I would be interested to know what Clare means when she says that churches function as businesses. The fact that an organisation makes a surplus does not in itself make the organisation a commercial entity. What matters is how the surplus is used and for whose benefit. A case can be made for recognising both religious activity in itself, and the pastoral and community services work of the churches, as contributing significantly to the social capital of society. Ann (Rev. Dr.) Ann Wansbrough UnitingCare NSW.ACT PO Box A 2178 Sydney South 1235 Phone (61) (02) 8267 4280 Fax (61) (02) 9267 4842 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clare Pascoe Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "insights" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 6:30 PM Subject: Re: Government, The Smith Family and Software Promotions > > > Gordon Ramsay wrote: > > > As a futher matter of interest, MS's generosity has also recently been > > changed and now specifically excludes churches from receiving the "community > > development" support > > I don't know what they define as "community", so I might be speaking out > of turn here, but I personally have a big gripe with churches being > allowed tax-exempt status on the basis of being charities, when they > actually function as businesses. > > Clare > *************************************************** > Clare Pascoe Henderson > http://www.clergyabuseaustralia.org > Clergy Sexual Abuse in Australia > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *************************************************** > ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
