Was ist die Spätregenmission?

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Cumaro has written on 14th of January 2015 at 8.38 pm
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Hi agnelli,
before I try telling you from my memory (which often fails me I'm afraid), why don't I just copy Illig's statement as it has been published?
Here it is:__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ __

Information Letter December 2014

12. MATTERS FROM ABROAD

Br. Martin Illig has provided a short review of the events in Germany.
We gladly include it in this feedback.

I would like to give a short summary of important developments in the German Latter Rain Mission and explain in more detail our main prayer request.

Immediately after taking office in November 2012, we had to apply for the reinstatement of our non-profit status in order to avoid having to pay taxes on prior and future income. The Lord helped wonderfully.

Provisional non-profit status was granted quickly. We hope to regain permanent non-profit status soon. We also had to appeal to different revenue offices for leniency concerning paying taxes as a result of having lost our non-profit status retroactively from 2006 to 2012. Because of many prayers and the professional support of our tax advisor and legal team, eventually all tax offices agreed to charge us only a small amount on top of the initial amount of 150,000 Euros (two million Rand) that was paid in 2012. We are very grateful towards the Lord that the different German tax offices were merciful. If they had claimed all relevant amounts for a period of seven years, the cost could have been very high.

Presently our most urgent prayer request is concerning pension demands. The German government pension fund is demanding pension back pay on behalf of 24 previous Faith Home residents. We had to object to these demands, otherwise we would have been forced to pay very large sums into the German Pension Fund.
Our lawyers argued against the validity of these demands because there is no precedent in the German judicial system that could directly be applied to our unique situation. However the German Pension Fund rejected all our appeals. Eventually we had no choice but to file suit with the court at Heilbronn. We expected the first case to be heard at Heilbronn before the end of this year, but apparently it has been postponed to 2015.

The German Latter Rain Mission is the plaintiff, the government is the accused. It needs to be stated clearly that we do not have court cases against any previous faith home residents, but against the government!

We plead for earnest prayer for this matter since the upcoming court cases could have far reaching consequences for all four faith homes in Germany. Needless to say, this is truly a serious matter. Again, we want to thank all our brothers and sisters for their prayers for the German Latter Rain Mission. We are trusting the Lord, knowing He will not forsake us. He has helped us in the past in wonderful ways and we trust He will also carry us through in the future.

Greetings from Germany
Martin Illig