Donor Alert! Court Documents from TBNs Whistleblower Granddaughter Released The Orange County Register Newspaper has been closely following the developments regarding TBN. Recently, it obtained court documents in a case involving Brittany Koper, the Crouchs granddaughter, just prior to them being sealed and published them on its website. These documents include internal TBN memos, receipts and reports from TBNs accountants detailing improper and likely illegal acts. In our opinion, it is likely the leadership of TBN will ultimately be replaced as a result of these revelations and some of the leadership team could possibly spend time behind bars. While the wheels of justice grind slowly, they do tend to grind finely. It may take quite some time before new leadership is appointed, but it will be near impossible for TBNs leaders to successfully defend themselves from IRS and FCC regulators. Accordingly, we call on leaders in the evangelical community to begin to prepare to assemble a new leadership team that could be presented to the regulators as a replacement. TBN is an attractive asset to the global church, therefore serious efforts should be made to preserve it and manage it in accordance with laws and regulations. Under stronger evangelical leadership, TBN could win more souls to Christ, effectively disciple millions with legitimate Christian teaching and bring honor to the Lord. We believe it would be wise for a new, respected leadership team to be assembled now and presented to the IRS and FCC as an alternative to other outcomes which would see the church lose control of this strategic asset. The court documents containing the info noted above can be found at: taxdollars.ocregister/2012/05/20/tbn-extravagance-read-internal-memos-for-yourself/155188/. We urge readers to looks over these documents themselves as well as some of the other reporting done by the Orange County Register on this subject. Some of the most damaging elements contained within the 180 pages include the following: 1. Widespread abuse of ministry funds by TBN directors including having the ministry pay for numerous personal expenses. Lavish meals, motorcycles and home remodeling were just a few of the expenses charged to the ministry. Brittany Koper claims she was told to invent business reasons for these many personal expenses to cover up the actual personal use of ministry funds. 2. Double billing TBN for some of these personal expenses. 3. The transfer of as much as $50 million over the course of a decade to the Crouch family. 4. The use of TBNs two jets for personal use. 5. Matthew Crouchs for-profit film production company received millions from TBN with little to show for it but an extravagant lifestyle lived by Crouch and his family. 6. Numerous threats made to Koper and her husband for her whistleblowing activities. 7. A report from TBNs external accountant detailing how the ministry and its leadership were at risk from IRS fines including this conclusion: Areas with the greatest exposure include: Unreasonable Compensation Personal Use of the Organizations Assets Use of the churchs credit card for personal expenses Excessive Spending
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 05:31:59 +0000
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