The American Wisdom Series

Presents
Pamphlet 343

WHY HAVE OUR CHURCHES BEEN SILENCED?

There was a time in America when our churches were beacons of light. Our church
pastors were men of wisdom and courage who served as the principal source of
moral guidance and instruction for our people.

Over the past fifty years, most of our nation’s churches have traded their
independence and divine rights under God’s sovereign authority for a government
license to operate. Today, the vast majority of our churches, either directly or
through their various conventions and associations, have incorporated and
voluntarily become government regulated 501(c)3 tax exempt organizations. The
Internal Revenue Service regulates the speech of our pastors, and requires that our
churches report on the personal and private financial activities of their members.
The 501(c)3 government-regulated church is fundamentally incompatible with the
sacred principles of free speech and religious freedom upon which our great country
was founded. Millions of Americans have died to protect and preserve these
essential freedoms---which include the unalienable right of every citizen to demand
that our government respect and defend the United States Constitution.

Under the threat of losing their government-issued license to preach (that which the
government creates, the government controls), most of our pastors remain silent
about the pervasive corruption and misconduct of our federal government. Out of
ignorance, fear, or worse, they have accepted the government’s claim of authority
over God’s church.

Why don’t our pastors use their pulpits to demand lawful, moral conduct and fiscal
accountability from our government officials? Has their silence been purchased
with income tax and payroll tax exemptions, housing allowances, and other tax
deductible “benefits” that are denied to ordinary citizens? Why are our pastors no
longer the voice of truth, justice and freedom in America?

The average American working family is now enslaved by an income tax system that
is unconstitutional, fraudulent in its origin and illegal in every aspect of its
operation. Why don’t our pastors research and verify the facts, and then speak the
truth about the federal income tax system that relies on fraud, intimidation and fear
to deprive honest, hard-working Americans of the fruits of their labor--the first of
which we owe exclusively to God? Why do our pastors bow in obedience when the
government instructs them to stay out of the political debate?

God’s Word does not instruct us to kneel before men, or submit to civil government
control that is coercive and unjust. Why don’t our pastors speak the truth? As
Americans, we are not required to obey the edicts of corrupt government leaders
who despise freedom and reject God’s authority over our lives, our country and our
churches. Either God has ‘all authority in heaven and on earth’, or He doesn’t.

During a publicly recorded hearing on February 27 th and 28 th in Washington, D.C.,
the We The People Foundation presented irrefutable evidence that for over 75 years,
the federal government has imposed an income tax system on our citizens that is
fraudulent and illegal. Hundreds of legal documents and exhibits and two days of
sworn testimony by ex-IRS agents, attorneys and CPA’s established these
indisputable facts at the Washington D.C. hearing--facts that have been respectfully
and thoroughly presented to, and consistently ignored by, the federal government. A
summary of the legal findings from this historic hearing can be reviewed at
www.givemeliberty.org/POST-HEAR2/Findings.htm.

Americans are a nation of free people, and under no moral obligation or divine
instruction to forfeit the fruits of our labor at “Caesar’s” arbitrary demand.
Exactly what percentage of our labor does the government have the right to
confiscate on any given day as “our fair share”? It is the sad but ironic truth that
the Creator and Master of the Universe asks that we return only ten percent of our
income for His work on this earth---while our so-called “servant” government
confiscates, through intimidation and fear, up to fifty percent of the fruits of our
labor. Why do our pastors remain silent?

Why would any pastor advise his congregation to submit to corrupt government
authority? When will our pastors demand that government officials honor and
defend the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights, and protect our heritage as
one nation under God?

If you are a church pastor or religious leader who believes that God expects the
faithful among us to demand honesty, accountability and justice from our
government, then we encourage you to review the information provided at the
following links:

www.givemeliberty.org/freedomdrive/fdmisc/DoesGodBelongInCivilGovernment.pdf
www.givemeliberty.org
www.givemeliberty.org/freedomdrive

The churches of our nation must reclaim their authority as repositories of the truth,
if our divinely inspired Republic is to survive. If our pastors and spiritual leaders
do not publicly acknowledge and defend God’s authority over “all things in heaven
and on earth”, the blessing of America will be lost forever.

May God bless you with the wisdom and courage to live by the light of the truth.

Charles P. Beall
Atlanta, Georgia