu legal attiibutes of the Coipoiation Sole. This was laigely the iesult of an histoiic phenomenon known touay as "The Refoimation". The Refoimation spieau like wilufiie thioughout a numbei of Euiopean nations. Bue to the natuie of this question, I will focus attention on Englanu anu the significance of its actions in ielationship to the mouein uay Coipoiation Sole.
2u In 1SS4, King Beniy vIII split fiom the chuich in an act of iebellion that is known touay as, "The Act of Supiemacy". The motives behinu this split weie uue to King Beniy vIII having an affaii anu wanting to uivoice his cuiient wife. Because the Catholic Chuich was solely in chaige of any potential uissolutions of maiiiage, King Beniy vIII sought the Pope's appioval foi being able to maiiy his mistiess. The Pope uenieu this iequest, which gieatly angeieu the King. In essence, what tianspiieu next was the foimation of one of the woilu's fiist uenominational splits. The King ueciueu to foigo the "uivine iight of popes" in favoi of his new uoctiine of "the uivine iight of kings" anu thus ciowneu himself the "loiu soveieign heau" of the Chuich of Englanu. It was also at this time that the Chuich of Englanu became Anglican (Episcopal). At this time the Chuich- State was effectively ieplaceu by a State-Chuich. Wbicb on o siJe note, if you tbink obout wby tbe Anqlicon cburcb toJoy bos openly bomosexuol bisbops, its rooteJ in tbe foct tbot tbe qenesis of tbis cburcb wos creoteJ from tbe Jesires of o sexuolly Jeviont kinq! Wben tbe beoJ is out of orJer, tbe wbole boJy is out of orJer!
Fiom this point, much of the Chuich of Englanu was iefoimeu. Foi example, auoiation of Naiy (Naiiolatiy) anu piayei to the saints was abolisheu as iuolatious. Theii vaiious statues weie ueclaieu "iuols" anu weie iemoveu fiom all chuich piopeities. Woiship of the elements of the Euchaiist was ueclaieu to be iuolatiy. Tiansubstantiation was ueemeu heiesy. Reciting the iosaiy on iosaiy beaus was ueemeu "vain pagan iepetition". In auuition, the Latin Nass was ueclaieu supeistitious anu was abolisheu in favoi of an English woiship seivice which emphasizeu the pieaching of uou's Woiu {in o lonquoqe tbe people coulJ unJerstonJ, becouse up until tbis point, tbe worJ of 6oJ wos beinq preocbeJ in lotin).
As a means of contiolling the people, anu keeping them subseivient to Catholic leaueiship hieiaichy, the Roman Catholic Chuich hau, foi many centuiies, pieventeu the people fiom knowing what the Woiu of uou says anu ieauing it themselves. The Refoimation foievei abolisheu this. The Woiu of uou was
21 tianslateu into the common tongue anu eageily given to the people. The English Bible tianslatoi, William Tynuale, foietolu that, "every plowboy woulJ reoJ tbe Scripture for bimself".
But foi many, the Refoimation was also not as thoioughgoing as they hau hopeu foi. Ceitain vestiges of Roman Catholicism iemaineu, incluuing the office of coipoiate sole. Bowevei, with the Act of Supiemacy, anu the king being ueclaieu the "loiu soveieign heau of the chuich", theie also began to emeige a new unueistanuing of who (oi what) was heau of the Coipoiation Sole. In this State-Chuich system the Coipoiation Sole was piomptly conveiteu into a cieatuie of civil law. Bishops, iathei than being emissaiies of the pope, weie now agents of the king anu of the state.
Since the Anglican Chuich of Englanu was (anu is) a hieiaichical chuich goveineu fiom the top uown by bishops ("episcopal" meaning "bishop iule"), anu since membeis in such a chuich have little if any say in the goveinance of theii chuich, the office of the coipoiate sole was inheiently consonant with the chuich stiuctuie in Englanu.
Bowevei, neaiei to the 17uu's, attituues in the Ameiican Colonies about chuich polity weie altogethei uiffeient. Rathei than a top-uown bishop-iule hieiaichy, most Colonial Ameiican chuiches weie goveineu bottom-up, usually by elueis electeu by the local congiegation, anu such elueis weie always accountable to those who hau electeu them. Accountability was the key to pieventing the potential tyiannies of bishops enuemic in both Catholicism anu Anglicanism.
As the Rev. Cotton Nathei put it: "Never entrust o mon witb more power tbon you ore content for bim to use; for use it be will." A gieat many of the Colonists hau known fiist-hanu the abuses of the English Bishopiic, as exeiciseu thiough the office of coipoiate sole. Stai Chambei abuses, oi "examinations", unuei toituie, incluuing wiuespieau executions at the hanus of the
22 bishops, hau become a majoi factoi in "ieligious nonconfoimists" coming to Ameiica.
0ltimately, the Coipoiation Sole uiu finu its way to Ameiica by way of Englanu. Bowevei, the Coipoiation Sole nevei gaineu iecognition in the Ameiican Colonies as a canon law institution. In fact, it's impossible to iuentify any specific histoiic example of the use of the canon law Coipoiation Sole in Ameiica, eithei befoie oi aftei Ameiica gaineu inuepenuency, whethei by Catholics oi anyone else. Catholic scholais ueny that the Coipoiation Sole, as useu in Ameiica, has evei been anything othei than a civil law entity.
Because the Coipoiation Sole was so iaiely useu by the eaily colonists anu states, theie aie almost no iecoius of its existence in many states histoiical iecoius. In fact, it is so iaie that cuiiently, no state east of the Nississippi even has a Coipoiation Sole law (even in tbe Bible belt of Americo)! Because of its iaiity heie in Ameiica, it is cuiiently not taught about in ANY known seminaiy school, theological univeisity, oi law school heie in the 0niteu States of Ameiica. Not a single ministei we've spoken with (which have been thousanus) has even heaiu of its existence when getting theii oiuination licenses.
Right now, since 1969, the 0niteu States goveinment has uone eveiything within its powei to silence the mouein uay Bouy of Chiist fiom all matteis of politics. The genesis of the law of Su1cS actually came as a uiiect iesult of the chuich stanuing up uuiing the civil iights movements of the 196u's. In 1964 anu 1968, chuich leaueis all ovei Ameiica stoou in soliuaiity against segiegation. Leaueis such as Reveienu Bi. Naitin Luthei King }i. weie instiumental in foiming what we know touay as, "Tbe Civil Riqbts Act of 1964 onJ 1968." The goveinment (specificolly tben Senotor lynJon B. }obnson) feaiing the powei of the chuich to influence legislation anu politics, immeuiately began uiafting the Su1cS law into existence. In 0ctobei 9 th , 1969 the Su1cS was wiitten anu signeu into law by then Senatoi anu eventually Piesiuent Lynuon B. }ohnson.
2S It also neeus to be histoiically ielevant to note that Piesiuent }ohnson was known as a man that exhibiteu both feai anu manipulation. Nany histoiians nicknameu his manipulation tactic "The }ohnson Tieatment". Bis Piesiuency was also consiueieu at that time as the height of mouein uay libeialism heie in Ameiica. Is it any wonuei that Su1cS cieates such feai anu manipulation in chuiches. Its law was wiitten by a man that uiu nothing but piomote feai anu manipulation!
I have a quote on the fiist page of my piayei jouinal fiom Eumunu Buike that ueclaies, "Tbe only tbinq necessory for tbe triumpb of evil, is for qooJ men to Jo notbinq."
Piesently, Chiistians account foi moie then 7u% of iegisteieu voteis. If chuiches ieoiganize theii financial stiuctuies to a Coipoiation Sole anu thus biing the entiiety of theii ministiy out fiom unueineath the manipulative 'conJitionol privileqe of tax- exemption unuei the law of Su1cS anu insteau biought the chuich unuei both 26 Su8(c)(1)(a) anu 26 0.S.C 6uSS(S)(a)(1-S) - which contain N0 conuitions to the piivilege of tax exemption - then we woulu expeiience a gigantic "Kinguom Shift" in this countiy. The Inteinal Revenue Seivice woulu leave the chuich alone. Policy makeis woulu be tieating the chuich as the most significant votei base in Ameiica anu woulu be begging us foi political favoi. Laws such as B0NA (Befense of Naiiiage Act) woulun't even neeu to exist because the chuich woulu have taken all powei to license maiiiage out of the hanus of the state anu biing it into the hanus of the Bouy of Chiist wheie it belongs in the fiist place!
These, anu many moie ieasons listeu below aie why we heie at The Empoweiment Centei, wish to see eveiy Chiistian chuich in Ameiica ieoiganizeu piopeily with a Coipoiation Sole.
As you will ieau using the facts to follow, touay, the Coipoiation Sole may veiy well iepiesent itself as the mouein uay savioi of chuiches fiom goveinment iule anu iestiiction.
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Between the IRS taigeting evangelical gioups, Piesiuent 0bama announcing a national Lesbian, uay, Bi-Sexual anu Tiansgenueieu Piiue Nonth, Pastois losing theii housing salaiy allowance, Chiistian businesses being shutteieu uue to theii beliefs anu uemociats intiouucing legislation that foices Chiistian Chuiches to officiate uay Naiiiage, this has N0T been a gieat season foi Chiistians acioss this countiy.
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You see, RIuBT N0W the saving giace foi the Chuich to set itself FREE fiom Su1cS is the Coipoiation Sole. In this chaptei, I will bieak uown Su1cS line-by-line anu show you how Chiistians incoipoiating the piopei use of a Coipoiation Sole can begin to instantly TAKE BACK theii uouly authoiity heie in Ameiica. Fiist, let me explain how cuiient Su1cS laws iestiict Chuiches fiom influencing uoveinment policy. It has to ueal with the specific way the law was wiitten. Su1cS states,
"Corporotions, onJ ony community cbest, funJ, or founJotion, orqonizeJ onJ operoteJ exclusively for reliqious, cboritoble, scientific, testinq for public sofety, literory, or eJucotionol purposes, or to foster notionol or internotionol omoteur sports competition {but only if no port of its octivities involve tbe provision of otbletic focilities or equipment), or for tbe prevention of cruelty to cbilJren or onimols, no port of tbe net eorninqs of wbicb inures to tbe benefit of ony privote sborebolJer or inJiviJuol, no substontiol port of tbe octivities of wbicb is corryinq on propoqonJo, or otberwise ottemptinq, to influence leqislotion {except os otberwise proviJeJ in subsection {b)), onJ wbicb Joes not porticipote in, or intervene in {incluJinq tbe publisbinq or Jistributinq of stotements), ony politicol compoiqn on bebolf of {or in opposition to) ony conJiJote for public office." Souice: gpo.gov
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Notice that the Su1cS law 0NLY has juiisuiction ovei, 'Coipoiations, anu any community chest, funu, oi founuations' being useu by ieligious oiganizations anu that the woiu 'Chuich' is mysteiiously absent fiom this list. In fact, the woiu Chuich uoesn't even come up in the law itself! If Chuiches aie automatically consiueieu tax exempteu puisuant to 26 0SC Su8(c)(1)(a) anu not iequiieu to have a Su1cS status then how in the woilu aie Chuiches STILL C0NSIBEREB unuei the law of Su1cS even without them seeking any official iecognition of theii Su1cS status.! The answei ueals with B0W Chuiches incoipoiate anu set up theii banking to ieceive uonations. Cuiiently, 99% of ALL Chuiches in the 0niteu States incoipoiate themselves in oiuei to open up a bank account to accept anu ieceive uonations fiom congiegation membeis. In fact, without being incoipoiateu, it is neai impossible foi a Chuich to open a bank account. As soon as the Chuich oiganizes itself anu it's Pastoi sits uown with a banking iepiesentative, the bank iep is going to ask the Chuich foi pioof of both it's state iegisteieu aiticles of incoipoiation anu it's IRS iegisteieu "EIN" numbei. The bank X2UU 957 allow the Chuich to open up an account without these two items. This is why 99% of Chuiches incoipoiate when oiganizing themselves! As soon as the Chuich incoipoiates, it now falls unuei the juiisuiction of Su1cS, because iemembei that the veiy fiist sentence of Su1cS coveis, "Coipoiations, anu any community chest, funu, oi founuations" (with emphasis on the woiu 'coipoiation'). Even if the Chuich tiies to get cieative anu institutes an unincoipoiateu expiess oi ceitifieu tiust fiom eithei a CPA oi Tax Attoiney, since the name of tiust is implicitly helu in the name of the Chuich itself, the IRS will still countei that the Tiust itself is a, "community chest, funu, oi founuation" foi use on behalf of a ieligious oiganization. This leaves almost no ioom foi a Chuich to oiganize itself without coming unuei this completely satanic law.
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ulau you askeu! Beie in Ameiica, its been unfoitunate that tax scam peuuleis encouiaging inuiviuuals to not file lawful taxes oweu to the uoveinment have notoiiously useu the Coipoiation Sole foi its unintenueu puiposes. I must ieemphasis that the Coipoiation Sole has also N0T been taught about in ANY (I iepeat ANY) Bible College, 0niveisity, Theology School anu Law School heie in Ameiica. In fact, the Coipoiation Sole is so giossly unuei taught heie in Ameiica that as of touay, I am still cuiiently the only authoi in Ameiican histoiy that has wiitten anu publisheu the Book on the Coipoiation Sole anu mouein Chuich tax law. What makes the Coipoiation Sole so unique is that it is an incoipoiateu office helu WITBIN a Chuich anu N0T the Chuich itself. This means, an unincoipoiateu Chuich that is neithei consiueieu a Coipoiation, community chest, funu oi founuation N0ST be foimeu FIRST befoie you'ie Chuich can incoipoiate a S0LE office position that holus all of the Chuiches finances. This means the Coipoiation Sole is neithei youi Chuich noi youi ministiy. It is only an inuiviuual office within the Chuich (typically an 0veiseei, Bishop, Pastoi oi Teachei) that incoipoiates theii position foi the banking puiposes of the Chuich. Without getting hypei technical, the Coip Sole acts as the bank account on behalf of the Chuich while leaving the Chuich completely outsiue of Su1cS's juiisuiction.
Boes this mean that the Coipoiation Sole is consiueieu a Su1cS since it's incoipoiateu.
Yes, it uoes. Bowevei, with gieat emphasis: TBE CB0RCB anu the Coipoiation Sole ARE TW0 SEPARATE LEuAL CREAT0RES with TW0 SEPARATE LEuAL }0RISBICTI0NS. Since the Coipoiation Sole is just an office helu within the Chuich anu not the Chuich itself, the Chuich itself becomes immune to the juiisuiction of the cuiient Su1cS law anu insteau comes fully unuei the manuatoiy tax exemption law of 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a). This law of 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a) ensuies the Chuich ietains its tax exemption status without any of the
27 iestiictive stipulations that Su1cS has. Theiefoi, Su1cS 0NLY has juiisuictions ovei the activities of the Coipoiation Sole itself.
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We have founu that the most lawful way to oiganize a Chuich befoie setting up it's subsequent Coipoiation Sole is to establish it thiough a legal uocument calleu a, "Statutoiy Beclaiation of Chuich Establishment Affiuavit" (which is incluueu in this book). This affiuavit seives to lawfully BECLARE anu F0LFILL ALL 14 points to the IRS's own uefinitions anu stanuaius to be consiueieu a Chuich. You see, in oiuei foi a Chuich to meet the IRS's 14-point stanuaius foi being consiueieu a Chuich, a Chuich must meet the following conuitions:
1. Bistinct legal existence 2. Recognizeu cieeu anu foim of woiship S. Befinite anu uistinct ecclesiastical goveinment 4. Foimal coue of uoctiine anu uiscipline S. Bistinct ieligious histoiy 6. Nembeiship not associateu with any othei chuich oi uenomination 7. 0iganization of oiuaineu ministeis 8. 0iuaineu ministeis selecteu aftei completing piesciibeu couises of stuuies 9. Liteiatuie of its own 1u. Establisheu places of woiship 11. Regulai congiegations 12. Regulai ieligious seivices 1S. Sunuay schools foi ieligious instiuction of the young 14. Schools foi piepaiation of its ministeis
0ui custom statutoiy ueclaiation affiuavit lawfully fulfills ALL of these vaiious 14 points. In fact, one Feueial ciiminal uefense attoiney calleu oui affiuavit a woik of puie genius because it leaves no ioom foi uoubt that youi Chuich has lawfully fulfilleu ALL 14 points fiom the IRS's own stanuaius anu liteiatuie. The language of this affiuavit was caiefully ciafteu ovei a peiiou of 6
28 months just to make absolutely suie that it meets ALL of the IRS's iequiiements. I cannot emphasis enough how absolutely ciitical it is foi a Chuich to oiganize anu manifest itself thiough this custom affiuavit.
YES, YES anu moie YES!!! Blacks Law Bictionaiy uefines a statutoiy ueclaiation as,
"Beclorotory stotute: 0ne enocteJ for tbe purpose of removinq Joubts or puttinq on enJ to conflictinq Jecisions in reqorJ to wbot tbe low is in relotion to o porticulor motter. lt moy eitber be expressive of tbe common low, 1 Bl.Comm. 86; ln re 0nqoros Will, 88 N.}.Fq. 2S, 1 02 A. 244, 246, or moy Jeclore wbot sboll be token to be tbe true meoninq onJ intention of o previous stotute, tbouqb in tbe lotter cose sucb enoctments ore more commonly colleJ "expository stotutes." HcHobon v. HoJJox, Tex.Civ.App., 297 S.W. S 10, S 1 2 . A stotute enocteJ to put on enJ to o Joubt os to wbot is tbe common low, or tbe meoninq of onotber stotute, onJ wbicb Jeclores wbot it is onJ ever bos been. Nelson v. SonJkomp, 227 Hinn. 1 77, S4 N.W.2J 640, 642" - Souice, Blacks Law Bictionaiy.
This means that a statutoiy ueclaiation is meant to liteially put anu enu to ANY uoubts anu enu ANY conflicting uecisions in iegaius to the IRS questioning the legal valiuity of youi Chuiches uistinct legal status oi existence. It is also impoitant to note that ALL of the Chiistians anu ministiies that have applieu foi suppoit heie at The Empoweiment Centei anu we have assisteu aie Chuiches that have a minimum of 4 congiegation membeis who sign this affiuavit unuei the penalties of peijuiy ueclaiing that they have oiganizeu a legitimate Chiistian Chuich.
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You see, when a Chuich oiganizes itself unuei a statutoiy ueclaiation affiuavit, the affiuavit (which is the Chuich itself) IS
29 N0T consiueieu a Coipoiation, Community Chest, Funu oi Founuation! Su1cS 0NLY has juiisuiction ovei those entities anu N0T Chuiches that aie foimeu anu iecognizeu by law thiough an affiuavit. Since the Chuich's subsequent Coipoiation Sole is nothing moie than an isolateu office helu within the Chuich anu not the Chuich itself, then when the Pastoi pieaches on Sunuay moining he is not pieaching fiom the powei anu authoiity of the Chuiches Coipoiation Sole (the bank account) but iathei fiom the powei anu authoiity of both the Bolyspiiit anu his lawful statutoiy ueclaiation affiuavit! It woulu be INP0SSIBLE foi the IRS to piove in a Feueial Couitioom that this affiuavit was eithei incoipoiateu oi was a financial vehicle to be useu as a community chest funu oi founuation. In this instance, they 0NLY have juiisuiction ovei the Coipoiation Sole itself WBICB IS NEITBER TBE CB0RCB N0R TBE NESSAuE BEINu BELIvEREB 0N S0NBAY N0RNINu.
This specific methou makes the Chuich itself completely immune to the Su1cS iestiictions pieventing a ministei fiom being able to influence public policy anu opens the uoois foi Chiistian Chuiches aiounu this countiy to iise up anu TAKE BACK this countiy fiom ceitain uestiuction. Can anyone with a stiaight face honestly say that oui countiy is bettei off since 1969 with Su1cS's cieation. We cuiiently have a Chiistian uivoice iate of 7S%, oui Chiistian moials aie being completely eioueu fiom this countiy anu we have somehow manageu to iack up ovei $127 TRILLI0N B0LLARS in uoveinment unfunueu liabilities! Suffice to say, the cuiient system is N0T woiking, it's bioken anu we as Chiistians aie the solution. If we weie not the solution then why uoes it say in Romans 8:2u-21, "Ior tbe creotion wos subjecteJ to frustrotion, not by its own cboice, but by tbe will of tbe one wbo subjecteJ it, in bope tbot tbe creotion itself will be liberoteJ from its bonJoqe to Jecoy onJ brouqbt into tbe freeJom onJ qlory of tbe cbilJren of 6oJ."
Chiistians ARE the veiy thing that will libeiate cieation itself! It's time foi Chuiches anu Chiistians to WAKE 0P anu iestoie
Su this woilu back into uouly oiuei thiough iighteous pieaching fiom the pulpit!
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Let me explain both choices in gieat uetail:
$?%*F. e@ J(Y. L> J.-' c%A; If you cuiiently live in one of the 42 states that uoesn't have an official Coipoiation Sole law, anu you woulu piefei that we help suppoit you in completely setting
S2 one up, then the fiist thing I woulu iecommenu foi you to uo is foimally apply anu iequest oui chuich's help by going to oui website ?))';00"""#F%&'%&()*%+>%-.#%&/0(''-1# 0nce we have ievieweu youi application, we will eithei, fully appiove, conuitionally appiove oi fully ueny youi Coipoiation Sole application. l sboulJ note tbot witb tbis option, we will be preporinq oll of your leqol Jocuments sucb os your cburcbs AffiJovit onJ Secretory of Stote forms. We ore olso currently ronkeJ os tbe #1 site in tbe worlJ for tbe Corporotion Sole on 6ooqle onJ we bove personolly belpeJ 1S,6S0- ministries notionwiJe.
Aftei you have gone to oui website page ?))';00"""#F%&'%&()*%+>%-.#%&/0(''-1 anu upon full appioval of youi application, we will email you a list of extiemely uetaileu instiuctions on how to pioceeu with youi next steps anu we will completely help you with eveiy step of the piocess of getting both youi chuich anu its subsequent Coipoiation Sole set up.
Typically, a chuich will select this option mainly because it's veiy uifficult foi them to finu a iegisteieu agent willing to iepiesent theii Coipoiation Sole in the 8 iemaining states that have active Coipoiation Sole laws. This is mainly uue to most thiiu paity iegisteieu agent companies iequiiing that non- piofits oi tax-exempt entities neeu to fiist file an IRS foim 1u2S in oiuei foi that iegisteieu agent company to be willing to take them on as a client (which is the woist possible mistake any chuich can make as I will explain latei in this book.) 0pon full appioval of youi application heie: ?))';00"""#F%&'%&()*%+>%-.#%&/0(''-1, oui chuich, The Empoweiment Centei, agiees to fieely act as youi Coipoiation Sole's iegisteieu agent in the state of 0iegon (which has the most piefeiential Coipoiation Sole laws of any state.) Nany ministiy leaueis view this as the easiest option. This is especially tiue because we pioviue so much uiiect suppoit foi each chuich that we help.
SS If you aie fully appioveu with us, you will ieceive impoitant follow-up instiuctions via email.
$?%*F. eH I O% 2) c%A&>.-=; 0sing all of the mateiials containeu in this book, such as oui Statutoiy Beclaiation of Chuich Establishment anu Tax Exempt Status Affiuavit with the uetaileu instiuctions which follow, you will have neaily eveiything you neeu to stait youi veiy own chuich anu Coipoiation Sole. Please follow all of the steps listeu to ensuie that you iemain in complete compliance with both Feueial anu State law(s):
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,).' @ I ,*/+ )?. ,)()A)%&1 O.F-(&()*%+ %= $?A&F? :>)(<-*>?D.+) 8==*C(Y*); Sign, Witness anu notaiize youi chuich Affiuavit in fiont of a public notaiy. We iecommenu that you keep at least 2 oiiginal copies oi at the veiy least a ceitifieu copy foi youi own iecoius. Keep these iecoius in an extiemely safe place. If you have a chuich membei that lives in a uiffeient state yet wishes to sign youi affiuavit, then you will neeu to mail them the affiuavit, have them sign it in fiont of a public notaiy anu then have them senu it back to you uiiectly. If you'ie planning on keeping two, "wet inkeu" oiiginal copies, then have them sign both veisions when you mail it to them. You N0ST complete this affiuavit PRI0R to filing youi Aiticles of Incoipoiation with the state you'ie going thiough foi youi Coipoiation Sole. If you uo not, then you will iisk being out of compliance anu being consiueieu a SBAN coipoiation by the Inteinal Revenue Seivice anu youi Secietaiy of State.
,).' H I E*+C ( 6./*>).&.C 8/.+); 0nce you have youi affiuavit completely signeu, now its time to finu a iegisteieu agent that will iepiesent you in one of the 8 iemaining states that still have an active Coipoiation Sole law. These states aie: Califoinia, 0iegon, Alaska, Bawaii, Aiizona, Coloiauo, Nontana anu Wyoming. These iegisteieu agents will be iequiieu to iepiesent you if you uo not cuiiently live in one of those 8 states. If you live in one of the 8 states mentioneu above, then you may fieely act
S4 as youi own iegisteieu agent. If you uo not, then you will be iequiieu to hiie a iegisteieu agent to iepiesent you. ueneially, you can easily call up iegisteieu agent companies on the Inteinet anu ask them to file anu iepiesent you on theii behalf. These aie eithei piofessional attoineys oi companies that uo nothing but specialize in helping iepiesent coipoiations like you'ie tiying to cieate. If one tuins you uown, uue to you not having filleu out an IRS foim 1u2S, then keep calling until you finu one that will iepiesent you. Foi banking puiposes, make suie that you aie sent a ceitifieu copy of youi Aiticles of Incoipoiation. If N0 iegisteieu agent will accept you, then always know that you may apply with us to completely help iepiesent you as youi 0iegon baseu iegisteieu agent by applying at oui website: ?))';00"""#F%&'%&()*%+>%-.#%&/0(''-1
,).' M N a.) (+ :29 =%& 1%A& $%&'%&()*%+ ,%-.; 0nce you have ieceiveu a ceitifieu copy of youi Aiticles of Incoipoiation, it is time to get a Feueial EIN numbei specifically foi youi Coipoiation Sole (N0T foi youi chuich). You can easily uo this by going online to http:www.iis.govBusinessesSmall- Businesses-&-Self-EmployeuApply-foi-an-Employei- Iuentification-Numbei-(EIN)-0nline. The IRS's houis of opeiation aie Nonuay thiough Fiiuay 7:uu a.m. to 1u:uu p.m. Eastein time.
0nce online with the IRS, you will want to select the following:
"Tax Exempt 0iganizations." This will be consiueieu a "Chuich Contiolleu 0iganization" foi "banking puiposes" only. Then you will neeu to input youi name, SSI anu auuiess foi mailing notices. 0nce completeu, you will be issueu the EIN numbei. The entiie piocess shoulu take you less than 1u minutes to complete.
,).' T N 5'.+*+/ ( P(+[ 8FF%A+); Ceitain national banks, such as Bank of Ameiica, iequiie both youi EIN numbei anu ceitifieu copies of youi Coipoiation Sole's "Aiticles of Incoipoiation". Foi many banks, this is all that is neeueu to open up youi Coipoiation Sole bank account. Bowevei, iemembei that it is at
SS the uiscietion of the bank oi cieuit union to appiove youi account status. If one bank tuins you uown, then please apply at anothei until you get youi accounts set up. I mentioneu Bank of Ameiica because I have iecoiueu conveisations with them assuiing us that they will help any peison that comes into theii bank anu that they only neeu the two items I've listeu (EIN anu ceitifieu aiticles) to open up youi account(s).
X?() *= )?.&. (&. F?A&F? D.D<.&> *+ ( C*==.&.+) >)().V F(+ )?.1 >)*-- >*/+ %A& 8==*C(Y*)S Answei: Yes. Even though I answeieu this above, I want to ieiteiate that if you have a chuich membei that lives in a uiffeient state who wishes to sign youi affiuavit, then you will neeu to mail them the affiuavit, have them sign it in fiont of a public notaiy anu then have them senu it back to you uiiectly.
X?() (&. F%DD%+ D*>)([.> F?A&F?.> D([. "?.+ .>)(<-*>?*+/ )?.D>.-Y.>V D*>)([.> )?() .&&%+.%A>-1 '-(F. )?.D A+C.& )?. fA&*>C*F)*%+ %= QR@FMS Answei: Almost too many to count! Fiistly, neaily 98% of chuiches oiganizeu touay in the 0niteu States of Ameiica have voluntaiily iescinueu theii status as even being uefineu as a chuich anu have insteau opteu to be consiueieu both "creotures of tbe stote" anu oi a "reliqious orqonizotion". Theie aie seveial ways a chuich makes these uisastious mistakes:
2&'$%3+ 41 5 / -.*6-. 78#-"69"6%$+': $.+&6 ;&#&'$6<0 This is a common mistake uue chiefly to a bank iequiiing that in oiuei to open up an account, they woulu like to see the chuich iegisteieu as an incoipoiation with theii Secietaiy of State's office. What the senioi ministei may fail to iealize is, the instant a chuich incoipoiates its self, it now is lawfully uefineu as a "cieatuie of the state" anu is then no longei even legally iecognizeu as a chuich.
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This is puisuant to 0niteu States Supieme Couit iuling "Bale v Benkle" which Chief }ustice Nelville Fullei states: "A corporotion is o creoture of tbe stote. lt is presumeJ to be incorporoteJ for tbe benefit of tbe public. lt receives certoin speciol privileqes onJ froncbises onJ bolJs tbem subject to tbe lows of tbe stote onJ tbe limitotion of its cborter. lts powers ore limiteJ by low. lt con moke no controct not outborizeJ by its cborter. lts riqbts to oct os o corporotion ore only preserveJ to it so lonq os it obeys tbe lows of its creotion. Tbere is o reserveJ riqbt in tbe leqisloture to investiqote its controcts onJ oscertoin if it bos exceeJeJ its powers."
Also, since incoipoiations fall uiiectly unuei the juiisuiction of Su1cS, the chuich is now consiueieu by law to be uefineu as a "ieligious oiganization". A Bono IiJe chuich unuei the }uiisuiction of 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a) is N0T incoipoiateu at all noi is it alloweu to be incoipoiateu. 0nce a chuich makes this fiist common fatal mistake, they have (whethei thiough ignoiance of the law oi theii own acquiescence) completely iescinueu theii iights to be consiueieu a bono fiJe chuich, anu aie now entiiely unuei the teiiible juiisuiction of Su1cS.
5+ ( >*C. +%).; Since a Coipoiation Sole is legally uefineu as a "natuial peison" accoiuing to the IRS, a Coipoiation Sole falls unuei the legal uefinition of an "inuiviuual" which is also uesciibeu in 0S Common Law iuling Bale v Benkle which Chief }ustice Nelville Fullei states,
"Tbe inJiviJuol moy stonJ upon bis constitutionol Riqbts os o citizen. Ee is entitleJ to corry on bis privote business in bis own woy. Eis power to controct is unlimiteJ. Ee owes no sucb Juty [to submit bis books onJ popers for on exominotion] to tbe Stote, since be receives notbinq tberefrom, beyonJ tbe protection of bis life onJ property. Eis Riqbts ore sucb os existeJ by tbe low of tbe lonJ [Common low] lonq onteceJent to tbe orqonizotion of tbe Stote, onJ con only be token from bim by Jue process of low, onJ in occorJonce witb tbe Constitution. Amonq bis Riqbts ore o
S9 refusol to incriminote bimself, onJ tbe immunity of bimself onJ bis property from orrest or seizure except unJer o worront of tbe low. Ee owes notbinq to tbe public so lonq os be Joes not tresposs upon tbeir Riqbts."
A "natuial peison" anu an "inuiviuual" aie uefineu by Blacks Law Bictionaiy 9 th Euition as:
4.&>%+# (Be) 1. A human being. Also teimeu noturol person.
2+C*Y*CA(-, oJj. (ISc) 1. Existing as an inuivisible entity. 2. Foi ielating to a single peison oi thing, as opposeu to a gioup.
Theie is a possible legal aigument to be maue that even though a Coipoiation Sole is iegisteieu with a Secietaiy of State as a coipoiation, that it in fact has the same iights as inuiviuual iights, which supeiseue coipoiate law. It is the only known coipoiation in Ameiican law to uo this.
2&'$%3+ 4=1 / -.*6-. '++3'> 7?@@&-&%A B+-"C#&$&"# "@ D%E FE+;9$&"#: @6"; $.+ 8B, G&H+H $.+< @&AA "*$ %# 8B, @"6; 5I=JK %#LM"6 $.+< %''*;+ $.%$ &@ $.+< L" #"$> 7%99A<: @"6 NI5-J '$%$*'> $.%$ $.+< %6+ '";+."O &;;*#+ @6"; $.+ NI5-J A%O %#L &$P' Q*6&'L&-$&"#0 98% of oiganizeu chuiches in the 0niteu States of Ameiica have sought official iecognition of tax exemption fiom the IRS. Chuiches have eiioneously fileu an IRS foim 1u2S to accomplish this. It's EXTRENELY INP0RTANT to note that seeking official iecognition of tax exemption fiom the IRS anu filing a foim 1u2S is the absolute W0RST P0SSIBLE mistake a chuich can make when oiganizing itself.
Fiistly, puisuant to 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a), a chuich was NEvER iequiieu to notify the Tieasuiy Bepaitment of theii tax exempt status to begin with! They weie automatically exempt simply foi the fact that they weie a chuich!
Beie is what 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a) actually says,
4u 9." %&/(+*g()*%+> DA>) +%)*=1 ,.F&.)(&1 )?() )?.1 (&. (''-1*+/ =%& &.F%/+*)*%+ %= >.F)*%+ QR@_F`_M` >)()A> Except as pioviueu in subsection (c), an oiganization oiganizeu aftei 0ctobei 9, 1969, shall not be tieateu as an oiganization uesciibeu in section Su1 (c)(S) _F` :KF.')*%+> _@` 3(+C()%&1 .KF.')*%+> ,A<>.F)*%+> _(` (+C _<` >?(-- +%) (''-1 )%h _8` chuiches, theii integiateu auxiliaiies, anu conventions oi associations of chuiches, oi _P` any oiganization which is not a piivate founuation (as uefineu in section Su9 (a)) anu the gioss ieceipts of which in each taxable yeai aie noimally not moie than $S,uuu.
So, unueistanu that when it states, "new oiganizations N0ST notify the Tieasuiy" that the official notification IS the IRS foim 1u2S. ALL oiganizations besiues chuiches anu piivate founuations with net eaining less then $S,uuu aie iequiieu by law to file this foim 1u2S to seek appioval of theii tax-exempt status. Chuiches weie NEvER iequiieu oi lawfully compelleu to file this foim.
You might ask, "Why is filing a foim 1u2S so teiiible." Well foi staiteis, piioi to signing the foim 1u2S anu puisuant to 26 0.S.C 6uSS(S)(A)(1-S), youi chuich was pieviously manuatoiily exempteu fiom even being iequiieu to file annual infoimational ietuins to the IRS! Now if a chuich has signeu the foim 1u2S, they have contiactually obligateu themselves to file theii annual infoimational iepoits with the IRS consecutively eveiy thiee yeais anu if they iefuse, they will have theii tax-exempt status automatically ievokeu! 0nueistanu: Youi chuich was pieviously NANBAT0RILY exempteu fiom filing anu now insteau you've contiactually agieeu to not only file, but if you fail to file consecutively eveiy thiee yeais you will automatically lose youi entiie tax exempt status anu will be iequiieu to ieapply with the IRS.
41 In auuition, not only has youi chuich ceaseu being consiueieu a chuich at this point (anu now only consiueieu a ieligious oiganization) it has contiactually obligateu itself to the Tieasuiy Bepaitment with ALL the piovisions of Su1cS. This was the veiy ieason why Bianch Ninistiies with Ban Little as theii pastoi weie the fiist chuich in Ameiica to evei loose its tax-exempt status foi engaging in the uistiibution of political piopaganua (in tbe IeJerol Court of Appeols Cose BRANCE HlNlSTRlFS onJ Bon little, Postor, Appellonts, v. Cborles 0. R0SS0TTl, Commissioner, lnternol Revenue Service, Appellee).
The piesiuing juuge stateu in his final juugment,
"Broncb Hinistries, lnc. operotes tbe cburcb ot Pierce Creek {"cburcb"), o Cbristion cburcb locoteJ in Binqbomton, New York. ln 198S, $.+ -.*6-. 6+R*+'$+L onJ receiveJ o letter from tbe lRS recoqnizinq its tox-exempt stotus."
You see, the chuich (Bianch Ninistiies) even though it was alieauy tax exempt, eiioneously sought iecognition of theii tax exempt status anu thus enteieu into a contiactual agieement with the IRS.
"Tbe cburcb oppeors to ossume tbot tbe witbJrowol of o -"#L&$&"#%A 96&S&A+C+ for foilure to meet tbe conJition is in itself on unconstitutionol burJen on its free exercise riqbt."
Bo you see. The instant Bianch Ninistiies applieu foi official iecognition via the IRS foim 1u2S, it accepteu that wheie pieviously theii tax-exempt status was manuatoiily exempteu, that now it was a uepenuent upon seveial "conJitionol privileqes". Regaiuless, if the uecision on behalf of Bianch ministiies to voluntaiily waive theii legal iights by signing the foim 1u2S was uue to theii lack of knowleuge oi unueistanuing of the law itself, it uiun't mattei. When Bianch ministiies tiieu to aigue that loosing theii tax-exempt status was unconstitutional, the piesiuing juuge iuleu, "We finJ tbis orqument more creotive tbon persuosive." This was uue to the fact that veiy simply, when
42 Bianch Ninistiies fileu the foim 1u2S, they signeu a legal C0NTRACT that stipulateu they woulun't engage in political activities anu then when they violateu the teims of the contiact then theii tax exemption status was ievokeu, anu they hau no legal iecouise!
Also, the only two conuitional piivileges that a chuich ieceives fiom the feueial goveinment when they sign a foim 1u2S aie that they get ieuuceu iates on postage stamps anu that they have the ability to apply foi feueial giants. That's it. The chuich then waives all its iights to even being consiueieu a chuich, they waive theii iights to be exempteu fiom taxes without conuitions, they waive theii iights fiom being manuatoiily exempteu fiom filing annual infoimation ietuins, they waive theii iights to engage in politics, they waive theii iights to uistiibute political piopaganua, they waive theii iights to influence legislation, they waive theii iights to auvocate who theii congiegations shoulu oi shoulu not vote foi on election uay, all foi nothing moie then being able to get bettei iates on postage stamps anu the ability to apply foi feueial giants. The woist pait of all: 98% of chuiches in Ameiica have uone this! It biings a whole new meaning to when Paul wiote in 1 st Timothy 1:7, "Tbey wont to be teocbers of tbe low, but tbey Jo not know wbot tbey ore tolkinq obout or wbot tbey so confiJently offirm!" oi bettei yet, "my people perisb for tbeir lock of knowleJqe" Bosea 4:6
Even if a chuich avoius these two majoi mistakes, the oveiwhelming pioblem is that, without a chuich oiganizing itself with a Coipoiation Sole, it is cuiiently impossible to oiganize itself financially anu N0T be unuei the juiisuiction of Su1cS. In this case, the Coipoiation Sole is the saving giace foi the chuich in this houi of neeu.
Even if a chuich ueciueu to get veiy legally savvy anu attempt to cieate theii own veision of oui affiuavit anu then even get an unincoipoiateu ceitifieu tiust fiom a CPA oi Attoiney (which uoes not iequiie an Feueial Tax EIN numbei) in oiuei to establish its bank accounts, it woulu STILL be consiueieu a
4S 'community chest, funu oi founuation' accoiuing to the IRS anu theiefoi come unuei the juiisuiction of the Su1cS law.
Also, theie is a common misconception among pastois that if they uo not apply foi a Su1cS that somehow that makes them immune to the law anu of the juiisuiction of Su1cS. This coulu not be fuithei fiom the tiuth. As I explaineu piioi, the instant a chuich eithei incoipoiates itself, gets a Feueial Tax Iuentification Numbei (incluuing but not limiteu to an EIN numbei), cieates a financial tiust, asset holuings entity, bank account (checking oi savings) oi even gets an unincoipoiateu ceitifieu tiust fiom eithei an attoiney oi CPA, then the entiiety of the chuich A0T0NATICALLY falls 1uu% unuei the juiisuiction of the law of 26 0.S.C Su1(c)(S).
This is why the Coipoiation Sole is so poweiful, because it lawfully sepaiates the juiisuiction of the chuich fiom its incoipoiateu office bank accounts (theieby biinging the chuich unuei the juiisuiction of 26 0.S.C Su8(c)(1)(a) insteau of the Su1cS law.) No othei methou outsiue of a Coipoiation Sole can accomplish this feat.
$(+ ( F?A&F? &.%&/(+*g. *)> FA&&.+) QR@FM >)()A> *+ =(Y%& %= ( $%&'%&()*%+ ,%-.S Answei: Absolutely! Bowevei, be waineu: Befoie they uo, the leaueis involveu will neeu to leain thiee impoitant things: Biscuss, Bonate anu Bissolve. Let me explain: