Comments on: Too many churches in Stafford, Texas? http://dmehus.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/too-many-churches-in-stafford-texas/ Classic Doug is an archived, non-updated collection of musings, thoughts and ramblings on a variety of topics, from the mind of Doug Mehus. To visit his up-to-date personal weblog, please visit: http://dmehus.posterous.com/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:13:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Coral Road http://dmehus.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/too-many-churches-in-stafford-texas/#comment-475 Coral Road Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:31:42 +0000 http://dmehus.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/too-many-churches-in-stafford-texas/#comment-475 someone wealthy needs to take Stafford,Texas to the courts for not allowing churches!. The rights of people are against the law in Stafford,Texas! Stafford,Texas may not have property taxes but the school taxes are extremely high, plus there are county taxes..so you pay as much or more than property taxes anyways. The houses in Stafford,Texas have tiny yards with no trees. The city cuts old trees down and never replants them. someone wealthy needs to take Stafford,Texas to the courts for not allowing churches!. The rights of people are against the law in Stafford,Texas!

Stafford,Texas may not have property taxes but the school taxes are extremely high, plus there are county taxes..so you pay as much or more than property taxes anyways.

The houses in Stafford,Texas have tiny yards with no trees. The city cuts old trees down and never replants them.

]]> By: Linda Mehus-Barber http://dmehus.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/too-many-churches-in-stafford-texas/#comment-83 Linda Mehus-Barber Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:39:46 +0000 http://dmehus.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/too-many-churches-in-stafford-texas/#comment-83 Yes, I can see your point regarding property taxes. There are some churches flush with money, but many churches are just managing to pay their expenses. They would probably have a lot more money if they would quit investing in the community--i.e. if they would stop trying to feed the poor, stop providing counselling services to those without money, stop sending money to overseas missions, etc.<br/>I don't believe that average Joe public has any idea of how much the "church" contrubutes to the community at large. I know of communities in the North where their only source of medical care is from a hospital staffed by doctors and nurses (Christian)who choose to donate a year or two of their lives to the service of those otherwise forgotten people. Yes, I can see your point regarding property taxes. There are some churches flush with money, but many churches are just managing to pay their expenses. They would probably have a lot more money if they would quit investing in the community–i.e. if they would stop trying to feed the poor, stop providing counselling services to those without money, stop sending money to overseas missions, etc.
I don’t believe that average Joe public has any idea of how much the “church” contrubutes to the community at large. I know of communities in the North where their only source of medical care is from a hospital staffed by doctors and nurses (Christian)who choose to donate a year or two of their lives to the service of those otherwise forgotten people.

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