St. Willebrord catholic church is a parish of the roman catholic diocese of green bay located in downtown green bay, wisconsin it was founded in 1864 by dutch immigrants , and dedicated to st. Willibrord the church is spelled willebrord (with an "E" in the middle) because stonemasons made a mistake when carving the name. During the oral argument, aclj attorney jay sekulow asserted that the irs had singled out the conservative church at pierce creek for investigation while ignoring partisan political activity by liberal houses of worship. Life university- starting this fall at christ alone church in green bay, wi explore gods word to learn how to pursue holiness in our lives.
Derek s. Jeffreys is a professor of humanistic studies and religion at the university of wisconsin at green bay. Last friday, a wisconsin judge ruled that a city non-discrimination ordinance must provide exemptions for churches and other faith-based groups to protect their religious freedom. A christian radio station and five Acts 1:8 Ministry have sued to block a de pere ordinance banning discrimination against transgender people.
More churches and christian ministries need to do the same thing. Hispanic ministry works with diocesan and parish leaders to develop programs and services for the hispanic community. Americans united contends christian coalition voter guides run afoul of irs standards because they are clearly slanted to favor republican candidates and narrowly focused on the social issues of concern to the christian coalition and its religious right allies (see "Stacked deck," july-august 1996 church & state).
The nonprofit religious organizations say the ordinance's discrimination provision should not apply to them and they do not qualify as public accommodations” under the ordinance. With so many recent acts of terror against religious organizations around the nation and the world, the green bay police department says they are on high alert to help protect places of worship here at home.
The diocese of green bay is committed to creating, providing and maintaining safe environments in all its parishes, schools, and other institutions so that all persons, especially children, youth and individuals at risk, will be protected as far as possible from all harm including physical and sexual abuse. Because of confidentiality rules, americans united can't be certain whether any of these cases involve churches or non-profit groups reported under project fair play, but, says au, the investigations should be taken as strong evidence that the irs is serious about enforcing the law in this area.