I don't understand whats wrong with a church having money to
invest in stuff FOR the church? If an individual, whether a
leader or pastor has attempted to dishonestly appropriate the
money, then there is a cause for criticism and concern.
However, if the church spends the money according to how its
entire leadership has concluded it should, then what is wrong?
Its not like the church goers are in the dark about how the
church spends the money right?
The same for any other organization. How the organization
decides to spend the money is their own affair. If the entire
management or board of directors it should spend money that way,
then so be it. As long as its accountable to its
shareholders.
To bring this to a slight extreme. Who can tell another
guy's family how the family spends the money is wrong? Its
their affair, not anyone else's to critique.
I think what needs to be looked at here is not whether a church,
or non-profit organization, should be taxed for its
profit-making ventures. That is an entirely different
matter.