Would you take the money?

Or would you tell them to stuff their filthy lucre where the sun doesn't shine?

Interesting question, but it has only one answer.

There is no way in He** that the church would ever pay a dividend,

You don't think the church would calculate the gains derived from your hard-earned tithing and give you a cut? I mean, it's not like some kind of religious mafia.

But if it is, Rusty is Mr Big.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EIDV4lVoIzI

My mind wanders...

A dividend would suggest to me they aren't a company focused on growth and can dole out their earnings. They could lure new shareholders...err, I mean members.

Can you imagine them sending out 1099-DIV forms?

Maybe they could send out checks signed with the prophet's signature in bold print so people would know who to thank.

Would the dividend be exempt from taxes?

Maybe everyone should be able to buy shares of the LDS busni-church. They seem like they are mostly an investment holding company anyway.

Thanks to the magic of religion getting special treatment, their business gets an extra boost. Something tells me they would spend the money on hostile takeovers before giving dividends though.

PS: Give more money to Jesus. Corporate boardmembers aren't cheap.

;-)

Aren’t Cody WY and Fairview TX hostile takeovers? ;)

I quit while still a college student, so a dividend on what I paid them would probably get me lunch at Chuckarama.

Maybe they should do it like a lottery. One member wins every month.