There are no rules for Members because what you
believe in is private. You won’t be required to be involved with anything with
which you prefer not to be. The first bulleted items below are taken directly
from our Certificate of Incorporation. They are sincere objectives that I
believe God would want the church to follow to help yourself and others now and
also to help you earn a place in Heaven close to God after your physical life
is over. If you do not agree to those objectives, then ignore them and decide
what you think God would accept.
Perhaps
someday you will want to become a Member to help us achieve our objectives.
However, you don’t have to be a Member to do that because you may do them on
your own. You can be involved anonymously because God is keeping score on what
you do in life, not us.
If you
need rules to follow, then Private Faith
is not for you. I that case, I suggest that you reflect on the things you
have done throughout your life, which is difficult to do for many people, like
it was for me, and then later consider becoming a Member.
We will not sell, rent or give your information to
anyone.
Private Faith’s objectives are,
to
worship God through live sermons, recorded videos, webinars, online
conferences, phone calls, emails, texts and social media;
to
encourage and promote the study of religious works and teachings; to perform
and conduct prayer and worship services;
to
teach, practice and conduct religious rituals and ceremonies;
to
foster, advance and promote the practice of the religious beliefs of the
church;
to
organize and conduct religious discussions among the members of this
corporation and with other individuals and religious groups;
to
increase, foster and advance the understanding of religious principals and
ideals among others belonging to different faiths;
to
create and establish programs to further such principles and ideals;
to
stimulate interest in and foster the religious development of people seeking
such instruction;
to
endeavor to inculcate and maintain high moral and ethical standards in men and
women of all ages;
to
engage in charitable activities and service to benefit the community;
to
foster a spirit of friendship and benevolence among all people and generally to
advance and promote, in word and deed, the spiritual and material welfare of
the congregation and its members.
I
encourage you to follow your thoughts that you believe come directly from
God,
to reject any medicine or medical procedure that you
think will be harmful or immoral for yourself and your children;
to
protect yourself and your family from harm;
to
forgive everyone who have caused you to suffer pain;
to
thwart activities that you deem as being evil;
to
re-examine your deeply held convictions that you think are valid and true.
Our promise is…
to
use no more than 20% of the money we collect through donations and all other sources
to pay for all necessary and unavoidable expenses such as office supplies,
repairs, payroll and its related taxes, heat, electricity, maintenance,
computers, printers, telephone, etc. The remaining 80% will be used to directly
support our purpose and to create a non-public, religious, tuition-free, K-12
school that is run exclusively by volunteers;
to
make available to the public through this website a full and complete financial
disclosure. This means we will post our monthly bank statements on this website
and the only thing hidden will be the account number and the names of donors
unless they want their names revealed. We will only have two accounts - a
checking account and a PayPal account. However, if there are substantial
donations, we may open an account for investments via well established brokers
who handle stocks and bonds and if we do open that kind of account, that too
will be made public. We want our donors to know where every penny goes because
a full financial disclosure is the only way that that can be done. Why wouldn't
we if we have nothing to hide?
Our intention is…
to
not have any salaries at all or be paid as little as possible, such as the
minimum wage, but since this paragraph was written on June 28, 2018 and edited
on again on February 27, 2022, those kinds of decisions will be addressed
whenever necessary. It is unlikely to be an issue anytime soon since there is
practically no money available and there are many other issues to be considered
first. The intention here is to tell people that no one will make a lot of
money for being part of Private Faith, or to live in a big, beautiful house, or
mansion, or estate at Private Faith's expense, or buy property for the use of
trustees, volunteers, or clergy (if there will be any people with that title -
not sure yet), or be paid any kind of an
allowance to buy personal items or be given a loan or stipend or any other
creative way to obtain wealth through Private Faith. Personal financial gain
through Private Faith will not be tolerated. (I, John, am the founder and I
believe that television evangelicals who live luxurious lives because they
collect high salaries from their religions or television shows are deceitful
and sinful people.)
to
discourage as much as possible, personal notoriety for being part of Private
Faith. Personal information such as names, addresses, and telephone numbers of
the founder, trustees, members, clergy, volunteer teachers, and volunteer
support staff will be kept private as much as possible;
to
one day convince you, if you don’t right now, to believe that God does exist
and loves you. For some of you, convincing you of that may be our greatest
challenge.
Legal:
On May 9th, 2018
Private Faith became an officially recognized religion formed under the NYS
Religious Corporation Law. Our place of worship is on this website, at least
for now. (Lawyers and bankers, please click
here to view more
information regarding NYS law and IRS rules on churches.)