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FEDS RAID, TAKE

POSSESION, and

BULLDOZE LARGE

CHURCH to the

GROUND!

By Don Boys on February 8, 2019

(Publisher’s note: This article was

received too late for the Jan-March

edition of the Trumpet. We are so

appreciative of Bro. Boys writing the

article on behalf of our church which has

appeared in several prominent

publications and the internet of the raid

that took place February 13, 2001.)

Helicopters whirled overhead, snipers

were poised on the roof of the K Mart

across the street and on the church roof,

and the street was full of people and

Indianapolis City Police cars. Wow,

surely terrorists had taken over the

church and the good guys came to rescue

innocent Christians. No, afraid not.

The terrorists were all in uniform

charged with taking control of a Baptist

Church. Inside, about 30 people had

spent the night as they had for 92 days

but many others had gone to work so

only 8 people along with pastors and

associates praying at the altar were taken

out of the church by police officials.

For the first time in American History,

the Federal Government, under color of

law, put a large Baptist Church out of the

Gospel business. Well, at least they tried.

It was February 13, 2001 when 85

federal officials (FBI, ATF, etc.)

supported by Indianapolis Police

Officers (doing crowd and traffic

control) raided the Indianapolis Baptist

Temple (IBT), known as the 11th largest

church in America, according

to Christian Life Magazine. Dr. Greg J.

Dixon was the long time pastor but his

son Greg A. Dixon was now the church

leader.

The church was being raided not for

unpaid taxes as almost everyone

declared, but for permitting their school

teachers (my daughter was one),

administrators, etc., to pay their own

FICA taxes. Thousands of American

churches have always followed that

practice.

It is interesting that the Marion County

Sheriff’s Department under Jack Cottey

refused to participate in the raid. Jack

was a principled man who had also

served in the Indiana House of

Representatives where I had served.

The Indianapolis church leaders refused

to handle the withholding since the

government cannot force a church to be

a tax collector: the lowest, most hated

position in New Testament times.

However, no one refused to pay taxes

and no taxes were owed. It was simply

the Federal Government, then run by

newly installed President George W.

Bush, letting everyone know that

churches must kowtow to Washington or

they would be put out of the Gospel

business. Federal Marshall Frank

Anderson was in charge of the illegal

raid and was elected Marion County

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INDEX

Page 1- Feds Raid Church

Page 4- The USA and Israel

Page 7- New Unregistered

Church

Page 7- Thomas Jefferson, the

Baptists and Religious Liberty

Page 8- Amnesty International

Targets Israel

Page 8- Anti Israel Trend in

Churches

Page 9- Enraged yet Anointed

Page 10- Does God Watch

Basketball

Page 11- New IRS rules for

Churches

Page 11- Advance Report

Page 12- 35th Annual UBF

Meeting Announcement

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Sheriff in 2003, serving until 2011. Of

course, the Feds had declared the

church’s action to be illegal;

consequently, the raid was “legal.”

We were seeing the assertion and

application of might at the expense of

what is right. The IBT discovered that

Voltaire was right when he said that it is

dangerous to be right when the

government is wrong. The church was

right; the feds were wrong.

Some local media people were in the

church having spent many nights

sleeping on the floor and church pews

along with pastors from across America.

Some of the media had characterized the

church people, especially the pastors, as

being “patriots” (gasp!), “militia” etc.

Some even spoke of guns even though

the pastors had made it clear that no guns

would be permitted. and no violence

would take place. But you can’t be too

careful; these are Baptists—you know

like John (the Baptist) or Jerry (Falwell)

or Billy (Graham)—so an overwhelming

force was ordered along with the snipers

on the rooftops.

You can’t be too careful you know.

Some of those Baptists might even

thump their Bibles (KJV, of course) and

that could be dangerous especially if the

thumping were caught on television.

The raid was ordered by former two-term

Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator and

active Christian layman in the

Assemblies of God and the now U.S.

Attorney General John Ashcroft. John

also wrote, “Let the Eagle Soar” and

sang it after his speech at the Gordon-

Conwell Theological Seminary in

2002—where both my son and grandson

earned their doctorates.

The song was satirically featured in

Michael Moore’s movie Fahrenheit

9/11. While the lyrics are mediocre, and

John’s voice is tolerable, I recommend

that John not surrender his license to

practice law.

The Christian school building, home to

hundreds of students and the 2,000-seat

auditorium on 20 acres of prime

property, were padlocked and later

bulldozed to the ground to make room

for a new Charter School. Hundreds of

Christian students and thousands of

church members were now homeless—

thanks to GOP President George W.

Bush.

This case had been simmering for

seventeen years when pastor Dr. Greg J.

Dixon and his son and co-pastor refused

to withhold FICA taxes on the church

school staff. At the time of the raid, the

younger Dixon was pastor and served as

pastor until December of 2015 when

Matt Roller was called to that position.

Ashcroft wrote a book after he was out

of office and dedicated seven pages to

the Indianapolis Baptist Temple tragedy.

He alleged that the church was guilty of

“tax evasion” but that is not true.

He admitted in his book that the church

employees paid their own taxes from

funds “received from the church.”

Ashcroft also alleged that the U.S.

Supreme Court ruled against the church;

however, that is another mistake: the

Court refused to hear the case.

During the raid, Pastor Greg A. Dixon

asked one of the marshals if he was not a

member of a local Southside, Bible-

preaching church that was not taking

FICA out of the church staff’s salary—

what the Indianapolis Baptist Temple

was charged with. He refused to answer.

About that time, another marshal asked

Dr. Dixon for the keys to his car that he

promised to move to the K Mart lot so it

would not be impounded. Dr. Dixon

appreciated his kindness.

The AP carried a story revealing that the

church parsonage that had been the

pastor’s home for 32 years had been

taken by the feds. After the eviction, the

media quoted Mrs. Dixon as saying,

“Wait until you see me in my new

home.”

All the principal people involved with

the church were highly committed and

principled people—not the rebels and

anti-government trouble makers as

presented by most of the media. Paul

Harvey led his national broadcast with a

fair and positive report of the raid and

most of the other national media dealt

with it with their normal critical spin.

Congressman Ron Paul wrote a

wonderful defense of IBT in his

Congressional Bulletin.

About sixty of those who served in the

church ministry were audited by the IRS,

and it was concluded that they had no tax

liability of any substantial degree and all

had paid their own tax liability including

both shares of the Social Security Tax.

This of course means that the valuable

property, built and financed over many

years by dedicated Christians, was seized

to satisfy a bogus tax bill that had already

been paid.

Why would our government be so

vicious and unethical and illegal?

Because government is in the control

business and true churches refuse to

permit secular control since every

theologian is aware of the lordship of

Christ over everything.

Federal prosecutor Douglas Snoeyenbos

was quoted as saying that the “higher ups

in the U.S. Justice Department are out to

totally destroy the pastor and the

Indianapolis Baptist Temple.” He also

expressed personal dislike for Dr. Dixon

even though he had never met him

according to the church attorney. Well,

I’ve never met Snoeyenbos and I don’t

like him or his name, but then he can’t

help that.

The church has a memo from the

Treasury Department in the mid-eighties

(date illegible) signed by an IRS agent

declaring that the pastor of the

Indianapolis Baptist Temple “spoke out

against the IRS and other government

agencies in general” which shows the

feds have no respect for freedom of

speech, religion, etc.

It is perfectly legal and ethical to speak

out against various agencies. After all,

one can abhor an administration or

agencies without hating his nation.

I often spoke out on television and wrote

about government intrusion in personal

lives and into church matters. I even

testified at a congressional hearing in

Washington dealing with the IRS

attempted takeover of Christian schools.

I then published it in my first

book, Liberalism: A Rope of Sand! I also

wrote a scalding letter to the FBI about

their treatment of Dr. Dixon regarding

another incident. I wonder if the feds

have a file on me. Or you.

U.S. Attorney Robert Metzler admitted

in federal court in Indianapolis on

August 23, 2001, that the Indianapolis

Baptist Temple owes no taxes if they

would only file for an exemption, which

shows that this was not a tax issue—but

who will control the Lord’s assembly,

God or the IRS.

He said the same thing in oral argument

at the Seventh Circuit on May 11, 2000.

U.S. Attorney Metzler said twice before

the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeal on

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that same day that “an uncontrolled

church is untenable” in America today.

But then, thousands of churches in

America conduct their affairs just like

the Indianapolis Baptist Temple. Will the

government begin closing those

churches? Are the churches left alone

because they are so docile?

Frankly, I am not concerned with an

uncontrolled church but I am very

concerned about an uncontrolled

government. George Washington said,

“Government is like fire, a dangerous

servant and a fearful master.”

Our founding fathers knew what current

officials refuse to recognize about

federal government: A government out

of control is like a forest fire that

destroys everything in its path.

So, our government planned a dangerous

raid on God’s church against innocent

people because the pastors had spoken

against pornography, the IRS, and

leftists in general and had done so for

decades.

Moreover, few local pastors, even

Baptists, stood with the church much to

their shame. Many of those pastors were

and still are my friends but they showed

cowardice rather than courage at that

time.

Hundreds of students in their Christian

school and thousands of church members

had their rights attacked by their own

government officials who had sworn to

protect those rights. The large, expensive

buildings were bulldozed to the ground.

Students were no longer taught by

committed teachers and hymns of praise

no longer echoed along East Street. Alas,

the enemy had won!

But that was the prelude. The story

continues. Like the Phoenix (the pagan

Greek myth), IBT rose from the ashes.

The Indianapolis Baptist Temple is even

stronger than before and has multiplied

its ministries many times. After the raid,

the church immediately moved services

to a large new public high school

auditorium about five minutes from the

original church and school buildings.

The wounded church rented similar

buildings for five and one half years.

Finally, Pastor Greg A. Dixon led the

church to lease a large sports building

near Interstate 65, only five minutes from

the interchange. The church renovated

the complex and continued their work of

world evangelism.

After serving as pastor until 2015, Pastor

Dixon resigned to be followed by a

member of the church, Matt Roller. The

IBT is alive and well and the disgraced

government officials responsible for the

illegal raid are (mostly) now has-beens

with a badly soiled record. Others have

died.

Many will declare that the officials were

only doing their job, a defense that is a

non-defense. Principled people will

never do wrong even if it costs them

everything. Bush was wrong to permit

the raid. John Ashcroft was wrong to

authorize it and should have told Bush

that he respectfully should not carry out

the church raid.

U.S. Marshal Frank Anderson should

have informed Washington officials that

he would not participate in taking a

church away from its members. The 84

other federal agents should have refused

to be involved.

And the Indianapolis Police Department

should have refused federal orders

including individual officers. There is

nothing wrong in resisting an authority to

obey a higher authority. It’s better to be

hated for being right than to be honored

for being wrong.

Albert Einstein once said, “Never do

anything against conscience even if the

state demands it.” Every public official

involved in the raid and the critical

pastors disobeyed that principle.

After resigning as pastor of the IBT in

December of 2015, the younger Dixon

said, “International Church planting

began in 2002 after our building was

taken. What men meant for evil God

meant for good!

Just as the persecution of the Jerusalem

church accelerated church planting in

Antioch among other places, the

persecution in Indy accelerated church

planting again. I woke up the following

day and God strongly impressed me to

start churches. Not to quit or complain.

Start churches.”

The tragedy of the federal takeover

resulted in a much larger, more

aggressive ministry of church planting in

Mexico, Central America, Asia, and

Africa. Starting with nothing, Dixon

organized Advance, a facilitator that

helps churches plant churches. Since

resigning as pastor, he travels the nation

raising money to start and support

churches all over the world and every

dollar raised goes to that work.

He receives no salary, retirement, or any

benefit from his service! 109 new

churches have been started in Asia,

Africa, and North America which

includes inner city Indianapolis and

Mexico.

Another 100 new churches have begun in

2019 around the world. The goal for new

church plants in 2020 is another 200 new

churches in cities and remote villages of

the world. A little touted, but extremely

effective outreach is Pastor Dixon’s

Urban Youth Ministry Training whereby

trained volunteers from the church

community go into the Indianapolis

Public Schools, as they have done for 13

years.

The volunteers seek to impress upon

students positive values to result in a

successful life in a world of confusion.

So, while the feds confiscated and

destroyed their Christian school, the IBT

is going into the public schools with a

positive message.

Another ministry is the Transitional

Housing Ministry that provides

assistance to men in need of housing in

the inner city of Indianapolis. Men who

were converted in one of the city

missions get counseling and a place to

stay. Pastor Greg A. Dixon says, “A

warm bed helps to make a warm and

receptive heart to the Gospel.”

Their Trinity House work is a soup

kitchen ministry that provides an

evening dinner in three locations feeding

over 700 people each month

accompanied by a positive message of

the Gospel.

Additionally, every July a medical

mission trip is taken to Oaxaca, Mexico

where 39 churches have been started

over the last nine years. The medical

team seeks to minister to the health needs

of people who cannot afford or don’t

have access to medical care.

What the enemy and casual critics

thought was a massive tragedy and major

failure turned out to be one of the most

impressive victories in a hundred years.

The victory—yes, victory—of the

Indianapolis Baptist Temple over the

feds and their critics is another reminder

that there is nothing wrong in resisting an

authority to obey a higher authority.

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The character of a person is not seen in

where he stands in a time of comfort but

where he stands in times of challenge,

controversy, and conflict. The Dixons

and the membership of the Indianapolis

Baptist Temple stood in the face of great

odds and have not only survived but have

thrived.

It was a shameful day when the federal

government, under a GOP president,

raided and bulldozed a very successful

church, but what the enemy thought to be

a fatal blow became a fabulous blessing.

The IBT raid should be a warning to all

Americans–government out of control is

dangerous. Furthermore, pastors who are

faithful to their calling will be a voice in

the wilderness calling wayward

government officials to repentance.

As to the “scandal” of pastors who are

monitored by the feds, maybe that would

be true of all pastors if they were fearless

spokesmen for the truth. The real scandal

is that very few pastors are so courageous

to make the FBI and IRS keep a file on

them.

(Publisher’s comment: Today we

observe the 19th anniversary of the

Federal Government’s raid on IBT.

We want to thank our dear friend Dr.

Don Boys for this excellent article that

highlights the events of this bad day for

our congregation. And yet from God’s

viewpoint it was a victorious day. But

from the standpoint of the loss of our

First Amendment guarantees it was truly

a sad, sad day for our nation. Unless

this is somehow reversed the result of

this decision will eventually affect every

church in America.

One strange irony is that the U.S. rebuilt

a Moslem Mosque in Iraq that we had

destroyed at untold millions at the same

time that they were demolishing our

buildings and property worth $ six

million dollars. But we believe what the

Apostle Paul said,

2Th 1:5-7

5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God that ye may be counted

worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye

also suffer:

6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble

you;

7 And to you who are troubled rest with us,

when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels…)

THE UNITED STATES

and ISRAEL: A Pivotal

Time By Gary H. Kah

During the month of December the Lord

led my wife and I - along with several

friends 0 into a time of fasting and

prayer. We prayed over a number of

matters, including the direction of our

ministry and nation. We needed some

clarity, as we long to be in the center of

God’s will, doing exactly what He asks

of us during these critical times So, we

sought Him out - studying His Word and

seeking answers, while trying to better

understand this moment in history. The

following are some of the thoughts that

come to mind during my time of pause

and reflection.

As we begin 2019, many Americans are

hoping for a more peaceful year

politically. After all the negativity and

divisiveness of the last few years, people

have grown weary and long for a

“timeout” from all the political tension

and chaos. I am among those. I wish I

could say that things will become more

civil. But truthfully, I believe just the

opposite will happen.

By the time you receive this publication,

the Democrats will once again be in

control of the US House of

Representatives. As a result of

November’s election their Party has

become more left wing than at any time

in our nation’s history - including the

tumultuous and rebellious Sixties. And

with the globalist insider Adam Schiff

taking charge of the House Intelligence

Committee, there will be a more

concerted effort to oppose the President

and quite possible to impeach him.

The new world order crowd hates Trump

with a passion because he has set out not

only to oppose, but to undo, their global

government plans and has had a measure

of success in doing so. Trump has

become a much more formidable

adversary than they ever imagined. Now

they have a two-year window in which to

stop the bleeding and deal the President

a politically fatal blow.

One reason I believe they will “take off

their gloves” in dealing with Trump is

because they actually want to make an

example of him. Their goal? To

relentlessly and shamelessly attack him

and any of his conservative appointees to

such a degree that no true Conservative

will dare to accept a position within his

administration or run for office of

Commander-in-chief in the future - lest

they experience the same level of

scrutiny and assault.

The message is loud and clear: Hillary

Clinton, James Comey, John Brennan

and others of their globalist deep-state

clan can commit any outrageous crimes

they want and remain unscathed because

they have the most powerful (and

corrupt) network of people in the world

on their side; while pro-constitution

Conservatives who seek to defend the

sovereignty of our nation will be dragged

through the mud and ferociously

attacked from every angle by the far-left

media and their accomplices in

Congress, Hollywood, the United

Nations, and their international stooges.

Even witches will be summoned to cast

spells and place curses on Conservatives

who are a serious threat to their socialist,

one-world agenda. Faced with this type

of over-the-top intimidation, who in their

right mind would want to leave a

lucrative private-sector job to work for

Trump or run for a future office?

Unfortunately, persistent pressure and

hon-stop intimidation will work in most

cases, so there is no reason - politically

speaking - for the Far Left to stop these

practices. However, tens of millions of

Americans are watching all of this play

out and are growing increasingly

frustrated with their own seeming

inability to stop the corruption and

forward motion of the leftist socialist

movement.

They have observed the Left’s violence

and lawlessness in the streets, set in

motion by power players such as George

Soros and his global allies, who rather

than having their bank accounts seized

and being thrown in jail, are celebrated

by a bought-and paid-for-media.

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My genuine concern - impressed upon

me in a way during my time of prayer -

is that we are quickly moving toward a

tipping point where the Far Right, which

has remained peaceful thus far, will

begin to fight back in physical fashion. I

believe we are closer to extreme civil

unrest, and possible even civil war, than

at any time since the 1860’s.

Our nation stands divided, its citizens

holding two completely different,

diametrically opposing worldviews. The

Left and Right cannot coexist within our

country much longer, barring divine

intervention, I fear that something is

about to give. If law-abiding

Conservatives believe that President

Trump is their last chance to hold back

the socialist tide politically, and if he is

removed from office or rendered

ineffective because of the onslaught of

staged investigations, it could be the final

straw that leads to physical conflict.

My opinion: it seems as if God is

allowing these tensions to come to a

head, and He is using Donald Trump as

a lightning rod to bring previously-

hidden political agendas to the

surface. The battle lines are being

drawn.

The Far Left is becoming increasingly

bold and provocative and is gaining

strength each passing month, catapulting

ultra-liberal Millennials into positions of

leadership as the more-conservative,

older generations gradually exit the

public arena and die off.

If we continue on this course, those

Conservatives who remain will either

have to fight, flee to another land or

ultimately be placed in “Re-Education

Centers” where their fate will be

uncertain and could include death. I

faced with these options, what will your

response be?

The Lord has graciously given our nation

a reprieve from globalization for the past

two years.

And, Americans living in rebellion

against a holy God have had ample

opportunity to repent. While the final

verdict and timetable of events rests in

God’s hands, it does appear the curtain

on our nation - as a peaceful

constitutional republic - is about to

close.

The question is, will Christians and

conservative Jews be ready for the

hardship and persecution that is certain

to result from the coming lawlessness?

The time to seek the Lord and prepare

our hearts for the tumultuous days ahead

is now.

Israel: A Mirror Image

Recently, Audrey and I returned from

Israel where we spent nearly two weeks

attending pertinent, insightful meetings

at Ramat Rachel Conference Center in

Jerusalem.

While there, members of the IDF who

spoke at our conference were placed on

high alert as rockets fired by Hamas

began pouring into Israel by the

hundreds. This assault, carried out from

Gaza, lasted for several

days. Predictably, there was no

international media coverage of this

attack.

However, if Israel’s Prime Minister had

given the go-ahead to retaliate, I have no

doubt the media would have given full

coverage to Israel’s “unjustified

invasion” of Gaza. But, he did not take

the bait.

The fact is, President Trump and PM

Benjamin Netanyahu are facing very

similar circumstances. They are both

devout nationalists trying to defend the

sovereignty of their respective nations;

and internationalist forces are at work in

both countries trying to oust them from

power.

The United States and Israel have

historically been the most fiercely

independent nations on the planet.

The US was formed mostly by Christian

settlers who sought to escape the corrupt

powers and religious impositions of

Europe, while Israel was reestablished to

give the Jewish people a homeland and

safe refuge from their global

pursuers. In each case, if our nationalist

governments are brought down and

replaced by forces loyal to world

government, there will be no place to run

from the emerging World Order.

With the exception of a few very small

nations and islands, the rest of the world

is already firmly in the grip of devoted

globalists.

To the Power Elite, Trump and

Netanyahu epitomize the nationalist

resistance to their international socialist

agenda.

Therefore, the efforts of both men must

be thoroughly crushed. If the globalists

succeed, they will have removed the final

two major political obstacles to their

one-world plan. (Britain’s current Brexit

scenario presents a new and unforeseen

threat to the global powers, although I

believe it may be short-lived as London

and the overall culture of the UK seems

to remain firmly in the grip of hardened

Socialists. The real question is, how

long can Conservatives hold on? We’ll

see.”

A Word of Caution

I have on numerous occasions been

asked how I can be so supportive of

Israel and the Jewish people. Powerful

globalists such as George Soros,

members of the Rothschild banking

dynasty, and socialist/liberal politicians

like Bernie Sanders, Debbie Wasserman

Schultz and Dianne Feinstein are

frequently cited as influential Jews who

are proponents of globalization.

Yes, it is true; there are some powerful

Jews operating within the one-

world/new age movement. However,

after more than 35 years of thoroughly

researching and investigating this

insidious movement, I can tell you that

less than 5 percent of the leaders

promoting the globalist worldview are of

Jewish descent.

Over 95 percent of advocates for world

government in the western world are

Gentiles, with a significant number of

them coming from Episcopal,

Presbyterian, United Methodist and

Lutheran backgrounds.

These and other member denominations

of the World Council of Churches are

generally supportive of the one-world

agenda, with many of their leaders being

quite outspoken in favor of globalization

and interfaith religion while hurling

regular insults at Israel.

And, the top vicars of the Catholic

Church, including Pope Francis, are

diehard globalists who advocate

Replacement Theology while supporting

the UN’s continuous flow of anti-Israel

resolutions and rhetoric,

It is no coincidence that the influence of

Freemasonry is very strong in these

circles. This secret order and its

affiliated global organizations consist

almost entirely of Gentiles, and in the

East are heavily stacked with Muslims,

Hindus, Buddhists and other anti-

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Semitic mystics, depending on the

specific region of the world.

On the other hand, I would estimate that

fewer than 3 percent of Freemasons are

Jewish. (This figure would vary based on

the percentage of Jews living in any

given area. For example, in New York

City where over one-fourth of the

population is Jewish, the percentage of

Masonic Jews would of course be much

higher.

However, I believe the overall ratio of

Jews to Gentiles in Freemasonry is

comparable to the ratio existing within

the general populace.)

While a percentage of Jews are active in

one-world/interfaith pursuits, it should

be pointed out that some of the most

prolific defenders of our US Constitution

and biblical heritage are also

Jewish. Two who immediately come to

mind are Mark Levin, referred to by Sean

Hannity as “the Great One,” and Ben

Shapiro, who is doing his best to defend

our freedoms among Millennials on

college campuses.

Charles Krauthammer, who recently

passed, was another Jewish standout

when it came to defending our

constitution and free enterprise

system. There are many others. Some

Jews use their talents to accomplish

much good, while others use them for

great evil. The same can be said of

Gentiles.

The fact is, the same dynamic of good

versus evil and nationalism versus

globalism exists among Jews and

Gentiles. Both groups have the same

fallen sin nature. So why are Jews

constantly singled out as “the problem?”

Jews, on the whole, are highly

intelligent, industrious, determined and

extremely creative. Because of this, they

tend to excel in their fields - whether in

medicine, technology, law, music, etc.

They also have very recognizable names

- like Rosenstein, Bloomberg,

Goldsmith, Seinfeld, etc. These and

other factors (such as their traditions and

kosher cuisine) make them more

noticeable than individuals from some of

the other ethnic backgrounds. They also

are descendants of the people of the Old

and New Testaments - God’s Chosen.

All of this makes them an easy and

special target for the enemy.

The Far Left has always been poised

against Israel and hates the thought of the

Jews being “God’s Chosen People.” But

now there is a growing element of the Far

Right that is turning against Israel and

the Jewish people.

The look at the Jewish names of some of

the shady Hollywood producers, media

moguls, and one-world bankers, and

wrongly conclude - with the help of

strategically-crafted propaganda - that

the one-world quest is a conspiracy of the

Jews. This should be of great concern to

every God-fearing Christian.

There seems to be a part of our sin-laden

DNA that is prone to placing the blame

for all of the world’s problems on the

Jews. The devil longs to get back at God

by persecuting the very people through

whom His divine revelation came - first

His law, and later the Messiah and His

apostles.

Every Gentile and Jew (as there are

some who have turned against their own

people), must guard their own heart so

they do not fall for this sinister trap laid

by Satan. We must all remind

ourselves that God judges nations in part

by how they treat the Jewish people and

Israel.

Both the Old and New Testament eras

are replete with examples of what

happens to empires and nations that

persecute God’s people or divide their

land. The fall and decimation of Nazi

Germany is just one of the more recent

examples.

For this reason, a word of caution is in

order for President Trump, as he has

stated his intention of unveiling a

Mideast peace plan early this year. If his

plan involves dividing the land of the

Jews, I sincerely believe that the Lord

God will severely punish the President

and America as a nation.

The last thing a sitting US president

should do is lay the foundation for the

coming Antichrist. Making the right

decisions concerning Israel and Mideast

peace will require an incredible amount

of discernment that only God Himself

can provide.

Therefore, we need to pray for President

Trump as well as Vice President Mike

Pence and Secretary of State Mike

Pompeo, both of whom are Christians

and have the President’s ear.

The President’s son-in-law, Jared

Kushner, also has his ear and may or may

not have Israel’s best interests at heart.

We will soon know where he stands as a

Jew regarding his own people.

Concerning outsiders meddling in the

affairs of Jerusalem - the true capital of

Israel - God issues a strong warning

found in Zechariah 12:2-3. He declares,

I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that

sends all the surrounding people

reeling...I will make Jerusalem an

immovable rock for all the nations.

All who try to move it will injure

themselves. In other words, “Don’t Mess

With Israel!”

Every follower of Christ who takes the

Word of God seriously should be

fervently praying for the President to

make the right decision.

If he treats Israel fairly and delicately as

a genuine friend and ally, I believe God

will somehow shine favor on him and his

presidency - despite all the attacks being

directed his way by his adversaries.

The stakes are very high. Donald

Trump’s presidency, and our nation, may

ultimately rise or fall based on what he

does with Israel!

Please take the time to read and

familiarize yourself with the following

relevant Scriptures. An awareness and

understanding of these passages is

extremely important to make sense of

those events yet to unfold - possibly

soon.

*Romans 11:23-29. Which reminds us that

God still loves the Jewish people and honors

HIs covenants.

*Ezekiel 36:16-38, which reveals that God will not rescue the Jews because of any good

they have done to deserve His intervention,

but because of His integrity and character - “for the sake of His holy name.”

*Zechariah 12:9-11; 14:2-11, which

prophesies that the Jews, at the very end of the

age, will repent of their disbelief. And,

Messiah (Jesus) will return to defeat the nations gathered against His people. Never

again will Jerusalem be destroyed; it will be

secure.

*Joel 3:1-2, 12-21 and Revelation 19:11-21

(which mirror the events of Zechariah 12 & 14). These events clearly precede, and are a

prelude to, the millennial reign of Christ on

earth - from Jerusalem (described in Zechariah 14:6-21 and Revelation 20).

*Published with permission

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NEW UNREGISTERED

CHURCH STARTING IN

FISHERS, INDIANA

Sunday, February 17, 2019

Greg Dzula joined the pastoral staff of

the Indianapolis Baptist Temple after

Graduation in 1993 from the Temple

Baptist College, which the church

founded. He was ordained in 2001.

He is a 1984 graduate of New Jersey

Institute of Technology with a Bachelor

of Science in Mechanical Engineering.

He accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and

Saviour in 1990 after listening to a local

New Jersey Christian radio station

known as Family Radio.

He learned about the Baptist Temple and

their Unregistered position from the

many articles written in the “Justice

Times” newspaper published by A.J.

Lowry in the 1980s.

He has had varying responsibilities over

the years, but was primarily a junior &

senior high school teacher at

Indianapolis Baptist Schools 1992-

2001.

He planted his first work, Crown of Life

Baptist Church, in the downtown urban

eastside area of Indianapolis 2001-

2010. In 2010, he merged the work with

Indianapolis Baptist Temple and had

varying responsibilities with IBT since

and continued with the church in his

pastoral duties.

The new church, again called Crown of

Life Baptist Church, has grown out of a

Bible study that Greg A. Dixon had

conducted in his home for twenty years.

Many of these have been attending the

Temple but now are happy to have a

church nearer to their side of the city.

Fishers is a suburb on the far Northeast

side of the city. They have had two trial

services at the Cambria Hotel in

Noblesville where they will be meeting

until they find a permanent location. The

church is an outreach of the Indianapolis

Baptist Temple, Matt Roller, pastor.

THOMAS JEFFERSON,

THE BAPTISTS and

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

Anna Berkes

The claim that Thomas Jefferson was

influenced by local Baptist

congregations in his ideas of democracy

has appeared persistently in print

throughout the nineteenth and twentieth

centuries. The source of these claims

may lie in an 1826 newspaper article. On

July 14, 1826, just ten days after

Jefferson's death, the following article

entitled "ANECDOTE OF MR.

JEFFERSON" appeared in the Christian Watchman:

MR. EDITOR,-- The following

circumstances, which occurred in the

State of Virginia, relative to Mr.

JEFFERSON, were detailed to me by

Elder ANDREW TRIBBLE, about six

years ago, who since died when ninety-

two or three years old. The facts may interest some of your readers --

ANDREW TRIBBLE was the Pastor of

a small Baptist Church, which held its

monthly meetings at a short distance

from Mr. JEFFERSON'S house, eight or

ten years before the American

Revolution. Mr. JEFFERSON attended

the meetings of the church for several

months in succession, and after one of

them, asked Elder TRIBBLE to go home

and dine with him, with which he complied.

Mr. TRIBBLE asked Mr. JEFFERSON

how he was pleased with their Church

Government. Mr. JEFFERSON replied,

that it had struck him with great force,

and had interested him much; that he

considered it the only form of pure

democracy that then existed in the world,

and had concluded that it would be the

best plan of Government for the American Colonies.

This was several years before the

declaration of American Independence.

To what extent this practical exhibition

of Religious Liberty and Equality

operated on Mr. JEFFERSON'S mind, in

forming his views and principles of

religious and civil freedom, which were

afterwards so ably exhibited, I will not say.

The article continues on to describe the

persecution of the Baptists in Virginia at

the time of Tribble's encounter with

Jefferson, and the article is signed

simply, "A FRIEND." In some sources,

the "friend" to whom Tribble related the

story and who, in turn, related it to the

newspapers was James Fishback,

another Albemarle County resident who later moved to Kentucky.

Fishback exchanged letters with

Jefferson several times.2 Although there

was a clergyman named Andrew Tribble

in Albemarle County at the time in

question,3 no record of any meeting or

communication Tribble may have had with Thomas Jefferson has been found.

This does not preclude the possibility

that they did meet, but it makes proving

the veracity of the story that later

appeared in the Christian Watchman difficult.

Regardless of whether the story is true or

not, it has been remarkably persistent. It

appeared in a number of newspapers in

the months and years immediately

following its first appearance in the

Christian Watchman, and it was still

appearing in newspapers as late as

1880.4 One notable recounting of the

story claims that Dolly Madison had

confirmed its authenticity: "...a

gentleman of the highest respectability,

and well known in North Carolina, told

the writer that his attention having been

called to the statement, and he knowing

that the venerable Mrs. Madison had

some recollections on the subject, asked

her in regard to them. She expressed a

distinct remembrance of Mr. Jefferson

speaking on the subject, and always

declaring that it was a Baptist church from which these views were gathered."5

No corroborating evidence of Dolly

Madison's exchange with the

"gentleman...well known in North

Carolina" has been discovered. Another

printing of the story adds that a Reverend

Mr. Brice, on hearing the story, claimed

that Jefferson had visited his

congregation in Richmond, and had

made the same comments to him as he

had to Tribble. Reverend Brice's story

has not been substantiated, either.6 Still

other instances of the story do not

mention Tribble at all, but emphasize the

purported influence the Baptist church

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had on Jefferson's ideas of government

and religious freedom. The story was

appearing in religious histories by the

1850s,7 and was even repeated by Calvin

Coolidge in a 1926 speech.8 As with the

specific reference to Tribble, no mention

has been found in Jefferson's own

writings of any influence the local

Baptist congregation or the Baptist

church in general may have had on his

political and religious ideas.

- Anna Berkes, March 25, 2008; updated August 31, 2011

Further Sources

McLean, Dr. Malcolm D.

"Andrew Tribble and Thomas

Jefferson." Stripes: Texas State

Genealogical Society Quarterly

XXVIII no. 3 (1988): 3-5.

Ragosta, John A. Wellspring of Liberty: How Virginia's Religious

Dissenters Helped Win the

American Revolution and Secured Religious Liberty. New York:

Oxford University Press, 2010.

Spencer, J.H. A History of Kentucky Baptists: from 1769 to

1885, Including More than 800 Biographical

Sketches. Cincinnati, Ohio: J. R.

Baumes, 1885. See pp. 128-30 for a biographical sketch of Andrew

Tribble.

1. "Anecdote of Mr. Jefferson,"

Christian Watchman (Boston, MA), July 14, 1826, 7, 32.

2. See PTJ:RS, volume 1.

3. Woods, Albemarle,

133. According to Woods, the first Baptist congregation in the

county was established in early

1773; Tribble became their pastor in 1777.

4. "Congregationalism and the State," The Congregationalist

(Boston, MA), September 1, 1880, pg. 4, Issue 35, col C.

5. Thomas F. Curtis, The Progress of Baptist Principles in the Last

Hundred Years (Charleston, S.C.:

Southern Baptist Publication Society, 1856), 357.

6. "Puritanism at the South," The Congregationalist (Boston, MA),

September 14, 1866, issue 27, col. F.

7. Joseph Belcher, The Religious Denominations in the United

States: Their History, Doctrine,

Government and Statistics (Philadelphia: Potter, 1854), 184;

Joseph S. Clark, A Historical

Sketch of the Congregational Churches in Massachusetts from

1620 to1858 (Boston:

Congregational Board of Publication, 1858), 120.

AMNESTY

INTERNATIONAL

TARGETS ISRAEL

Amnesty International is planning to target

Israel with several "intense" campaigns

early this year, a Jerusalem-based

watchdog group said on Thursday, citing

what it described as "leaked" documents.

"In this process, Amnesty will delegitimize

Jewish historical connections to Jerusalem

and elsewhere, as well as promote

discriminatory boycotts (BDS) against

Israel," Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor

said.

As part of its effort -- according to the

documents viewed by NGO Monitor --

Amnesty will go after businesses that it

believes are "profiting from human rights

abuses by operating in the illegal Israeli

settlements." "This language mirrors that

used by UN bureaucrats preparing the

UNHRC blacklist," NGO Monitor said.

"The list is aimed at economically

damaging companies that are owned by

Jews or do business with Israel, and is

ultimately meant to harm the Jewish state.

Amnesty's campaign is timed to bolster this

UN blacklist, for which Amnesty has been

lobbying intensively, and to serve as an

alternative should the UN not publish its

list."

Furthermore, the documents showed

Amnesty intended to lobby governments

"to ban Israeli settlement goods from

entering your markets, and to stop

companies based in your country operating

in settlements or trading in their goods,"

NGO Monitor revealed. GO Monitor

accused Amnesty of ignoring rising in

antisemitism in Europe and the US, while

singling out Israel. "Instead of recognizing

the fight against antisemitism as a human

rights issue worthy of attention, Amnesty

has decided instead to ratchet up its

targeting of the Jewish state," NGO

Monitor said.

Israel and Amnesty have long been at odds

over the human rights group's criticisms of

Jerusalem's actions and policies. At the

start of last year, it was reported that Israel

was acting to enforce its anti-BDS law

against Amnesty. Around the same time,

Amnesty drew the ire of UK Jews when it

withdrew from an event in London it had

organized with the Jewish Leadership

Council (JLC). In explaining its decision,

Amnesty highlighted its backing of a

settlements boycott.

Originally published at Algemeiner.com

A DISTURBING ANTI-

ISRAEL TREND IN

CHRISTIAN

CHURCHES

In recent weeks, several publications

have put out alarming stories that

evangelical support for Israel is sinking -

- and especially among young people.

The periodicals state that a new survey

reveals that there is confusion about, or

indifference to, the world's only Jewish

state.

It is really a two-pronged phenomenon.

There is a decline in the interest of end-

time theology (eschatology) and a

decline in the interest and support for

God's Covenant land and people by those

who identify as a part of today’s church.

The Christian Post states, "Seventy-

seven percent of evangelicals, ages 65

and older, say they support the existence,

security and prosperity of Israel,

according to a Life Way Research

survey. But only 58 percent of

evangelicals ages 18 to 34 say the same."

The various articles indicate that young

people are focused on social justice now.

There is a perception that the

Palestinians are "downtrodden,

persecuted, and mistreated," and

therefore, sympathy is towards them.

Israel is the "occupier."

Adding to the survey were Joel

Rosenberg and Chosen People

Ministries. Rosenberg stated, "Unless

the church gives younger believers a

healthy, balanced, solidly biblical

understanding of God's love and plan for

Israel, overall evangelical support for the

Jewish state could very well plummet

over the next decade as Millennials

represent an ever-larger percentage of

the overall church body."

So who or what is to blame? May I

suggest some of the following? Pastors

rarely teach or preach on the topic and

thus it is not deemed as relevant. How

can young people understand an issue if

it is ignored?

Dispensationalism is in decline. This

theology emphasizes the important and

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distinct roles of both Israel and the

Church. Replacing Dispensationalism

are the troubling theologies known as

Kingdom Now or Dominionism,

Amillenialism, Replacement Theology,

Christian Palestinianism, Preterism, and

more. None of these will give Israel her

proper biblical or end-time role. The

emphasis will be on the church.

The latest false teaching: Christian

Palestinianism

Many popular teachers and leaders

mislead on issues relating to Israel and

eschatology. Some of these include Dr.

John Piper, Lynne Hybels, Hank

Hanegraaff, Russell Moore, Rick

Warren, Rick Wiles, Jim Wallis, Tony

Campolo, Shane Claiborne, Brian

MacLaren, and most postmodern and

Emergent teachers. Men like Andy

Stanley tell people to "unhitch from the

Old Testament." How's that for de-

emphasizing Israel's role?

Most of the Word of Faith/prosperity

teachers and almost all of the New

Apostolic Reformation promote

Kingdom Now/Dominionism which

does not teach Israel's rightful role in the

future. Again, these theologies place

more emphasis on the church.

The destructive "Boycott, Divest,

Sanction" (BDS) movement has infected

all of the Mainline Protestants. They

want to strangle Israel's economy and

thus "crush the occupation." The entire

World Council of Churches has signed

onto BDS.

Events like "Christ at the Checkpoint"

have painted Israel as the Mideast villain

and bully rather than the one free society

in that region. Prominent evangelicals

and social justice promoters such as

Lynne Hybels speak at this event. So do

Tony Campolo, Gary Burge, Jim Wallis,

Hank Hanegraaff, Shane Claiborne, and

others who attract younger followers.

Periodicals for young people such as

Relevant Magazine have turned into anti-

Israel propaganda. Youth events such as

the Catalyst Conference and the Justice

Conference regularly feature anti-Israel

speakers, Palestinians, and speakers with

off-base eschatology. Marxist Cornell

West is a regular at the Justice

Conference. These are targeting

evangelical youth. Lynne Hybels has

made the youth conference circuit, even

bashing Israel's wall of protection that

has reduced Palestinian terrorism over

90%. Social justice is no longer just an

issue for the religious Left. If you visit

the website of the National Association

of Evangelicals, you will find 65 articles

about social justice! Type that into their

search engine.

Anti-Israel films like "Little Town of

Bethlehem" was shown at 360 venues in

2010 including dozens of college

campuses. Again, it beat the mantra of

the Israeli "occupation" and focused on

the Israeli soldiers who enforce it.

Christianity Today says that at best,

young evangelicals are "indifferent about

Israel." With such a non-stop barrage of

anti-Israel propaganda, how can young

minds sort through fiction to find the

facts?

The Israeli newspaper Ha-aretz is

running an article that states that young

evangelicals don't have the automatic

support for Israel that their parents had.

This is a generation that is suspicious of

anything that is presented without

explanation. They don't want to be

political pawns. They don't adopt

automatic views and positions. In order

to connect them to Israel, we need to

make a case for why they should support

it. Future U.S. policy towards Israel is at

stake!

All of this is happening as new and

young members of the U.S. Congress,

including one radical Muslim from

Minnesota -- Rep. Ilhan Omar -- are

taking a strong anti-Israel stand. Their

anti-Semitism is not even subtle. How

many younger people will Rep. Omar,

Rep. Tlaib, and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez

influence in the wrong direction?

While people, both young and old, can be

disloyal and change sides, "He that keeps

Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps."

(Psalm 121) God's love and protection

will never waiver for His covenant land

and people.

Originally published at Olive Tree

Ministries - reposted with permission. Prophecy News Watch 2/19/19

(Publisher’s comment: This is a sad state

of affairs, but totally predictable based

on Bible prophecy that the entire world

will turn against Israel. One of the best

articles as to why this is happening has

been written by Gary Kah in Winter 2019

Newsletter Titled: The United States and

Israel: A Pivotal Time. We will publish

it on Trumpet on line as soon as we can

get it transcribed.”)

ENRAGED YET

ANNOINTED

“And Saul sent messengers to take

David: and when they saw the company

of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel

standing as appointed over them, the

Spirit of God was upon the messengers

of Saul, and they also prophesied… And

he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and

the Spirit of God was upon him also, and

he went on, and prophesied, until he

came to Naioth in Ramah.

And he stripped off his clothes also, and

prophesied before Samuel in like

manner, and lay down naked all that day

and all that night.

Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among

the prophets?” (1 Sam 19).

The question has come up. Can a man of

God operate in the flesh and yet have the

blessing and anointing of God in their

life? Can they display the workings of

the Holy Spirit one time and operate like

the devil himself at other times?

Or worse yet, can the man of God or

teacher or preacher speak with the Holy

unction and at the very same time speak

falsehood while under that unction?

King Saul was a man after the people’s

own hearts. They had refused God’s

desire and divine purpose which was to

be their King and Lord personally. They

wanted a man they could see and touch.

One they could lavish their love and

praise upon. God told Samuel to give

them what they want. Give them their

heart’s desire.

But at the end of the day, they’d wish

they had made a better decision. God

even warned them about their folly in

chapter 8.

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Saul took his armies to battle and won

victories right and left. God surely must

be pleased with the ‘new program’,

right? Wrong. It still wasn’t God’s

perfect plan or purpose.

We have today, what I call, a ‘church

gone wild’. Tithing, titles and tiers, and

might I add, tears.

Tears of those who are suffering under an

abusive system of control, greed and

arrogance. And yet God does tend to His

out of sync flock in spite of 1700 years

of ignoring the N.T. plan and mold for

the ‘body elect’.

Even as Saul was NOT God’s desired

program, yet His helping hand remained

upon Israel. In these few verses we read

about a very evil, arrogant and envious

man who God appointed over Israel only

because of their rejection of God’s

position in their midst.

The time did finally come when God said

‘enough is enough’. He was about to

replace Saul with David, a man after His

own heart. David was anointed and

humble. Disinterested, only caring about

what God wanted. This drove Saul nuts

with rage and jealousy. We all know the

story here.

But look at this. Saul sent his messengers

to find David and take him captive and

bring him to Saul so he could destroy

him. This leader’s closest companions

had no real problem with this.

But when they came upon Samuel and

the prophets prophesying, the Spirit of

the Lord came upon them and they spoke

under the unction as well.

They returned unto Saul and told him

that the Holy Ghost had come upon them

and they had a mini revival. Saul sent

other messengers two more times with

the same results.

Yet we do not read where these

compadres had any change of heart about

their mission. Finally, Saul made the

journey and when he arrived the Holy

Ghost came upon him as well and he

prophesied all night long.

What a glorious time in the Lord. What

power displayed. Yet this man never

reversed his plan to kill humble David, to

rid himself he thought, in so doing, of

conviction.

David flees to Jonathan crying [my

paraphrase] ‘What have I done? What’s

wrong with me that God’s appointed

leader doesn’t like me or want me

around? I have honored him.

I have behaved myself in humility

around him. I have surrendered all to my

God…I have…” Uh Oh!! There it is. A

sure plan of action for rejection by God’s

anointed leader. This has not changed,

trust me. I have witnessed this first hand

many times in the modern institution we

call ‘church.’

The more humble you become, the more

surrendered to God you strive to be, the

more anointing you obtain, the more

proof you make of your ministry, the

more cold shoulders from the hierarchy

of organized religion you will witness.

So the premise of this piece is, can the

true anointing be in play while a heart

full of wickedness is still maintained?

According to what we just looked at in

the story of Saul, the answer would be

yes. Can the same scenario exist today

under the new covenant? My opinion

would be yes, definitely. [Sad and tragic,

yet manifestly true – Ed.]

(Publisher’s comment: The Editor of this

Revival website is Andrew Strom, while

we do not agree with all of his or all of

the contributors to this website’s

doctrinal positions, we do appreciate

their thirst for revival and holiness for the

evangelical and fundamental churches of

America and around the world.

This particular article, though we do not

know the author, is quite intriguing. In

that in our more than sixty years in the

ministry we have never known anyone to

tackle this passage in spoken sermon or

writing, I therefore commend Mr.

Leesley for taking a stab at it.)

DOES GOD WATCH

BASKETBALL Dr. Greg J. Dixon

Purdue Boilermakers center Matt Haarms

(32) tips in the game-winning shot during

the Indiana-Purdue game at Simon Skjodt

Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Ind., on

Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. (Photo: Bobby

Goddin/For IndyStar)

Does anyone think it strange other than

me, that Matt Haarms, from Holland,

scored the winning goal in the last

seconds of Purdue’s win over IU this past

Feb. 19th during the recent Big Ten

season, after the IU student body chanted

(****You Haarms) clap, clap, clap; clap,

clap, clap, non-stop, the whole game?

Maybe God watches basketball after all.

The writer of the Proverbs under divine

inspiration said, “The eyes of the LORD

are in every place, beholding the evil and

the good” {Pr 15:3}.

Purdue was behind by one point with

scant seconds left in the game when

Carson Edwards, the three point All-Big

Ten guard, launched one of his famous

three pointers, it missed, but Haarms the

7’3’’ Purdue center, reached over all of

the IU defenders and batted the ball into

the basket for a one point win for old PU.

The “old book” is still right. “Whoso

diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that

rolleth a stone, it will return upon him”

{Pr 26:27}.

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NEW IRS RULES FOR

CHURCHES

The following are thoughts gleaned from

a March 28 article circulated by Start

Church titled. “IRS increases 2019 Audit

Focus” This is one of the most

frightening articles that we have

presented on the Church/State – 501 c 3

issue since we became aware of this

imminent danger to churches nearly fifty

years ago.

First it shows that Pres. Trump who is

purportedly the “Savior” of the churches

of America, in the real world of the IRS,

has not slowed this beast in this instant

matter of IRS encroachment on churches

and other non-profit organizations.

He has only promised that he would not

aggressively enforce the Johnson

Amendment against the churches, but for

them not to count on relief from the Civil

Rights laws including discrimination of

the LGBT community. Now let’s notice

a few frightening facts from the above

article.

The IRS has increased their agents

in the non-profit division with the expectation of increasing audits.

The IRS would not be doing this if they did not believe this is an area

in which they need to bring into compliance and also expect this

activity will increase revenue

including paying for the new agents.

Because of this the non-profit world should expect great pressure

from these agents into their

internal affairs over the next few years.

As we have been saying for many

years, the IRS makes no

distinction between churches and other religious organizations, even

though in some cases the courts

have made a distinction between the two.

The IRS wants to strengthen their position that non-profit workers

are employees by having the

church issue W-2 forms rather than 1099’s.

Even though there has been some leniency in this area, the IRS

considers the pastor, and the ministerial staff as employees,

equal in status as other workers,

i.e. secretaries or janitors even saying in their publications that the

pastor should be ordained by the

IRS.

Small churches will be targeted as well as large because they have

filed for non-profit status and now find themselves out of

compliance.

Many of these small churches having used volunteers to keep their records, will not be able to

satisfy these revenue agents and

will be forced to spend funds that they do not have on paid

accountants.

The church will no longer be protected under Section 7611

which Congress enacted to set a

high bar for church audits.

All kinds of methods will now be used to gather information on the

churches, including any public activity of any manner by the

church including information by

members or non-members.

The IRS is not required to ensure it

has reliable information when they move on a church. So, what if a

disgruntled employee or member

of the church simply makes up information about the church? Too

bad! The IRS will use the

information unless it has proof that the informant is unreliable.

Don’t expect one of the present “Christian” advocacy

organizations to come to you rescue. In this arena of tax law the

legal guru that the church has

pinned their hopes on will simply explain that the church should

comply with the IRS rules and site

the words of Jesus: at Mt Ch 22 “Render therefore unto Caesar the

things which are Caesar's; and

unto God the things that are God's.” They are not going to

jeopardize their non-profit status

by opposing the IRS.

In conclusion, we must understand that

Start Church in this warning is not

speaking to New Testament churches,

but rather, non-profit religious

organizations that have waived their First

Amendment guarantees.

The Biblical Law Center is still helping

churches to organize or reorganize to

allow them to invoke all of their Biblical

and constitutional protections.

But the hour is late, and time is running

out. We would encourage all that are

interested to clicking on to our web site

at: http://biblicallawcenter.com/,

http://jeraldfinney.com/.

ADVANCE REPORT

ADVANCE is taking 20 individuals to

Oaxaca, Mexico July 16-22, 2019. VBS,

medical missions along with touring and

great eating for one week. A team of 5

doctors and nurses will meet and minster

to the many medical needs of the

Mexican people while two VBS’s take place simultaneously.

This will be a trip of a lifetime. Many

new friends will be made. We will

minister to the people of some of the 76 new churches started in the last 3 years.

We still have room for 5 more youth and

adults to go. Contact me soon so we can order your plane ticket.

YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!

advanceglobal.net

A REPORT FROM A

MISSIONARY IN

CHINA

In China, I met with a sister from a

previous city and she told me of a special

training class where the believers gather

together for 2.5 days, with special

readers who read at 4x typical speed;

they read through the entire Word in

those 2.5 days, all only getting 3 hours of

sleep a night.

That is right. This method is coming in

from Korea. I hope to find out what some

think after they go thru this experience.

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35th Annual Unregistered Baptist Fellowship

Meeting

October 14-16, 2019

Fairland Baptist Temple

Fairland, Indiana

Tom Chestnut, Host Pastor

317-502-4871/317-502-4873

Directions

I 74/ Exit #103 London Rd (South)/ 100 yds. to Frontage Rd

(L)/ 1 mile to 600 W

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ATTENTION: Special announcement from Pastor

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