Feb 15 2008
College courses seek to protect churches from embezzlers
The globe-trotting priest from Connecticut drove a Jaguar, shopped at Bergdorf Goodman and bought jewelry from Cartier, all of it with money stolen from his church’s coffers. By the time the parish finance council caught on, he had embezzled $1.3 million.
Many U.S. churches have been victims of embezzlement over the years, reflecting not just moral weakness on the part of the wrongdoers, but lax financial controls. Often, church budgets are overseen by volunteers or employees with little guidance or professional training.
Now, some colleges are hoping to prevent such faith-shattering abuses by offering programs devoted specifically to managing church finances and personnel.
Read about it here.
[From me]
Why would you need a class to teach those in vocational ministry from stealing? Why not teach the 10 Commandments? The problem isn’t a educational one, it is a condition of the heart.
What do you think?
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