I know that our church is something like 40 grand in debt for it's building payments and yet we can't give up the building because if we do that the homeless will have nowhere to go.. You see our basement has lots of couches and things and we feed them and sometimes they stay for the night. my point is you can pay the building taxes without shunning the poor.
Another point about dividions in the church i personally would hate to see a united church. Imagine if all the denominations of christ became one? had all the same opinions? We would lose all these wonderfull debates we have on this forum. It is through the the thought provocking questions brought on by the multiple denominations thta give us insight into the true meaning of things. that cause us to search deeper. not only that but we would rule half the world and being christian would be less a matter of choice and more a matter of birth. Already far to many people say that they are christian cause they sit in the pew imagine a world where one was thought christian because they lived in Canada?