The Alliance of Baptists was the victim of a $20,000 theft but chose to follow the biblical admonition to “turn the other cheek” in a redemptive way. The Baptist network’s executive committee released a statement on social media Feb. 9…
Former minister at Southern Baptist megachurch indicted for theft
A former minister at First Baptist Church in Houston surrendered Tuesday to police, the day after a grand jury indicted him for allegedly stealing $800,000 from the Southern Baptist megachurch over six years.
Church treasurer accused of embezzling CP funds
The long-time treasurer of a rural Missouri Baptist church is suspected of skimming funds that were designated for cooperative missions and the pastor’s retirement fund in a series of alleged thefts that authorities say add up to more than $300,000.
Couple accused of stealing from church they helped plant
By Bob Allen A North Carolina pastor and his wife have been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $40,000 from the church they helped plant in 2006. George Keith Hall, 51, and Leslie Hill Hall, 52, turned themselves into police in…
Church treasurer charged with theft
By Bob Allen A Georgia woman is under arrest after allegedly stealing more than $93,000 from a Southern Baptist church where she worked. Gwendolyn Hawthorne, 61, of Marietta, Ga., was arrested Sept. 18 on a warrant alleging that she took…
Former church secretary indicted for theft
By Bob Allen A longtime administrative assistant at a Southern Baptist church in Alabama is accused of using a church credit card to make unauthorized personal purchases totaling more than $129,000 in a grand jury indictment alleging theft and fraud….
Former Wayland CFO pleads guilty to theft
By Bob Allen The former chief financial officer at Wayland Baptist University received five years in prison after pleading guilty to using university funds for personal expenses. The Amarillo Globe-News reported April 22 that James E. Smith, fired last year…
Victim of former missionary’s theft loses health, wealth, but keeps sense of humor
By Bob Allen An Alabama woman who lost her home, business and health as a result of a bookkeeper’s scam says in a new book that she never would have met the man who stole tens of thousands of dollars…
Woman admits to embezzling church funds
By Bob Allen The former financial secretary at an Alabama Baptist association pleaded guilty Aug. 28 to stealing from her employer and was then arrested on additional charges claiming she took even more. Tonya Renee Woodward, 52, of Dothan, Ala.,…