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> #1
> February 13, 2001 9:00am
>
> The U.S. Marshals have seized the church. There were approximately
> 10
> people on the property at the time. All people were removed
> peacefully, no
> arrests. Church members were not allowed to carry anything off the
> property. All the many streets around the church are blocked off by
> IPD
> officers, who claimed they would not be involved in the seizing of
> the
> church. I'm sure Dr. Dixon will have an email to send out soon.
>
> by BECKY WHYDE
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> IBT
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> #2
> Today's Top Story
> Marshals Seize Indianapolis Baptist Temple
> (Indianapolis-AP) -- Federal marshals have seized the Indianapolis
> Baptist
> Temple.
>
> The church was seized by marshals because of a mult-million dollar
> tax debt.
>
> Federal marshals entered the building through a side door and found
> church
> members praying. No resistance was reported. A few people who
> refused to
> leave the church were carried out on stretchers.
>
> Greg J. Dixon, the elder of the Dixon pastors, was carried out of the
> church
> on a stretcher. He asked god to forgive the marshals for what they
> were
> doing, placing most of the blame on the Bush administration and
> Attorney
> General John Ashcroft. Dixon said that the church had been deceived
> by the
> Bush administration, claiming that a deal had been agreed on that
> would have
> rolled back the taxes the church owed.
>
> Dixon's son, Pastor Greg A. Dixon, stated the church plans to
> continue its
> battle because members are united. He accused the marshals of
> trampling the
> Constitution. He went on to say that there were a number of things
> the
> Temple could do from a legal standpoint about today's church seizure.
> From
> a political standpoint, Dixon says the church will continue to try to
> get a
> resolution to preserve religious liberty. He says the government is
> giving
> millions of dollars to churches and faith-based organizations, and he
> calls
> that hypocrisy.
>
> U.S. marshal Frank Anderson says the Temple will likely be turned
> over to
> the IRS this afternoon.
>
> Anderson says the seizure has been one of the most difficult tasks he
> has
> had to carry out in his 37 years of service. However, Anderson says
> marshals had a duty and they've done their duty. He says marshals
> waited 91
> days for the safest and most opportune moment to act.
>
> Anderson says people were honest and open on both sides, and the
> intent was
> to take the church in a peaceful manner. Anderson reported no
> injuries or
> arrests.
>
> About 50 supporters stood outside the barricades after the seizure.
>
> (Copyright 2001 by the Associated Press. All rights reserved.)
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> #3
> Tuesday, 13 February 2001 11:41 (ET)
>
> http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=159692
>
> Federal marshals seize church for taxes
>
> INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 13 (UPI) - Federal marshals seized the
> Indianapolis Baptist Temple for back taxes Tuesday and peacefully
> removed church members who were praying at the time, ending a
> 91-day standoff.
>
> "We didn't want anyone from our side or the other side to get
> hurt," said Greg Dixon Sr., the elder of the pastors, who was
> removed from the building on a gurney. Other church members who
> refused to leave were taken outside on stretchers. No one was
> arrested and the building was to be turned over to the Internal
> Revenue Service.
>
> The standoff at began Nov. 15 after church leaders refused to
> pay $6 million in Social Security withholding, Medicare and
> income taxes and penalties. The Temple stopped collecting taxes
> in 1984.
>
> "I can't believe this is happening," said Pastor Wiley S. Drake,
> pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena park, Calif.,
> who was at the Temple when the siege began. "I can't believe
> that (U.S. Attorney General John) Ashcroft is doing this his on
> his watch. He had every legal right to stop that."
>
> Drake, interviewed by telephone in California, said he had sent
> letters to Ashcroft and President Bush in January, urging them
> not to allow the first seizure of a church by the federal
> government in U.S. history. His letter to Ashcroft said his
> cousin, Susan, has asked Drake to discuss the Indianapolis
> Baptist Temple situation with the new attorney general.
>
> "This Church had been targeted by the previous administration and
> needs to be allowed to continue the 50 years they have served in
> this community," Drake's letter to Bush said. "Without executive
> intervention, I fear that the first Church in America will be
> closed by the IRS. Even the Branch Davidian still own the
> property and could rebuild if this situation ends with U.S.
> Marshals driving this Church out of business..."
>
> Dixon said he was disappointed that Republicans had "trampled the
> First Amendment. They have desecrated a house of God."
> -- Copyright 2001 by United Press International.
> All rights reserved.
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> #4
> http://www.starnews.com/
>
>
> By Terry Horne
>
> February 14, 2001
>
> BULLETIN
>
> Federal agents seized the Indianapolis Baptist Temple this morning
> for back
> taxes.
>
> The confiscation went peacefully. U.S. marshals kept their pistols
> holstered and carried five church members out on stretchers.
>
> Police sealed off the perimeter of the southside church.
>
> Five members of the church were praying in the sanctuary when
> marshals
> entered and ordered them to leave.
>
> Agents escorted journalists out of the church and then started
> carrying
> church members out of the building on stretchers.
>
> A federal judge in Indianapolis ordered the confiscation because the
> church
> owes $6 million in taxes, penalties and interest owed by the church
> for its
> failure to withhold employee income taxes, and Social Security and
> Medicare
> taxes.
>
> Church officials said they don't pay taxes so they cannot be
> regulated by
> the federal government.
> They claim church workers pay taxes on their own.
>
>
> This story will be update through the day.
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> #5
> Indianapolis Baptist Temple (IBT) will not bow to demands that they
> reject
> God!!!
> http://www.apfn.org/apfn/church.htm
>
> Jack Thompson Exposes Reno at IBT (Part #1-#4) 1 hr. 56 min.
> http://www.apfn.org/wacoinfo/IBT_Thompson_Reno.WMV
>
> Federal agents are making their move on IBT right now
> http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3a893d0527fe.htm
>
> http://mem.tcon.net/users/5012/7632/IBT8.gif
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> http://mem.tcon.net/users/5012/7632/IBT7.gif
>
> Marshals seize Baptist Temple without trouble
> By Terry Horne
> The Indianapolis Star
> http://www.starnews.com/news/articles/templepm0213.html
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