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The Church, from the 1st century was involved in charitable activities. In the book of Acts, the first Christians sold what they had to help the poor and destitute, holding all things in common. Within a short time, it became such a large part of the Church's activities that the Eleven disciples of Jesus leading the Church in Jerusalem had to appoint deacons to oversee the charitable distributions because they had no time left themselves for preaching and spreading the Gospel.
Throughout the subsequent 2000 years, the Church has always raised money for the disadvantaged, and so must be considered a charity. Many churches today have a legal charitable status, not that they have started charitable works, but are seeking to make official what they have been always doing.
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