NPR’s All Things Considered on Television Ministries and “Church” for Purposes of IRC 501(c)(3)

Yesterday’s episode of All Things Considered on NPR had an interesting discussion of Congress and the Service’s hands-off approach to Churches in general and large television ministries in particular.  The on-air report was generally negative towards the tax treatment of television mega-ministries.  The on-line report, while also mostly negative, is chock full of links to interesting basic data, including financial reports and transcripts of deposition testimony concerning the finances of television ministries.  If you are teaching, researching, or just interested, this is a source worth checking out. 

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