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Format(s): Adobe PDF
Price: $14.95
Format(s): Adobe PDF
Price: $14.95
We've Been Embezzled!
This download will help you quickly respond to the discovery that someone is stealing your church's money.posted 7/19/2011
Try also: Checkbook, Embezzlement, Financial reporting, Trust
Overview
Embezzlement not only robs a church of money; it also damages its reputation, calling the ministry's integrity into question by the public. A church's own congregation might even disagree on the response to embezzlement—grace versus punishment. This is why one of the biggest challenges of embezzlement in a church setting is determining how to respond when theft is discovered. This download will help you through that process.
You've Been EmbezzledHow To | Here's what to do next.
by Dan Busby
Responding to Accusations of Theft
Assessment | Someone's stealing. Do you know what to do?
by Lindsey Learn
Avoiding False Accusations
How To | Bigger problems loom if you go public without all the facts.
by Richard R. Hammar
Disclosing Confidential Information
For the Pastoral Staff | Can a minister report a confession of embezzlement?
by Richard R. Hammar
Lie Detector Tests
The Legal Side | Proceed with caution when asking an employee to submit to an exam.
by Richard R. Hammar
If an Embezzler Confesses
The Legal Side | What to do once you learn the truth.
by Richard R. Hammar
Informing the Congregation
For the Leadership Team | Explaining the situation to your church without risking defamation.
by Richard R. Hammar
Fraud and Whistleblower Protection
For the Church Board | Protecting those who sound the alarm.
from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
Suspected Misconduct, Dishonesty, Fraud, and Whistleblower Protection
Sample Policy | For large churches and small.
from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability
Resource Center
Leader's guide | Quick tips and recommended resources.
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Original Anna Anna
For some reason in my area there's an awful lot of church personnel stealing from Church accounts. Practically every time you pick up the paper or turn on the news, a secretary, treasurer, accountant, pastors, etc. are being arrested for stealing from their Church. They have all these excuses, got into gambling without realizing they were in that deep, thanks to drinking lost their job or can't pay their bills, and the pastor, he said "He was owed it because the Church couldn't afford a raise for him". Even going to court after being arrested, as time goes by, the offender is paying back the money over 30 years but not serving time. If they were working for a business like where I work, they would be serving time. I think that's why stealing from a Church is so easy because the person knows the Church will forgive them. I don't know how the church members manage to make up the stealing while they're paying back in 30 years as the judge orders.
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