Sentences with phrase «taxes upon churches»

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(A case in point is that of a publicly supported, church - related hospital which is the only hospital in town and which refuses to permit certain medically accepted surgical procedures — such as abortion or tubal ligation — which are objectionable to the church but not to the patients of other faiths or no faith who depend upon that hospital for health care, and whose tax dollars support it.)

Although the strategy taxed its resources, the immigrants came to look upon the church as a legally protected repository of national or ethnic identity, and upon the faith as a taken - for - granted — even a necessary — part of life.

Reduced income and loss of tax - exempt status makes the church less dependent upon the government and has the potential of helping the church to focus on Jesus and people instead of on buildings, staff, programs and so on.