Ep. 624: Camp Mystic, Focus on the Family, Fount Church Pastor Departs

On today’s program, a Florida mom has been sentenced to prison after impersonating the father of a Camp Mystic flood victim. She used that fake identity to launch a GoFundMe campaign. We’ll have details.

Plus, Focus on the Family launches the search for its next president. Jim Daly’s retirement is on the horizon after more than 20 years at the helm. We’ll take a look.

And, charitable giving last year topped $600 billion, outpacing inflation for the second year in a row. But…Religion saw the slowest growth.

 But first, a New York City megachurch says goodbye to its founding pastor. Four months ago, Fount Church’s board said an outside investigation cleared its founding pastors of financial wrongdoing. Now, founding pastor Josh Kelsey has left the church. He’s permanently relocating to Australia.

The producer for today’s program is Jeff McIntosh. We get editorial, database, and other technical support from Christina Darnell, Stephen DuBarry, Rod Pitzer, Heidi Allums, and Casey Sudduth. Writers who contributed to today’s program include Jessica Eturralde, Kim Roberts, Michaela Estruth, Bob Smietana, Diana Chandler, Tony Mator, and Makella Knowles.

A special thanks to Baptist Press for contributing material for this week’s podcast.

You’ve been listening to the MinistryWatch podcast. Until next time, may God bless you.

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