The Church of the Blessed Hampur

We congregate at MetLife Stadium starting in September!

2 blondes, 2 brunettes, etc

[quote author="Big L" source="/post/102032/thread" timestamp="1439954139"]Seed the Hampur with your donations, and the Hampur will return to you!

Amen.[/quote]


Jetsthings in 3 2 1

MONEY IS EVIL THE DEVILS GREATEST TOOL .....GIVE IT TO ME BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Love it!  Located in Sector 19, just north of Fertilizer Town and Railway Colony.

What defines a church? This question has bedeviled tax courts for years. The IRS has adopted a list of 14 criteria set out in De La Salle v. United States. Commonly referred to as the “fourteen points test”, it is important to note that the judges in the case did not intend for there to be a minimum number of criteria an organization must meet in order to satisfy the definition of a “church” as enumerated in their opinions.

In applying the Fourteen Points analysis to determine whether a religious organization may properly be characterized as a church, the IRS considers whether the organization has the following characteristics:

Distinct legal existence
Recognized creed and form of worship
Definite and distinct ecclesiastical government
Formal code of doctrine and discipline
Distinct religious history
A membership not associated with any other church or denomination
An organization of ordained ministers
Ordained ministers selected after completing prescribed studies
Literature of its own
Established places of worship
Regular congregations
Regular religious services
Sunday schools for religious instruction of the young
Schools for the preparation of its ministers

Scholarly analysis of the Fourteen Points by Robert Lothian and Thomas Miller recognized that the determination of what defines a church cannot be made solely on the number of the Fourteen Points a church meets. To quote: “Given the variety of religious practice… Attempts to use a dogmatic numerical approach might unconstitutionally favor established churches at the expense of newer, less traditional institutions.”