The Essay On Wamuran Christadelphian Ecclesia Inc's History And Activities.

Origin and Beliefs of Christadelphian Religious Groups

This report mainly covers the history of the Wamuran Christadelphian Ecclesia Inc. in which it states that origin of Christadelphian religious groups are almost 150 years old, organization has almost 40 members. Report also covers mission and vision statements of organization in which it is clear that organization follow the Bible. This report also covers the programs and activities, financial report, audit report, and shareholders report. Company also covers regulatory framework, legal structure, taxation, deducting gifts, and lastly this report is concluding with brief conclusion.

The origin of Christadelphian religious groups was traced to John Thomas (1805-1871), and he was immigrated to North America from England in 1832. He vowed to find out the truth related to life and also about god through personal biblical study. At first stage he tried to avoid the kind of sectarianism he saw in England. At that time he found sympathy related to restoration movement in the US, and this movement was based on the Bible as sufficient guide and it also rejected all creeds. However, because of this resolution John Thomas dissent his personal beliefs and start questions mainstream orthodox Christian beliefs. As per the beliefs stated by Thomas God’s word does not support multiple beliefs and he also challenged the leaders to continue the process of restoring Christian beliefs of 1^st Century and also their correct interpretation.

The Christadelphians are considered as small religious group of people who follow the faith and beliefs of the Christians of 1^st century and these beliefs are recorded in the Bible. As per their belief Bible is considered as inspired word of God and they also consider Bible as their only guide. Christeldians are in existence for over 150 years, and the name of Christeldians generated from two Greek words that means brothers and sisters in Christ. Christeldians are located in number of Countries in the world such as United Kingdom, North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South-East Asia and Africa. Similarly like early Christians they meet in homes, rented rooms, and their own halls.

Each congregation is known as ecclesia. They do not have paid clergy or church hierarchy. Members of each congregation are considers as brothers and sisters, and they all are involved in their organizing the ecclesia activities. Members contribute their time and energy in the services to god on voluntarily basis (Australian Christedelphians, n.d.; Charlston & Evans, 2014).

From more than twenty years, Christadelphians have been in the area of Wamuran, and currently they have small Sunday school and almost 40 members. These members are strict students of Bible and read the bible on daily basis. They do not seek any monetary gain, and they do not have any paid ministers. They enjoy their lunch and game of tennis after their Sunday meeting (Wamuran Christadelphians, n.d.).

Mission and Vision Statements of Christadelphians

The mission and vision statements of Christadelphians are stated below:

The Bible- as per their belief Bible is god and the main aim of Bible is to reveal the message to mankind. Christadelphians teach their student to read the Bible prayfully and also with care because it is their only authority. As per their belief there is only one eternal and immortal god (Wamuran Christadelphians, n.d.). 

The main aim of this community is to provide opportunity to the members of their community opportunity to participate in humanitarian activities, and for this they introduce Bethézer projects which aim to provide opportunity to the members of Christadelphians Community not only to contribute in financial terms to the humanitarian activities but also provide opportunity to get involved in actual projects themselves. This can be understood through example, such Tanna School Project’ in Vanuatu has been built, designed, and funded by Christadelphians. This building involves wide range of people who have different skills from Christadelphians community (Wamuran Christadelphians, n.d.). 

During the period of 2014, they provide services to the dormitory for students but they mainly focus on improving their internal process and also develop new and better training programs to their students. They stop providing agriculture support for families because of their low uptake but now they are looking for new ways for engaging with their student families and with the local community.

Phnom Penh Dormitory provides educational and spiritual development opportunities to young Cambodians from provincial areas who want to study in phnom penh.  The dormitory houses up to 40 males and female students provides series of program which aimed at developing social consciousness, spiritual awareness, and also increased the capacity of English language. Generally, dormitory covers general cost of accommodation and provide direct support to number of students such as by providing medical support, vaccinations, and also basic psychological support. Generally highlighted activities included environmental responsibility.

Number of donations is received by Christadelphian Bethezer in the financial year of July 2012 – June 2013, and this work is continued by their father who also manages the operations. Total income of this fund for the year was 55,736.27, and the majority of this income was coming from donations, and also included $1,287.27 of interest.

Budgeting year of this fund is from January to December, and its financial year is from July to June.

In audit it was found that there was an excess of expenditure over income of $28,095.41, and this is because of Tanna school toilet building. It must be noted that money for this project was collected from last two financial years.

Programs and Activities of Wamuran Christadelphians

In audit it was clear that main risk related to this fund is dealing with the foreign currency, and the poor exchange rate can potentially put the budgets at risk (Bethezer, 2013).

Shareholders of Wamuran Christadelphians ensure that all the projects initiated by community receives proper fund, and they invest in these organizations for the purpose of helping the humanity and not for any monetary gain. 

Organization is registered from the name of Wamuran Christadelphians Ecclesia Inc. and its address is Woodford Community Hall, Archer Street, Woodford, Queensland. The business structure of this organization is for charity purpose and currently it consists of 40 members. 

The status of this organization is not for profit because the main aim of this is to provide services and contribute in the humanitarian activities. The main regulatory framework related to Ecclesia is to remove the obstacles from the way of people of god, and the main aim of this is to summarize the practical points related to many apostolic revelations into usable FREE checklists for the purpose of acting as watchman.

They bring everyone together at the door of Jesus, and also the cross and veil of life from the outer Courts. Number of protocols has been developed and they are used, but it is important to be led so that it becomes genuine and does not become religious.

Members can get blueprint from various places such as chancellors houses for the purpose of discovery, culture, affairs of the nation’s arc of the covenant, setting your heart on a question (Growing people framework, n.d.).

It must be noted that these state churches are registered with the state with tax identification number, and they are the producers of revenue for the state, and they pay taxes for the purpose of assuring solvency of the tax system of state. These organizations are answerable to the government.

Legal structure of Ecclesia is almost similar to the legal structure of company, and it also has separate legal entity as other companies. Their main objective is to provide services to the needy people and contributes in the activities related to humanitarian. Almost 40 members are there and their mission statements are funded through the donations.

Christedelphians also ensure that their students read the Bible prayfully and on daily basis and they mainly focus on religious aspects of people related to Jesus, but still organization follows all the aspects of legal organization such as they issue annual report and audit their processes (Growing people framework, n.d.; lawful path, n.d.).

No information is stated in the annual report of Christadelphian Bethezer which means that there are no provisions related to deductible gifts and this organization does not fall under the criteria of deductible gifts.

For the purpose of facilitating their mission organization accepted donations and their major income is depends on the donations received as stated above.

The main objective of the members of Ecclesia is to participate join the humanitarian acts and they also arrange the funds to meet the objectives of church. Members do not seek any financial profit from Ecclesia.

Conclusion: 

After considering the above facts it is clear that Wamuran Christadelphian Ecclesia Inc. is the organization which actually focuses on humanitarian activities instead of profit making. Legal structure of this organization is similar to other structures but it is mainly based on the non-profit organization structure.

It is necessary that government make wide framework for these organizations and also provide them support.

References:

Australian Christadelphians. Who are the Christadelphians. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://christadelphian.org.au/?page_id=65. 

Wamuran Christadelphians. About Us. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://www.wamuranchristadelphians.com.au/AboutUs.html. 

Bethezer, (2013). Annual Report. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://www.bethezer.com/Portals/0/Reports%20and%20Newsletters/AnnualReport2013.pdf.

Wamuran Christadelphians. Our Beliefs. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://www.wamuranchristadelphians.com.au/OurBeliefs.html.

 Wamuran Christadelphians. Latest News. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://www.bethezer.com/. 

Growing People framework. Guidelines for Facilitating a Legislative Group. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://growingpeopleframework.wordpress.com/guidelines-for-facilitating-a-legislative-group/. 

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The lawful path. What is The Ecclesia. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://www.lawfulpath.com/ref/ecclesia/ecclesia2of3.shtml. 

Carlston, E. C. & Evans, A. C. (2014). From Synagogue to Ecclesia. Retrieved on 8^th June 2017 from: https://books.google.co.in/books?id=jFb1OFuLgBEC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=tax+regulations+for+ecclesia&source=bl&ots=YT6MV_8fxi&sig=05CbMgupXzh-0n1_XeLbzBPnlOg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjK26bFgL_UAhXMqo8KHdm4BUQQ6AEILTAB#v=onepage&q=tax%20regulations%20for%20ecclesia&f=false.