REGIONAL NEWS

Special Notification About Your Church's Tax Exempt Status

Does your church have a nonprofit tax status?
Is your church classified as a 501(c)(3) organization - which means that the church is exempt from taxation as a nonprofit or religious group?
        If you are a cooperating American Baptist Church in the South, you are eligible to be covered as a part of the Group of Members of the American Baptist Churches in the USA. Your church would not have to go through the complicated process of getting a tax exempt letter just for your church - and yet you would enjoy all of the privileges of the tax exempt status. This inclusion in the ABC group tax exemption is one of the benefits of your church's membership in ABCOTS.  Should your church decide to become a noncooperative member, then this benefit is no longer available.
        If you are interested in becoming a part of the Group of Members of the American Baptist Churches in the USA, please complete the Tax Questionnaire and submit it to:
Ms. Julie Thomas
ABCUSA - BNM
P.O. Box 851
Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851
Should you have any questions, feel free to call the ABCOTS Mission Center at (410) 947-0100.  All forms should be submitted to Ms. Thomas no later than September 1, 2007
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