Actually we use a Charter School - they don't charge us anything.
BTW, we are Christian.
Point taken. You are an exceptional person.
We use our school, we own the building and it is already paid for through the office. We donate the church space (and don’t take tax break for it either).
My former pastor worked 2 other jobs to help support himself and his family rather than take a salary for many years. His truck was donated (1987). Many other churches do the same.
Most LDS brag about not having ‘paid clergy’ but there are a couple of downsides to that. First off, my pastors “JOB” is to take care of the congregation, he devotes all of his time to that and that is what they should do. Mormon bishops are stretched far too thin to be good pastors.
No pastor I know is in it ‘for the money’. The barely squeak by, and are motivated by a love for the Lord and a personal (not church) calling. The same is true for the ministry to the LDS - no one gets rich off of it.
Secondly, much of the tithing ends up going to SLC and funneled into corporations and business interests. My church (and no other churches I know of) own malls and shopping centers, the LDS does.
Finally, other churches take donations/tithing but don’t hold Heaven out as a carrot stick like the LDS do. IOW, if you are LDS, you pay tithing or you aren’t considered ‘worthy’ to hold callings or go to the temple. No Temple, no Celestial kingdom (Heaven). That isn’t giving to God, that is spiritual extortion.