Tag Archives: ZZ: Church of the Isaiah 58 Project of Arizona v. La Paz County

ADF attorney Erik Stanley appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show to discuss this: ADF files suit to protect Ariz. church from foreclosure based on $50K illegal tax bill | MP3 audio 19:17 mins

ADF attorney Erik Stanley at the Speak Up Movement Church Blog (includes video): The Church’s story in this case is truly remarkable.  The County had no basis to assess the property taxes against the Church in the first place and the Church faces the very real prospect of losing everything because the County refuses to correct its own wrongdoing. Take a minute and view the video about the Church of the Isaiah 58 Project and what it is doing to be the hands and feet of Jesus Christ in its community . . .

One News Now: ADF attorney Erik Stanley explains the situation. “The assessor responded by sitting on the paperwork for three years and then only granted the church a property tax exemption for the tax years of 2009 and forward, assessed the church over $50,000 in property taxes for the time that he sat on the church’s application, didn’t act on it, and that resulted in a tax lien that was put on the property.”

Alliance Defense Fund attorneys filed suit against La Paz County Wednesday for hitting a rural Arizona church with a $50,000 tax bill that the state agrees the church does not owe. The bill has resulted in a tax lien on the church’s property which could result in foreclosure and an end to the church’s ministry, including its outreach to the needy–a program praised by the Quartzsite mayor, town manager, and police chief.