In today’s world, fraud is a serious problem that almost everyone will have to deal with at some point. While there are many different variations of fraud, it all boils down to someone else trying to take advantage of you in some way. While there will always be bad people out there who want to […]
Part 5 of our series on Cash Disbursements. In our recent Fraud Survey, we asked churches to respond to these statements: “Our church issues credit cards (in the church’s name) to employees and/or volunteers.” “Our church has implemented a written credit card policy to control credit card purchases.” Survey Results – The first question had the largest variance […]
Part 12 of our ongoing Fraud in the Church series. PSK in cooperation with the National Association of Church Business Administration (NACBA) conducted a survey to determine the extent to which churches are attempting to address the problem of church fraud. We asked them to respond to this statement: Our church has implemented a written credit card policy to control credit […]
Part 11 of our ongoing Fraud in the Church series. PSK in cooperation with the National Association of Church Business Administration (NACBA) conducted a survey to determine the extent to which churches are attempting to address the problem of church fraud. We asked them to respond to this statement: Our church issues credit cards (in the church’s name) to employees and/or […]
“We have rotating count teams with clear rules that account for every penny we collect in offerings…” While this statement is not inaccurate, it is short-sighted. When churches think of fraud, Sunday offering protection is usually the first thing that comes to mind. And as a result, most churches do a very good job in […]
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, […]
Because of our involvement in fraud prevention we make it a point to keep up with the latest news by periodically searching the web for news stories. It seems like the pace of fraud occurrence is quickening. Here are two recent stories of church embezzlement: Church employee charged with embezzlement Firefighter and church deacon accused […]