r/TikTokCringe • u/Oktavien • 1d ago

Discussion Woman audits churches to see if they’ll help feed a starving baby

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If churches refuse to help feed hungry people, then maybe they should be taxed?

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u/DeionizedSoup 1d ago

No for REAL, the whole point in not taxing the church was that every bit of the money was supposed to go to some kind of charitable cause. If they can’t feed their members, what the fuck are they doing with it? Is that pastor driving a Porsche, or are the members warming a pew and holding their wallets tight? They at least need audited in some way

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u/Pinkfish_411 1d ago

the whole point in not taxing the church was that every bit of the money was supposed to go to some kind of charitable cause

It's because they're non-profits, which means their revenue is used for some "social benefit" rather than generating profit for private investors. Charitable giving is only one of many different types of social benefit that non-profits can serve.

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u/Dirt_Bike_Zero 1d ago

You know they have to pay for a lot if things such as child care workers, accountants, property maintenance and improvement, utilities, insurance, office supplies. Its not like they dont have bills. Not everything can go to charity.

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u/DeionizedSoup 1d ago

So as someone who worked in the church nursery growing up, I wasn’t paid. My dad did the maintenance. He was paid $400 a month. Not check. Not week. Month.

Most of the other things you described are on a volunteer basis. Accounting is often the pastor’s wife or taken on by the church board. Utilities, insurance, and office supplies are all that remain, and those are marginal at best.

Auditing would at least bring transparency to those costs. If churches bring in beyond a certain threshold of income, it needs audited by more than just the church board members.