These pastors that came from the 501c3 say otherwise:
I watched most of this video. First it starts with assumption of false teachers, then tries to prove it. I dislike first setting frame, then pushing evidence. It would be more neutral if it starts with evidence, then leading to conclusion.
It contains testimony of pastor (second guy) claiming 501(c) is "suffocating". Sadly pastor fails to provide any example how suffocation was done. So this could be just his feelings.
It starts with man (first guy) doing speech and listing some things IRS is supposedly requiring. What is problem with requiring distinct ecclesiastical goverment? You mean IRS requires church to be priests (or someone similar) in charge?
What is best this guy claim only Catholic church fulfills this requirement.
IRS requires code of doctrine and discipline. So issue is that church must know what it believes?
Also church must have "established places of worship". You mean church must be religious institution? And religious institution (institution: pattern of behaviour) does some religious rituals somewhere in some sacred (read: special place) place. So IRS requires church to behave as religion, instead of say, drunken party.
Now, I may be biased in sense I disregarded something dangerous, but this guy doesn't seems like somebody serious.
Any IRS requirement must be sign of state control. 501(c) is for churches and requiring church to be church to quality is bloody normal and excepted. Otherwise, what is stoping football club from claiming 501(c) status? Hello.
Cause is principle of rule of law. Simple, IRS bureaucrat must not have any discretion (this is rule of man), so list of tests must be provided which only churches can satisfy.
And personally third guy is best. Problem is that 501(c) forbids inference in legislative process and campaign process. This guy actually want that when some immoral law is in consideration and/or some immoral politician is campaigning that pastors are able to stop that.
What is called form of governement when priests are in charge? Theocracy. So actually, this guy doesn't want separation of church and state. Look, separation implies no direct influence by state on church and opposite too. If church can directly influence governement, then this is backdoor state church (actually, state doesn't have church, but church has state. In practice same.).
At 16 of 22 minutes I lost interest. Conclusion: no real proof, video creator claiming that IRS "oppression" is actually modern Enlightenment secular democracy working as designed.
It' my personal opinion now it time to comment video creators IQ in unfavorable light, but I will be diplomatic.