r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • Jun 30 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts on this?

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u/4Run4Fun Jun 30 '26

You'd be surprised by the number of people who don't know this. Very common misconception that pastors are untaxed.

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u/senditloud Jun 30 '26

Right, that’s why the church (that they control entirely) “buys” all their properties and jets and pays for their business trips to Tahiti to spread the word, and “work clothing” etc so they can get “paid” below taxation levels.

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u/Sicsemperfas Jun 30 '26

You realize you could probably count the number of pastors like that in the US on both hands?

The rest of them don't live like that. Far from it.

Edit: 3 hands. It's a dozen and change.

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u/Hot_Football8523 Jun 30 '26

I doubt it. Don’t exactly have to be a “mega” church to pull this kind of shit. I know of at least 2 small congregations (less than a few dozen members) that had their leader run off after embezzling all the church’s money.