Why do so many churches have big building wings attached in South Carolina?

[Charlie&Rose]

Made a trip to Edisto Island the other day. We could not believe the number of churches we went by....they seemed to even out number the homes. Some of them where very beautiful, and right next door to broken down trailers. Our question was.....where is the money coming from.

[USNRET04]

Originally Posted by gvsteve

In rare occasion I have seen very large churches in the Upstate that have stuff like fitness centers (with treadmills, ellipticals, weight machines, etc) which appear to be playing loose with the distinction over what tax-favored laws for religious organizations are really supposed to be for.

The are some churches that follow the Bible and are scriptural in how they use the contributions.

Then there are some (most) churches that don't.

[Mutiny77]

Originally Posted by gvsteve

In rare occasion I have seen very large churches in the Upstate that have stuff like fitness centers (with treadmills, ellipticals, weight machines, etc) which appear to be playing loose with the distinction over what tax-favored laws for religious organizations are really supposed to be for.

You basically just described the Y.

[m1a1mg]

Originally Posted by Mutiny77

You basically just described the Y.