Long’s and Dollar’s collection plates earn a federal probe
November 6, 2007 at 12:42 pm by John F. Sugg in NewsThe finances of two Atlanta mega-churches are going to be scrutinized by a U.S. senator. Bishop Eddie Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church and Creflo and Taffi Dollar’s World Changers Church International were among six churches targeted by a ranking Republican senator, Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
In letters faxed to the churches Monday, Grassley, the senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, asked for a wide range of financial information, including the ministers’ compensation, expenses, credit cards, automobiles and other items.
The other four other ministries are in Texas, Missouri and Florida.
The letters were prompted by an investigation by Trinity Foundation, a Dallas, Texas, group that monitors fraud among religious organizations. The group’s leader, Ole Anthony, told CBS News, “What we hope is that this will lead to reform in religious nonprofits.”
Long and other officials of New Birth did not return phone calls. Dollar told CBS that his ministry’s records are an “open book.”
Dollar and Long preach what is called the “prosperity gospel” — parishioners who donate heavily to the church are told to expect financial rewards from God.
Both Long and Dollar claim about 25,000 members at their churches.
November 8th, 2007 at 6:58 am
Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Joyce Meyer, and Paula White are among many other Word-Faith teachers who are deceiving and financially raping thousands of Christians. For those of you who are interested, I’ve written a very detailed article that addresses the false doctrines of the Word-Faith Movement. It can be found at:
http://www.victorstephens.com/victorstephenswebsite_018.htm