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To: Presbyterian Reporter
Take action today and send a message to your local church leadership demanding they stop sending money to the denomination that is filtered up to the WCC.

All they need to do is mark the memo line of their check with the department they want their money to be spent and the church, by Federal Law, can't diver that money to other purposes.

So, for example, let's say you gave the church a check for $250. You can put on the note accompanying the check that you want $100 to go to the Sunday School, $100 to go to the janitorial budget and $50 to go to the choir (or any other places depending on your church's activities) and by law, they have to make sure that money is only spent in those areas you specify. You don't have to totally boycott your liberal church to prevent your money from going to the WCC.

34 posted on 05/22/2006 5:50:46 PM PDT by Tamar1973 (Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Tamar1973
All they need to do is mark the memo line of their check with the department they want their money to be spent and the church, by Federal Law, can't diver that money to other purposes.

All they REALLY need to do is get out of that church (and I use that expression loosely) just as fast as they can...

39 posted on 05/22/2006 6:28:40 PM PDT by Iscool (You mess with me, you mess with the whole trailer park...)
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To: Tamar1973

That doesn't always work. We learned the hard way. We just left our Church because money we had earmarked for our Sunday School Class was then diverted to a NCC (WCC is parent to) sponsored charity. Yep, we are looking for a new church and this worldly religion is the prime reason.


41 posted on 05/22/2006 6:58:05 PM PDT by del4hope (Sessions...doing the math most congresscritters won't do)
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To: Tamar1973

Then they just take someone else's contribution that would have gone to the janitorial budget and Sunday school, and send it to the WCC.


47 posted on 05/22/2006 9:20:26 PM PDT by formercalifornian (One nation, under whatever popular fad comes to mind at the moment, indivisible...)
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To: Tamar1973

Yes, you can allocate which departments in your local church get "your" money. However, all funds become fungible when received by the church treasurer and even though "your money" will not go the WCC, the money from other members in your congregation will go to the WCC.

It requires an effort by church members to demand their local church stop sending any money to their denomination.


56 posted on 05/23/2006 8:46:00 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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