"Freedom & rights" protesters

[Lilith7]

We the other people are pretty fucked off with Destiny to be honest.

Yep, indeed we are. And in view of their political ambitions, perhaps it may be time to review the definition of the Destiny 'church' as being exempt from taxes' no doubt the result of that would be extremely interesting. In fact, perhaps it may be time to review all those American style mega churches & their taxation.
The 'City impact church' seems to be approving of Destiny church & its protests; perhaps there's a connection. I really don't think those large evangelical American style
right wing 'churches' are altogether healthy.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/pou-tiaki/300423...gachurches

"Mortlock subscribes to a breed of Christianity called Pentecostalism.

Pentecostalism is big on speaking in tongues, divine healing and getting baptised. As Joshua Drummond wrote in this Webworm essay, it’s not very far removed from Evangelical Christianity – which explains why the likes of Brian Houston and Peter Mortlock idolise bonkers Evangelical churches in the United States.

Following Hillsong’s lead, it has attempted to go international – opening churches in Canada, India, Mexico and the Philippines (it’s unclear how big these are – some of the addresses listed just point to generic office spaces).

Before he was a Man of God, Peter Mortlock was a real estate agent. That made him very good at selling.

Because he teaches prosperity gospel, all his riches are seen as a hugely good thing to his flock. His congregation is urged to tithe 10 per cent of their monthly income (Eftpos machines are available during service) and they do so, happily.

They aren’t annoyed their leader is massively rich. He is aspirational to them. His congregation thinks that if they give to God (ie: City Impact Church) then God will give back to them (spoiler alert: God won’t).
As a church, City Impact qualifies as a charitable organisation, meaning it is exempt from paying tax on its income. That didn’t stop it getting paid out over a million dollars in Covid-19 subsidy payouts from the Government

I am never going to understand how entities like City Impact are tax-free, their leaders living in multimillion-dollar homes."