Evangelical church in $14-million financial scandal

There was pandemonium and shoving at this financially disabled church on Sunday, as an angry member and a reporter were surrounded and hustled towards the exit.

A financial disaster at a large evangelical church is raising questions about “affinity fraud,” a term that covers the way people proclaiming to be Christians, for instance, sometimes take financial advantage of gullible Christians with whom they have a group “affinity.”

The latest controversy came to my attention after CBC reporters called about an Edmonton congregation, called Victory Christian Center, which is being forced into foreclosure to sell its property because its leadership became embroiled in failed multi-million dollar business dealings with a controversial developer.

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