The Riviera Beach pastor allegedly used the money for airline tickets and car rentals.
The pastor of First Baptist Church in Riviera Beach, Florida, was arrested for fraud involving over $1 million in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Plan funds. Holmer Altidor allegedly formed two charities using the address of the ...
Urban and larger churches were more likely to accept the loans, according to study.
Churches and Christian ministries accepted more than $7 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stability (CARES) Act, according to research conducted by Christianity Today.
Three people claiming to be pastors in the Houston area admitted to using a now-defunct church to commit bank and wire fraud.
The pastor of a North Carolina church pleaded guilty last week to tax and wire fraud and using false information to obtain a COVID-19 relief loan.
Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch, Lakewood Church, will repay the more than $4.4 million in loans it received under the U.S. government’s Paycheck Protection Program after critics questioned whether the nation’s largest single-campus church ...
Despite having nearly $1-billion in assets, TBN received $3-million in PPP funds
According to an investigation by the Dallas-based Trinity Foundation, Matthew Crouch, president of Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) has launched a massive restructuring of the world’s largest religious TV network.
Gifts to mark church's 25th anniversary
Cincinnati-area megachurch Crossroads Church said it will mark its 25th anniversary by giving $2.5 million to local, national, and international nonprofit partners over the next 25 weeks.
One of nation’s largest Christian broadcasters shows slight increase in revenue and a return to profitability
Salem Media Group, one of the largest Christian broadcasters in the country, and the only one that is publicly traded, recently released its results for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Rescue:Freedom International, a Christian anti-sex trafficking organization based in Washington, released its annual report this week saying it rescued hundreds of people from human trafficking last year, with thousands more receiving housing, legal services, medical ...