At the end of the course a contract notarized by Rev. Richard and Rev. Nancy Weber, Trustees is given to the new Ordained Minister Practitioner. The following describes the beliefs that we hold that offers the participant the opportunity to have their own healing practices under the umbrella of the LifeSpirit Congregational Church.

The Minister Practitioner is further directed as follows:

1. The Minister Practitioner is obligated to care for the health and wellbeing of the Minister, communicants and family members as an expressive association activity; including the provision of pure nutrition, pure water, pure energetics and spirituality; including but not limited to dietary supplementation, nature’s herbs (extracts and natural derivatives thereof), the produce of church gardens or other organic sources, essential oils and all allied products, body work such as massage and laying on of hands, spiritual modalities such as, but not limited to, Reiki, Raindrop Technique ®, homeopathy, meditation, education, pilgrimage, spiritual retreat and renewal.
   a. In all ministration regarding the application or administration of Aromatherapy, only products derived from       Young Living, Creer Labs, or other suppliers approved in writing by Lightwing Center, are to be used.

2. The Minister Practitioner is obligated to avoid all abominations and to provide Pastoral Counseling Letters for communicants and family members with regard to religious conscientious objections to such abominations as vaccination, dangerous drugs and invasive techniques, or obligations of service that violate conscience.

This is a sampling from Part Two of the Lightwing Center Handbook for the course:

“…neither this court nor any branch of this government will consider the merits or fallacies of a religion. Nor will the court compare the beliefs, dogmas, and practices of a newly organized religion with those of an older, more established religion…” - Universal Life Church, Inc. vs. United States, 372 F. Supp. 770, 776 (E.D. Cal 1974)

Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 (IRS Code) provides that associations or other entities that are “organized and operated” for religious, charitable, educational, scientific research or literary purposes may be tax exempt. Section 508 states that “churches, associations of churches and integrated auxiliaries” are “MANDITORILY” exempt. Congress has instructed the IRS that churches must be treated as exempt. Further, a church does not have to apply to the IRS for that status.

However, LifeSpirit Church has so applied and, in 1974, its exempt status recognized. In 1975 the more difficult status of a “Group Exemption” was granted, which allows the Church to easily charter local units.

Ralph Fucetola JD
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LifeSpirit and it's affiliate churches including Lightwing Center, as a result of these laws and rulings is and has been completely exempt from paying and filing taxes except for sales tax.
Each Minister Practitioner is entitled to have their tax exempt status by filing in their county for with their ordination proof for a company with their name and title as Rev. in front of their name, then going to a bank and opening the account in that name (with the Rev.).
If a member of Young Living you will need to send them a change form which includes your new title and EIN number. The commissions and any other monies collected from your holistic practices can flow into that account.
This is not true for just any ordination from a religious 501C3. Each one has their own priorities as to what they want you to consider important, these priorities are called "Ministerial Directives." Ours is specific for holistic practices and Young Living aromatherapy.