bakit, sa tingin mo ba the Church can do its activites without money?
its not like you born agains aren't tithing your members. the least in the Catholic Church, giving money is not mandatory
Churches use electricity and water, Churches has employees to pay, maintenance fees and other upkeep
if you send missionaries, you need money
if you send priests to distant barrios, again those are not free
and i'd like to see you prove that the Church is rich. because those are nothing but hearsay.
as i said earlier... the church main goal is to spread their teachings... not to have business to SM.
the church main source of income is its members (not in the public, bus, jeep, malls with donation box, etc)...
again... every church must not be affiliated to any business (private or public)... a church name must not be drag to any business issue.
if a church want a fund raising for some activity or special needs, they must encourage their members to give more money (and each member must think a way to generate fund pero hindi dapat gagamitin ang pangalan ng simbahan).
parang ganito... a church will have a free dental and medical mission. a pastor/priest/minister will encourage each members to give or commit certain amount of money. kung paano ipoproduce ng members ang money na ibibigay nila sa church wala nang pakialam doon ang church as long as they produce it sa tamang pamamaraan and hindi gagamitin ang pangalan ng simbahan.
come to think of it... a church will build a charity institution. and will seek help from different organization even if its not a member of the church.
a church must not build a charity institution if they cannot support it by their own. if a chruch want to build a charity institution that they cannot support... alisin mo sa koneksyon ng church.
theres lot of charitable institution that are not connected to any religous denomination.
the main goal of the church is to feed the hungry soul not the stomach. a man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God.
a group of people must choice.... it is to build a church (to meet people's spiritual need and to ease them from eternal sufferings) or to build a charity (to ease people's temporary sufferings such as luck of food and shelter... etc)....now if a these group of people decide to build both (church and charity) they must see to it that they support it by themselves, by their own members.
once again... church income must come solely to its members (hindi kung saan saang organization)... i think business establishment is right when they post in their door "No solicitation".