Chapter 3 of Weeds in the Garden illustrates the value of planning and organizing the structure of the leadership in a church. “Even in a church, tone at the top does not happen by accident. It begins with a desire by the church leadership, (executive level employees and lay leaders) to operate in transparency. To […]
Washington church CFO received his eight year sentance after his August conviction of emebezzling from the church. “He exploited other people’s charity to fund his extravagant vacations, VIP tickets to NBA games, and fancy cars,” U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said in a statement. See the story at ABC7
How tech-savvy is your Church? What oversights are in place to keep your Church in-step with new technology? In his book, Weeds in the Garden, Verne Hargrave points out that although advances in information technology have simplified accounting and record-keeping for Churches, it has also created additional risks. “The area where churches may be the […]
In Chapter two of the book Weeds in the Garden, by Verne Hargrave, he discusses three types of fraud: fraudulent financial reporting, corruption and misappropriation of assets. The most common of which is misappropriation of cash, or theft in the church environment. “Generally, two terms are used to describe frauds involving an organization’s cash receipts: […]