As for a tax break, I can get a charitable deduction for my tithes to our local Baptist church
Our congregation gives about 35% of our offering to charitable works,
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from what I know of Christian churches, your Baptist church gives most of the offerings to need the hungry and the needy..
the Mormons have about $500 BILLION in land and beach resorts and malls and cattle ranches and orange groves..and high rise apartment buildings and life insurance companies etc..
and no food kitchens or hospitals ...
and they give less than 1% every year to lend “charity” to their own members...
that means the “charity” must be paid back...
“from what I know of Christian churches, your Baptist church gives most of the offerings to need the hungry and the needy..”
Nope. Much of it goes to pay our pastor his $24,000/year salary, and to pay the electric bill and repairs. We also give to missions and to the poor, but it is not a majority of our budget - about 35%, which is more than most.