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    City Reach Church Planting Network Scammers

    I was part of a City Reach A/G affiliated church plant from 2015-2017. The mother church leader got into financial trouble and took 150 thousand dollars out of our local church account. He did the same with 30 or so other churches. In all he stole 1 or 2 million dollars from the local churches he planted. The bottom line was he said they all signed a paper saying the mother church could take anything they wanted to support the network. In essence he bankrupted most of them. He used the money to re-build a mega-church outside of LA. I think this guy is playing with fire big time.. The A/G decided not to take him to court. I just left a church Pastored by his former chief salesman. I had not asked him until Thursday about the City Reach scandal. I thought he bailed out when he saw the scam the leader was running. He told me the leader had every right to do what he did. I should have had this conversation last year when I started attended his church. He maintained the same lies the chief scammer told. I called and verified the facts with my former Pastor. He lost a total of 240 thousand dollars. Sad but all true....

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    Quote Originally Posted by LionHeart View Post
    I was part of a City Reach A/G affiliated church plant from 2015-2017. The mother church leader got into financial trouble and took 150 thousand dollars out of our local church account. He did the same with 30 or so other churches. In all he stole 1 or 2 million dollars from the local churches he planted. The bottom line was he said they all signed a paper saying the mother church could take anything they wanted to support the network. In essence he bankrupted most of them. He used the money to re-build a mega-church outside of LA. I think this guy is playing with fire big time.. The A/G decided not to take him to court. I just left a church Pastored by his former chief salesman. I had not asked him until Thursday about the City Reach scandal. I thought he bailed out when he saw the scam the leader was running. He told me the leader had every right to do what he did. I should have had this conversation last year when I started attended his church. He maintained the same lies the chief scammer told. I called and verified the facts with my former Pastor. He lost a total of 240 thousand dollars. Sad but all true....
    There's a lot of this especially amongst all brands of spirit filled churches. The operate like a good ole boys club.

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    In today's church you need a private detective to check someone out before you get involved with them in business of any kind, Or you have to have someone close who listens carefully to the Holy Ghost...

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    Sorry to hear this brother.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FireBrand View Post
    UGH
    I guess the A/G did not want to drag this guy (City Reach leader/founder) to court ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LionHeart View Post
    I guess the A/G did not want to drag this guy (City Reach leader/founder) to court ?
    Not usually. They let the law handle it.

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    Thieves especially hypocrite pastors will not enter the Kingdom of heaven - he can enjoy his reward now because there wont be anything later unless he repents

    Every church leader needs to learn the 10 commandments

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    Thieves especially hypocrite pastors will not enter the Kingdom of heaven - he can enjoy his reward now because there wont be anything later unless he repents

    Every church leader needs to learn the 10 commandments
    The Pastor who lied and covered up for the leader has a multitude of unusual problems in his church. He is in my estimation a pathological liar. I have attended there for a year and a half. The Gifts operate powerfully through him which confuses people. They think how can a man whom God uses be such a big liar ? But of course he has a few in the inner circle who believe his every word. I know where this is going from past experience. He will either repent and apologize or lose everything. Some have even wound up in jail, or dead prematurely. Anyway I am gone from there and I know the Lord lead me to pin the Pastor down with my questions.He just can't tell the truth when in any kind of jam...

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    Quote Originally Posted by LionHeart View Post
    The Pastor who lied and covered up for the leader has a multitude of unusual problems in his church. He is in my estimation a pathological liar. I have attended there for a year and a half. The Gifts operate powerfully through him which confuses people. They think how can a man whom God uses be such a big liar ? But of course he has a few in the inner circle who believe his every word. I know where this is going from past experience. He will either repent and apologize or lose everything. Some have even wound up in jail, or dead prematurely. Anyway I am gone from there and I know the Lord lead me to pin the Pastor down with my questions.He just can't tell the truth when in any kind of jam...

    The scriptures trump his gifts but sadly many believers don't know that. Every leader needs to know the below verse no matter how strong their gifting.

    Rev 21:8 - But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death

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