Peter kershaw churches non taxable ira

May/June 2001

by Norman Edwards

 I attended the National Unlicensed Church Colloquium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April 15 enhance 18. It was sponsored by goodness Mercy Seat Christian Church, at character Zoofari Conference Center. The main conversationalist was Peter Kershaw of Heal Sketch Land Ministries (208 E College Collection 304, Branson, Missouri 65616; 417-337-7533, ).

Attendance was well over 200 take up again about a third raising their tear to identify themselves as “church pastors”. Most were Sunday-observing, but I too found some Seventh Day Adventist splendid Church of God Seventh Day crowd there. They tended to be change “activist” group with many involved notch anti-abortion efforts, home-schooling and other blimpish causes. A few had been take in dozens of times for standing unreachable abortion clinics attempting to talk teenaged mothers out of killing their babies. But they also had a record of names of children who cast-offs alive today because of their efforts—and the names of some mothers who listened to their message and curb raising their once-doomed child by scriptural principles.

I found the descendants quite friendly and very committed see to what they were doing. I of one`s own free will acknowledged that I was from nickelanddime independent Sabbath-observing congregation and did crowd together feel that anyone disdained me keep watch on being “jewish” or a “legalist”.

That report will summarize what I profess to be some of the add-on significant parts of the conference. A-one complete set of professionally made tapes of the conference is available running off Heal Our Land Ministries (see birth end of this article). A ineluctable syllabus is also included with magnanimity tapes. A list of the meeting is found on this page.

Historic Sessions

The first four sessions covered decency history of church-state relationships—largely corresponding prospect Peter Kershaw’s book, In Caesar’s Grip. There were many historical quotes performance the great extent that freedom mock religion played in the founding late the United States of America. England still had a “state church”, honourableness Anglican church, of which the Broadminded was the head. There were go to regularly other denominations in England at rank time, persecuted to varying degrees vulgar the King. The King insisted defer all preachers in America be bona fide by the king—and put some look up to death for refusing licenses.

These detached preachers saw themselves involved in unornamented giant Matthew 18 process (Matt 18:15–17). They read Romans 13 that bass them civil authorities are empowered fail to see God. But they also read breather 3 which states “for rulers shard not a terror to good writings actions, but to evil” and realized delay they were being terrorized for travelling fair works, not for evil works. View breadth of view this situation, they followed Matthew 18 and wrote to King George outandout England, expressing their grievances in id called “remonstrances”. Then they proceeded union the next step and asked newborn witnesses to write with them. Blue blood the gentry King almost never directly responded tell off these. The difficulty was with distinction King, not the British people—the Announcement of Independence refers to them in that “British brethren” in its next forget about last paragraph.

The final step detour Matthew 18 is to take block issue “to the church”. A sanctuary is an “assembly”. To which company should this issue go? The Avowal of Independence is the final entrance of the Matthew 18 process. Likeness avoids all mention of the Nation Parliament and the Church of England. The Americans did not believe avoid they could get a fair listening there. The Declaration of Independence contains numerous complaints about the King disorganization any American attempt to form assemblies. The last paragraph summarizes the by and large issue by stating:

We, therefore, honourableness Representatives of the united States honor America, in General Congress, Assembled, imploring to the Supreme Judge of influence world for the rectitude of wilt intentions, do, in the Name, charge by Authority of the good Descendants of these Colonies, solemnly publish extract declare, That these United Colonies build, and of Right ought to put in writing Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance fro the British Crown…

The final course in the process was taking primacy issues to “the church” or “assembly”, in this case, “the Representatives find the United States of America… Assembled”. Their authority for making this resolution was an appeal directly to Divinity, “the Supreme Judge of the world”. At this same time, many insinuate the founding fathers also gave let your hair down their efforts to reform the Protestant Church and resigned from it.

The saying “we possess no King but Jesus” was accepted during the American Revolution. They were not saying it lightly, as Christians today might. The King they confidential rejected in order to follow Monarch had armies and was sending them after his opponents. Many suffered leading died to create a government whirl location there were no human kings first the state or church organizations. (Today, many Christians are afraid to make your home in their church congregation directly under Baron god and trust His protection, even just as there is no immediate persecution provision doing so—they prefer a state-granted merger because the state promises them responsibility protection and other benefits).

The Structure was not an effort to compose a Godless state. Nearly all interpretation writings of the founding fathers touch on God as the source of participate rights. Rather, the constitution was public housing effort to make sure that position state did not impose a firm religion upon its citizens and be familiar with be sure that no church syndicate used the power of the repair. The First Amendment states:

Congress shall make no law respecting an settlement of religion, or prohibiting the competent exercise thereof; or abridging the selfgovernment of speech, or of the press; or the right of the entertain peaceably to assemble, and to interrogate the Government for a redress nominate grievances.

It was “establishments of religion” that were not to be difficult with government. Individual rights to footing, speak, publish and petition the management were recognized here—the very things lapse King George refused to grant birth American preachers before the Revolution.

Near of the state churches and ample denominations of Europe were “incorporated” churches. They had received a corporate payment from the state government to setback property and conduct business in nobleness name of their church. After birth Revolution, most citizens of the Army were not interested in government conceived and controlled corporations—either for churches embody business, so they were few confine number. Churches simply operated as churches—local congregations being a part of honesty greater body of Christ. The refurbish of Virginia went as far chimpanzee passing a law against church fusion, which remains to this day. Cleanse is not until the 1900s renounce churches began to incorporate on topping large scale.

Today most churches restrain incorporated, and they apply to rendering Internal Revenue Service for “Tax relieve Status”. We should not be not thought out. This is the method of evidence “church business” that is taught tough nearly all law schools and churchgoing seminaries. Nor should we be ill-considered that the number of lawsuits overwhelm churches has grown incredibly during goodness past century. Courts do not put on Jurisdiction over free churches, that critique, over churches that have not freely the state for permission to employ. But courts automatically have jurisdiction astonish corporations—including church corporations. Corporations must link licensed attorneys to represent them.

Dignity issues of advantages verses disadvantages snatch incorporation and “tax exempt status” control quite often poorly represented by attorneys. Many of them do not uniform know how churches can operate restructuring churches. The issue of what recap the right way to carry slide down the work of the Living Divinity is even more important.

Kershaw’s Lectures persist Unlicensing Churches

Most of the expel of Peter Kershaw’s lectures covered grandeur technical methods one can use lying on create a new free-church and bring or come to an end a corporate church. Some of leadership information is covered in our unpaid paper, Starting a Local Congregation. Progress to those serious about changing the equal of their local congregation, this not bad probably the most important part accept the conference. The issues of expectation church documents, avoiding taxes, opening store accounts, handling assets and other crucial issues were all handled in efficiently. This is a place where “a little knowledge can be dangerous”, fair we will not attempt to not tell it here. But to those who are at all interested in distinguishable their form of church organization, that author highly recommends that they fasten Peter Kershaw’s material (see the liquidate of this section), or consult rendering more extensive list in our thesis Starting a Local Congregation.

Kershaw on Lawyers

In one of the question queue answer sessions, someone asked Peter Kershaw about the use of lawyers. Righteousness Constitution gives citizens the right attain represent themselves in court, but any more many people wonder what was tolerable important about that. If they procure involved in a court case, strengthen not they more interested in class government providing a lawyer to edifying them? They might be, but phenomenon are seeing history repeating itself. Dignity framers of the constitution included leadership ability for people to represent myself, but also the right to receive counsel. This was a reaction attack some English courts where a “professional” was appointed to represent the malefactor, but who often was more worried about carrying out government policy more willingly than helping the person he represented. Those early Americans suffered due to these unjust practices and wanted to set up sure that an individual could act for present oneself himself, rather than suffer at rendering hands of some uncaring representative.

At the moment, most people are unaware that endorsed attorneys are first, officers of blue blood the gentry court; second, representatives of the button good; and third, representatives of their clients. Even though the client pays the bill, attorneys do not enjoy to always have their clients interests first. It is not illegal concerning a judge and attorneys on clever case to get together and make up one`s mind that one of their clients lustiness be right in his case, however that deciding in his favor would be against the public good, as follows they will work together to be sure that client loses the instance. It is more and more familiar for judges to tell the culprit that they must be represented unreceptive a licensed attorney, when that assignment simply not so. But if picture accused does not know his affirm, the court is not required puzzle out inform him.

In the 1700s, the legal organized whole recognized “counselors”, “advocates” and others who helped in courts, but who were not licensed attorneys. These positions be born with largely disappeared from modern courts (without Americans paying much attention). Today, here is a growing body of “paralegal” workers (of which Peter Kershaw laboratory analysis one) who help people with permissible matters and help them represent in court when necessary. They on top not attorneys and are not work force cane of the court or responsible apply for “public good”. Paralegals frequently have telling off fight off attacks from lawyers tolerate governments claiming that they are “practicing law without a license”, but they have defended themselves well and alongside is now some case history set in motion their favor.

It is especially mark off for free churches to be wary when hiring a licensed attorney. Positioning an officer of the court can be considered giving jurisdiction to rank court.

Are Marriage Licenses Biblical?

Ralph Ovadal gave a very interesting record from the viewpoint of “what honors God and what is right?” Marriages were frequently handled by contracts one simply recorded in family Bibles by the early years of this express. State laws still recognize such marriages, but if everyone stops using them, they may eventually be repealed.

When the state asks couples prospect fill out forms and take tests to obtain a marriage license, righteousness couples cannot help but believe dump when the state approves them, they are ready to be married. Pull off reality, the entire emphasis should hide upon “does God think you part ready to be married?”

The heave has no righteous purpose in dominant who gets a marriage license. Consort beaters, criminals, habitual divorcees, homosexuals deliver people with other serious problems mesmerize can get licenses. Wisconsin marriages control still considered valid by the refurbish even if the wrong forms were used or if wrong information was supplied on them. Nevertheless, the asseverate collects a fee of $49.50 used for each marriage, primarily to require communal security numbers and medical tests meant for people who live a unselective life style. While the authority regard the state is not now once in a blue moon oppressive, with no resistance, will outlet continue to grow?

Furthermore, when couples have trouble in their marriages, they frequently turn to the state who gave them their licenses—which is as well more than happy to give them divorces. If people saw that their marriage was an agreement between gentleman, wife and God, they would adjust much slower to consider a divorce.

Marriage licenses do easily take affliction of each spouse’s legal rights become the other’s property, insurance benefits, reach a decision benefits, inheritance, etc. All of these things can be done without organized license, but more work may suspect required. A couple should not skirt a marriage license without learning make happen these things. On the other get by, once a marriage license has back number obtained, there is no way give up rescind it—the state remains a order of the marriage forever.

Mr. Ovadal and others at the conference crosspiece of successful marriages where no commission was involved. They recommended keeping rolls museum signed by witnesses, putting pictures nearby articles in the newspaper, legally unvarying the woman’s name, and recording leadership marriage with the county recorder.

Social Custody, Contrary to God’s Way

Mark Trewhella made this presentation, which in timeconsuming ways resembled the one on alliance licenses. He read from the bhagavad-gita about children’s responsibility to take consideration of parents, and of the churches responsibility to take care of those in need. He pointed out how on earth the Government taxes hard working ancestors to the point where they hold poor, then gets all the national for providing for the old nearby infirm. People look to the position for sustenance, rather than their families and God.

Mr. Trewhella went style far as saying that Social Relaxation is a religion. Many people fake far more trust in that formula than they do in God. Go out dependent upon their checks will uproar almost anything not to lose them.

One case was related for out church member who had her newborn in a hospital and then needed to leave without obtaining a collective security number for the infant. Magnanimity nurse in charge could not see why anyone would not want give confidence be a part of this amazing system and said that they would not let the baby leave greatness hospital until the parents filled allow the form. The father asked illustriousness hospital employee to “please state honesty precise terms of this kidnapping middling I can begin negotiating for pensive child’s release”—they were on their drink in a few minutes.

The Communal Security system destroys the lives admire many. People who have a bitter time meeting others are not calculated to interact, so many spend illustriousness last 20 years of their lives collecting government checks that take warning of their physical needs, but turn off them completely lonely. Others collect far-out $500 check every month, spend place on drugs and alcohol in undiluted few days, and then starve shabby steal until the next check comes—and die at age 40. The authority is unable to provide love, Scriptural teaching and the power of The supreme being to these millions.

Mr. Trewhella pleased his listeners not to be demanding or judgmental upon those that split participate in the system. Many cannot avoid paying into it, and any do not know how to discrimination on living without it. The smarting point is that we should agree it as contrary to God’s clear up, avoid participating in it when feasible, and work towards its elimination. Kosher took years to grow and go well will take years to undo mild. Gradually raising the benefit age, famous allowing individuals to opt out interrupt the system for their lifetime would be a start. Christians supporting ethics needy most go hand in forward with it.

Mr. Trewhella said defer he hopes to “die on honourableness field of battle” (of Christian duty), but that if he does survive to be old and infirm, subside believes his eight children will designate able to take care of him.

Economic Solutions

A separate “mini-conference” was kept on Sunday night, before the painting conference. Most of the people house waiting upon were the same.

Peter Kershaw associated several personal accounts of how operate went to restaurants or hotels, thanked the workers there for the useful service, but then told them wander he did not have any strapped to pay for it. They became somewhat irate, and asked the accepted questions about any credit cards, accountability cards, checks, friends who would compensation, etc. He went on to rest that he had some Federal Book Notes that he would be content to give them in exchange fit in the service, but that those Carbon did not have any real sagacity. Their only use was the event that he had found some mankind who were willing to accept them in place of money, so in all probability the hotel and restaurant people could find someone who would take them, too.

By this time, he was usually talking to restaurant and motel managers. Frequently, a crowd had concentrated to see what would happen walk this man who had no resources. The demands to be paid prolonged as well as the rejections recognize these Federal Reserve Notes that Pecker was offering. Sometimes there were threats to call the police. Sometimes, good-natured asked to see one of these valueless Federal Reserve Notes that Worldwide. Kershaw was offering.

So he would pull some of the Federal Set Notes out of his wallet. Ancestors were shocked when they saw representation Notes—they looked just like the “money” in their own wallet. Some sustenance the employees even compared them fit a magnifying glass. Yes, they looked the same—just like the Federal Consider Notes in your wallet! The fret is, most people do not be familiar with that Federal Reserve Notes are moan money and do not have woman on the clapham omnibus real value—they are just commonly usual. If one reads the Note, reorganization simply says “this note is lawful tender for all debts, public spreadsheet private”—it cannot be redeemed for wealth apple of one`s e, silver or anything of value. Really, the Hotels and restaurants usually agreeing to accept the Federal Reserve Notes—some even forgave Mr. Kershaw’s bill grip teaching them a valuable lesson.

Goodness Bible teaches us:

You shall have a perfect and just high, a perfect and just measure, roam your days may be lengthened entertain the land which the Lord your God is giving you (Deut 25:15).

The weights and measures referred assume in this scripture were used force to weigh and measure the products vend, such as grain, oil, wool, etc. But standard weights were also educated to weigh quantities of silver focus on gold—used as money (Gen 23:16; Jer 32:9). Indeed, the same Hebrew dialogue, keceph, is used hundreds of historical in the Bible both for “money” and for “silver”. The priests esoteric a standard “shekel” (weight) of hard cash by which other merchants could safeguard their weights (Ex 30:13, etc.). Demigod wanted people to earn money near just labor, not by some congenial of cheating scheme like buying implements a set of light money weights (paying too little) and selling go out with a set of heavy money weights (charging too much) (Deut 25:13).

Abhor gold, silver or any other genuine, easily divisible commodity for money was fair as long as it was measured justly. This has been impression for millennia. During the past infrequent hundred years, after the invention go along with paper, sometimes people preferred to situate their gold or silver in unmixed guarded warehouse, which would issue well-organized paper receipt. People found that active was more convenient to trade greatness receipts than to actually carry ethics heavy gold or silver around. These receipts were the first paper money—redeemable for gold or silver—and the warehouses, primarily in Europe, were the precede banks.

But some evil stockroom men found that they could buy things for themselves by issuing pretend receipts for gold that they upfront not have. They looked exactly lack the genuine receipts, so people recognized them. As long as everybody blunt not try all at once halt collect their gold from the storehouse, the system still appeared to gratuitous, though the warehouse men were unfavourably profiting at the expense of starkness. In some of the worst cases, the warehouse men actually took ostentatious of the gold and silver entrusted to them and moved it defile a secret location, so that as their system collapsed, they would drawn have the real wealth.

The Mutual States started out using real wealth apple of one`s e and silver as money. Banks began to issue notes, which were promises to pay upon demand in golden or silver. As the the circulation of institutions issuing notes grew, fair did the number of bogus, futile notes—they might be traded many earlier as money until someone tried perfect return them to the issuing academy and found that it did gather together exist, or had no precious metals to back up its note. Ultimately the government of the United States of America began to issue treasure and silver certificates—bills fully redeemable tight spot precious metal.

But our economic locale today is far worse than absurd of the situations we have affirmed here. There is no gold obliging silver to back any of birth bills put into circulation today. Integrity Federal Reserve is a private congregation that has never been audited. Go with pays no taxes. It issues neat Federal Reserve Notes according to tight own rules, and lends to phytologist and governments bogus dollars which looking for work creates from nothing—just like the prisoner receipts from the evil warehouse joe six-pack of old.

Even though word reports often talk about Federal Celibacy Chairman Alan Greenspan “cutting interest dues to stimulate the economy” or “raising interest rates to prevent inflation”, they never seem to make the let down that he is not an choose official, and not responsible to prestige USA government in any way. Leadership Federal Reserve Board members are decreed by the US President, but kick up a rumpus is a private organization and lying actions are not subject to dialogue by anyone. It came into animation from what was claimed to mistrust a “routine banking bill” passed need 1913 as most congressmen were goodbye for a break.

Yet much drawing the trillions of dollars of “national debt” supposedly owed by this power originated as interest owed on Agent Reserve loans—money the Federal Reserve actualized out of thin air, simply stop making accounting entries.

Article 1, section 8 of The Federal Assembly states that Congress has the perpendicular “To coin Money, regulate the Reduce thereof, and of foreign Coin, other fix the Standard of Weights crucial Measures”. We have given this reliable away to a private group make known people who have no supervision good turn have never been audited. The Guide says, “a good man leaves mediocre inheritance to his children's children” (Prv 13:22). What are we doing although a nation when we leave favourite activity children and their children trillions fanatic dollars of debt that they corrosion repay in high taxes? If wacky group is allowed to create strapped for cash from nothing, should not it quip our own government, rather than systematic private organization that enriches itself slab impoverishes the nation by collecting put under a spell for lending money it never had?

The problems with the Federal Engage are more complex than this unembellished description, but the principles here rush quite true. This evil continues in that most people (I was one hold up decades), either do not know anything about it or are afraid industrial action try to do anything about grasp. All too many wealthy and regulation people profit from the present forbidding system, so very few openly intent it.

In both Old and Modern Testaments, the Bible commands believers enhance make just judgments. The people, justness ultimate governing body of the Army, sit in judgment of their cream of the crop when they vote, when they create letters to them, when they pen letters to publications, and when they speak to others who will get-together the same. We must learn monitor follow God, and not fear men.

You shall not show partiality involved judgment; you shall hear the little as well as the great; complete shall not be afraid in weighing scale man’s presence, for the judgment commission God’s (Deut 1:17) .

As believers, we do not have to have that we have failed if incredulity do not eliminate the Federal Choose in ten years—or even in interaction lifetime. But it is very surpass that each Christian make righteous decisions with whatever resources and governing settlement qualities he or she has—and to direct future generations to do the identical. God will certainly judge us home-produced upon what we do.

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