A Religious Organization

Wal-Mart is an outlet store that provides access to high quality goods like food for families in poor areas. Wal-Mart could contribute to social change or the amelioration of inequalities in society which should become at least 10% of its net profit around the world in social donations.

“Walmart is my Life. When I think about it, it’s amazing how many aspects of my life are touched and made better by Walmart.” These words are reinforced daily and this surely makes it a typical non-religious cult. So, they make a cult like commitment, which has no value.

Offerings- People give the church money for the local church, ministries and the church’s mission. People believe that when they give money they give it to god to help him help others.

Scanning the internet the other day was this derogatory article concerning mega churches stereotyped as big business, assessing how thousands of people give huge amounts of money. The article failed to mention how God blesses His people with such huge amounts of money in order for them to return huge amounts of money. Churches need to be big and rich for help people, and when people are helped the church cannot be big enough.

There are numerous organizationsthat are present in our society, be it private, public or voluntary organizations but one thing that is common from these organizations is that they all have missions and goals set for them to achieve. This paper will be discussing an organization called United Way.

Walmart is the perfect example of altruism. Their main purpose is to make goods available and affordable to everyone no matter what their income is. They want to serve others in any way possible. They never have sales, or produce coupons because their prices are already so low. They also strive on perfect customer service, which is very important in that industry.

This group is being developed to help Christians between the ages of 18 and 60, to identify, understand and work through the different facets of grief, in their own lives.Whether it is the loss of a loved one, a relationship, employment, or reputation, grief is real to those experiencing it. The focus is to help people attending the group sessions to deal with the various stages of grief, and to learn how to move forward into the next phase of their life. Grief is a very active emotion, that can cause responses ranging from annoyance to suicide, in extreme cases. It is often overlooked for its intensity in many cases, as it is not fully understood, even in the 21st Century.

This can be seen by how they dress, talk, or even by how they spend money. It can be further explained as follows: “It is good neither to eat meat nor drink wine nor do anything by which your brother stumbles or is offended or is made weak. Do you have faith? Have it to yourself before God. ..." (Romans 14:21-23 NKJV http://bible.com/114/rom.14.21-22.nkjv). Simply put, clergies must live by their faith in God. This is also applicable to tithing (giving), as a clergymen (and all other Christians) would give what has been predetermined in their hearts, no more, no less to the chosen cause. In fact, some clergies have convictions about accepting any pay for work do in the church! It seems crazy: the idea of working a second job after hours of labor is not for the faint of heart, but for those who are convinced it is what God has called them to do, it becomes a passionate endeavor. Coupled with certain convictions and preferences over pay, a clergy might also in effect have to crop out some of the more luxurious articles of first world life or maybe first world life in total (as in the instance of many 3rd world missionaries), regarding this, sacrifices are made by all those who follow this career path. Furthermore, clergies often do not have large amounts of job security as their career is based off attendance and

The Mormon religion was founded in the nineteenth century by a man named Joseph Smith. In 1890, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints banned the practice of polygamous marriages. As with many religions, when a main practice is resolved it can cause some parishioners to be upset. Some Mormons were not fond of the idea of dissolving the practice and moved to separate parts of the country to continue the practice. The most well known polygamous branch was given the name the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. This group settled near the Arizona-Utah border (Andersen, 741). The group is mainly based in Colorado City and Hildale, Colorado (Urban, 62). The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day

Poverty-level wages, meager benefits, unbridled outsourcing, and anti-union policies all make the list for why Wal-Mart is seen as a lousy employer. According to Dicker, for a full time worker, “average annual take-home pay totals around $18,000 a year… For a family of four, the figure is nearly $1,000 below the poverty line.” In addition, health insurance rates are priced far beyond what most workers are able to pay, making Wal-Mart employees one of the largest groups in the country to seek public assistance. Government aid includes housing assistance, free or reduced lunch for grade school-aged children, tax credit, and Title 1 education funding. The perceived result is that Wal-Mart’s low wages come with a public

Furthermore, when considering this case against what we find in the Holy Bible, we discover that God is warning us not to set our hearts and minds on what we can get for ourselves. But rather, He is telling us that we need to be “rich toward God” (Luke 12:21, New International Version). In addition, when we examine another area of the Bible, we find that we cannot serve God and money concurrently; we can either serve one or the other (Matthew 6:24). The idea is that we follow the second commandment; and that is to love our neighbors as ourselves (Matthew 22:39). Therefore, the overarching theme here in this case is yes, there is a lot of money at stake; however, we must examine our motives and determine whether or not taking that money is in the best interest of everyone. I believe that this approach pleases the Lord.

We aren’t aware of anyone ever going broke or having to sell a business because they gave too much to missions or their church.

Many know them as people who go knocking from door to door wanting to Evangelize, to talk to you about Jesus. Sound familiar? I didn’t know what they actually believed until I did my research. The Jehovah’s Witnesses were actually founded in Pennsylvania in the late 1800s, during a dispute taken place during a Bible study. The dispute was over some of the views within Christianity. The founder is a man named Charles Taze Russell. Thus, the Jehovah’s Witnesses were born. Their name stood out because they considered themselves as “a group of Christians who proclaim the truth about Jehovah”. Jehovah’s Witnesses main focus in on God the Father. There are over 8.3 million Jehovah’s Witnesses around the world.

Inequality.org reports on the controversy of Wal-Mart in two related articles, “The Wal-Martization of Everywhere” and “Low Road/High Road.” The first article claims that although “Wal-Mart is the world’s biggest private company, with $245 billion in annual revenues,” (Hellerman, 2004) there are reasons to be concerned with the success of Wal-Mart. One of the major claims related to class inequality in this article states that a typical employee earns $13,860 annually, which isn’t enough for a family of three to rise above the poverty line. The majority of the article focuses on some of the claims supporting Wal-Mart, more particularly an economists claim that “Wal-Mart is the greatest thing that ever happened to low-income Americans,” (Hellerman, 2004) allowing them to stress their income and buy things

As we’ve already seen, the IRS considers churches (as the IRS defines churches) to be tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Whether they apply for it or not, “These organizations are exempt automatically if they meet the requirements of section 501(c)(3),” (IRS pub. 557).