Has any church ever had its tax-exempt status revoked?

[closeupready]

And if so, which one?

[DBoon]

1. Which church had the mail order minister applications in the 60's

so guys wanting to avoid being sent to Vietnam could claim they were a minister and hence exempt?

[kwassa]

2. The only thing churches are specifically prevented from doing is endorsing a candidate.

Nothing else would cause them to lose that status.

[closeupready]

3. I thought so. So, that is why I think

pushing the IRS to revoke the Mormon's status is a waste of effort and time.

More effective, IMO, would be some kind of boycott.

[Johonny]

8. I bet a nice Prop could do it

[suninvited]

4. Some Christian learning institutions have

Bob Jones University for one, for racial discrimination involving dating policies among students. I dont know if the tax exemption was restored later.

[bigwillq]

5. They all should (nt)

[Dogtown]

7. There you go, bigwillq

That would minimize they're interfering in politics.

"Faith-based"" privatization of our social-services should be removed from their plates, also.

[suninvited]

6. I found an article that does

tell of some churches losing its exemption status:

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0918-05.htm