Your church is not one of them.

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9. I've noticed that the harshest criticism of churches

not doing anything but getting rich from untaxed donations comes from people who have no clue what many churches do. They reject religion so they do not associate with any church community programs, not even as an outsider volunteering to help people who need it. They make claims about church money without knowing how church budgets operate to split donations among programs that serve people in the community.

I've been told that church charities are useless because government programs handle the needs of citizens better. Yet, churches end up helping people who fall between the gaps in programs, and supplementing programs that don't give enough to cover all needs. I've been told that churches require people to accept their beliefs in order to get aid, but none of the churches that I've volunteered at do that.

There definitely are some churches that are run by leaders who use religion to promote politics or their own pocketbooks. But it is false to claim that all churches operate that way.