“Former finance manager swindles $1.3 million out of church coffers“ isn’t just a salacious title to capture your attention. It’s pulled directly from a headline for an April 2021 article about an employee at one of the largest churches in Texas, Fellowship Christian Church in Grapevine. The finance manager had worked for the church for 14 years. She was well-known. She was trusted.

It’s not new, but church embezzlement certainly makes the news. Those splashy headlines of long-term theft that occur right under church leaderships’ noses aren’t just embarrassing. They cause givers to lose confidence that their offerings are being protected. Integrity is destroyed within the community.

No church needs this kind of bad press.

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