Tithes - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 10 Dec 2017 08:36:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Tithes - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Millionaire pastor's church - former member calls for more transparency https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/12/11/millionaire-pastor-transparency/ Mon, 11 Dec 2017 06:50:47 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=103173 A Maserati-driving pastor who owns $4 million of property needs to be more open and transparent about his church's finances, former members say. Murray Watkinson, a former carpet layer who sold his carpet business in Wellington in 1975 after "encountering God in a supernatural way", began the Celebration Centre church in 1990 in Aranui with Read more

Millionaire pastor's church - former member calls for more transparency... Read more]]> A Maserati-driving pastor who owns $4 million of property needs to be more open and transparent about his church's finances, former members say.

Murray Watkinson, a former carpet layer who sold his carpet business in Wellington in 1975 after "encountering God in a supernatural way", began the Celebration Centre church in 1990 in Aranui with about 80 followers. Read more

Millionaire pastor's church - former member calls for more transparency]]> 103173 Vanuatu's PM promises to pay churches 10 percent of national budget https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/04/26/vanuatus-pm-promises-to-pay-churches-10-percent-of-national-the-budget/ Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:30:56 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=43305

Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Moana Carcasses Kalosil, has promised the Vanuatu Christian Council that his Government is going to start paying 10 percent of the national budget to the churches. Based on the present budget, 10 percent would amount to 21 million US dollars. Kalosil became Vanuatu's and the region's first Greens prime minister when he Read more

Vanuatu's PM promises to pay churches 10 percent of national budget... Read more]]> Vanuatu's Prime Minister, Moana Carcasses Kalosil, has promised the Vanuatu Christian Council that his Government is going to start paying 10 percent of the national budget to the churches.

Based on the present budget, 10 percent would amount to 21 million US dollars.

Kalosil became Vanuatu's and the region's first Greens prime minister when he came to power last month after former Prime Minister Sato Kilman resigned just ahead of a no confidence motion.

Kalosil is known for his radical green policies. Soon after, he released a list of 100 achievements for himself and his new government.

They include changing the constitution, major changes to ministries, review of foreign affairs, including the termination of some diplomatic appointments, and ending a defence cooperation agreement with Indonesia.

Born to a Tahitian mother and French-born father from Carcassonne in Southern France, Kalosil is the first non ni-Vanuatu to become Prime Minister.

He entered politics in Vanuatu in 2003 when he became foreign affairs minister under then Prime Minister Edward Natapei, now deputy prime minister and minister for foreign affairs.

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Vanuatu's PM promises to pay churches 10 percent of national budget]]> 43305 Huge jumps in tithes and profit at City Impact Church https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/09/28/huge-jumps-in-tithes-and-profit-at-city-impact-church/ Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:30:13 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=34325 The God business is going gang-busters at City Impact Church and its Queenstown branch. In the year to last December, revenue at the pay-to-pray religious network topped an unprecedented $10 million - up $2.7m or 36 per cent. According to freshly-filed financials, tithes - a 10 per cent worship tax labelled "donations" - accounted for Read more

Huge jumps in tithes and profit at City Impact Church... Read more]]> The God business is going gang-busters at City Impact Church and its Queenstown branch.

In the year to last December, revenue at the pay-to-pray religious network topped an unprecedented $10 million - up $2.7m or 36 per cent.

According to freshly-filed financials, tithes - a 10 per cent worship tax labelled "donations" - accounted for $6.9m of City Impact Church revenue, up 64 per cent.

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