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Remove all church's tax free status - that grift will probably never die but it's time to stop letting them avoid taxes at least.
I wouldn't go that far.
But audit them.and make sure they're actually doing tax-exempt stuff, and be ruthless about removing the tax-exempt status of churches that violate the law.
If they want to do charitable work, they can register as a regular charity and follow the same rules as everyone.
Outside of that, churches are just a regular business.
You do realize that they're registered 401(c)(3) non-profit organizations, just like other charities, right?
You can't just say "I'm a church" and not pay taxes. You have to go through the exact same registration as any other non-profit. Otherwise, everybody would found a church as a personal tax haven.