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Texas & Massachusetts has the most churches.
The church does not teach about the issues of capital punishment because of the separation of church and state This only applies in the US. There are no such limitations in Australia, for example, where many churches state in their teachings that no person has the right to take the life of another (except in issues of war). However, churches differ in their views on this, and there is no hard and fast rule that applies across the board.
No, government cannot tax churches or peoples support of churches. It is a violation of the sepperation of church and state.
One church directory shows 5,793 churches in the state of Minnesota. It is estimated that there are over 331,000 churches in the United States.
During the Puritan reform of the Church of England, some churches did not conform with the structure and practices of the established state church and were called Nonconformist churches. The Congregational Church was considered a non-conforming church.
F. M. Foster has written: 'Church and state, their relations considered' -- subject(s): Church and state
Garth Abraham has written: 'The Catholic Church and apartheid' -- subject(s): Apartheid, Catholic Church, Church and state, Church history, History, Politics and government, Race relations, Religious aspects of Race relations