Nashville Mega Church Fights $425,000 Tax Bill for Gym, Bookstore & Cafe

Church-Growth Movement

Church and State

“The question of who can decide which parts of a church are religious and secular is drawing national attention, with some calling it a First Amendment issue. Christ Church shut down its cafe and bookstore and handed off its gym to the YMCA of Middle Tennessee this year as the dispute dragged on, moves meant to keep the tax bill from increasing.”The Tennesseean

Discussion

NewI agree with the state on this one

Tue, 11/23/10

I seem to recall the Lord having something to say about such things:

Matthew 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

NewMe, too

Tue, 11/23/10

I think the state has a point as well. I was thinking a church gym…like for basketball games to keep the youth off the streets, but a gym with paid memberships? …as in a place to workout? Ugh.