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May 16, 2007 06:07

I stumbled on this site years ago, and even emailed elfwreck to see if he needed any help setting up a website.  (I design software/websites by trade.)  I think I was probably nonperson@operamail back then.  Maybe NotACabbage@operamail ( Read more... )

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elfwreck May 17 2007, 00:22:28 UTC
From what I can sort out...

We are officially a church. (Huzzah, yeay, and all that.) All it takes to officially be a church is to declare it so. We are a nonprofit org with full protected status, because that is the default state of churches.

Remember: Church laws in the U.S. were made with frontier churches in mind. Those were "here's us 9 families living in the same valley, and every Sunday morning, we trek over to Mister Dobb's house, and he leads us in a bible study session. That's our church." No paperwork required.

Fifthtrinity is no closer to getting official paperwork, and I am now much conflicted about whether I want to. Official paperwork seems to involve incorporating, which I Do Not Wish To Do, in part because we are not a business. Other paperwork would be filing papers with the IRS; that's waiting for, oh, a few hours of playing with phrasing, and someone with legalese comprehension to check for loopholes ( ... )

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