Churches continue to play a dangerous game. While the number and magnitude of fraud incidents rapidly accelerate, few churches are taking the time or spending the money to develop a wall of fraud protection. Many different reasons are offered in defense of this inactivity. But, this one leads the parade: “It could never happen here.” […]
Flipping through a magazine, I came across this picture. The intent was very clear except, the fence was no protection from a chainsaw. Looking beyond the appearance of protection, one could see these once beautiful trees had been stripped of their branches and cut into two to three foot chunks, strewn in every direction, […]
In recent years there has been an alarming upward spike in the number of church fraud and embezzlement incidents. But surprisingly, given this epidemic, few churches are taking proactive steps to ward off predators. The reasons given are many and varied but most offer no more protection than the Peanuts character Linus’ security blanket. Each […]
In another post (See Lame Excuse #1), I use the story of Judas stealing from the disciples’ money bag to illustrate that fraud can take place in any church. This week I found another Biblical example of this truth. Luke, in Acts Chapter 5, recounts the sad story of Ananias and Sapphira. In the story, […]