We investigate religious fraud and the extravagant lifestyles of religious leaders. We also post daily tracking maps of televangelist jets at @pastorplanes
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"AI-generated articles and videos are flooding the internet with information that is frequently inaccurate and sometimes fraudulent."
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The Jeremiah Counsel has filed an appeal with the goal of unseating the current board of directors/ministry leadership team at Second Baptist Church Houston. On Oct. 18, Judge Grant Dorfman heard a motion for summary judgment. trinityfi.org/second-baptist…
After committing racial discrimination Kevin Adell & The Word Network are required to pay $62 million to pastor George Bloomer. The non-profit religious TV network does not file a Form 990 disclosing legal and settlement expenses. trinityfi.org/president-of-t…
New IRS update: When pastors travel on church jets for vacations, the United States tax code treats the flights as a fringe benefit. The IRS publishes in the Internal Revenue Bulletin tax rates for these flights. This tax is calculated by determining Standard Industry Fare Level Rates (SIFL) and adding a terminal fee of $58.95 which has increased by $4.47 since April 2026.
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Investigative reporter Charles Shepard identified a critical pattern: “The tactic was one Bakker would use repeatedly over the next twenty years: declare a crisis, dramatize it, often to the point of outright distortion, and wait for the viewers to respond.” trinityfi.org/jim-bakkers-da…
There are cases in which judges have rejected carefully presented evidence for questionable reasons when rendering judgments. The rulings make no sense. In these situations, we wonder if a judge was compromised or bribed. trinityfi.org/when-court-rul…
Judges are misusing the ecclesiastical abstention doctrine to dismiss cases not based on theology. This is an abuse of power that must be exposed and stopped. youtube.com/watch?v=GGB7yIeB…
Attorneys for Kevin Adell, president of The Word Network, one of America’s largest religious TV networks, filed motions in limine to restrict testimony of former employees & to prevent Christian Post & The Wall Street Journal articles from being discussed in a jury trial. trinityfi.org/word-network-p…
Sean Feucht added another property to his portfolio last month, a $725,000 home in Laguna Niguel, California. Feucht personally owns 10 houses. His ministry owns 3 additional parsonages (California, Montana and Washington, DC) and four plots of land in Texas. How much is enough?
If you are an eye witness or have evidence of a religious leader bribing a political official or judge, please contact us. Cult leaders like Hak Ja Han, better known in America as Mrs. Moon, need to be prosecuted for their crimes. apnews.com/article/south-kor…
New filing argues that Judge’s rejection of 2023 Second Baptist charter amendment legitimizes the original 1928 charter, invalidating current board made up of mostly Young family members and reinstates the board of trustees prior to 2023 amendment. trinityfi.org/jeremiah-couns…
Paula White’s National Faith Advisory Board Partners with Multimillionaire Tantric Sex Promoter.
Discernment ministries sounded the alarm a decade ago when Dr. Daniel Amen co-wrote The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life.
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Donors Beware: Volunteers Allege Fraud and Abuses at Sean Feucht's Ministries
Three months ago, John Bastian released "Missionary Abuse Inside Sean Feucht's Ministry," a 2.5 hour-long video about abuses inside Sean Feucht's Light a Candle and Burn 24-7 ministries. John and Erica Bastian interviewed a former intern and missionary volunteers, turned whistleblowers. Their stories, available at TruthAndFreedomStories.com, illuminate ministries driven by photo-ops.
Feucht rose to prominence in the charismatic Christian world by acquiring large amounts of press coverage while holding controversial worship events during Covid.
Keri, a missionary to Iraq with Light a Candle, reveals that Feucht is "very good at knowing how to manipulate people. He seemed to be an expert in that to me."
Another whistleblower that applied for an internship with Feucht while she was a student at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, tells her story anonymously as Jane Doe, alleging that Feucht failed to meet the requirements of being a mentor to the student during the internship. Instead the intern babysat for Feucht and cleaned out his garage.
For the discerning viewer, the video raises important financial questions. Where did the donated funds go? The video shows Feucht saying, "Every single penny that has been raised that you guys out there have donated has gone on to fulfill its kingdom ordained purpose, and I stand by that."
The whistleblowers and Trinity Foundation's investigation of Feucht both challenge that statement. Sean Feucht Ministries stopped filing a Form 990 with the IRS after 2020 and no longer discloses to the public where the donations go. Sean Feucht Ministries has acquired 3 houses, located in San Juan Capistrano, California, Kalispell, Montana and Washington, DC, while ministry property in Texas has no known ministry purpose.
The whistleblowers allege that missionaries were required to live in an unsafe environment without proper support. A missionary describes living in an Iraqi home without air conditioning and a serious mold problem. The missionary reported, "We barely had food ourselves because our money often came late. We never knew how much money we would get per month because usually what we were told we would be getting didn't match what we actually got."
When a donor gives money to a non-profit organization for a specific person or project, this is considered a restricted donation. When the funds are not spent on the restricted purpose, this can be fraud.
Following the 9/11 attacks on the twin towers in New York City, the American Red Cross established the Liberty Fund which raised over half a billion dollars for the victims families. After news reports disclosed that some of the funds were diverted so they wouldn't go to victims families, state attorney generals and Congress launched investigations.
Restricted donation fraud in the religious world needs to be properly investigated and prosecuted too.
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🧵In a lawsuit filed in 2025, Linda Umberger alleges that Jordan and Jay Sekulow, leaders of the American Center for Law and Justice, “impeded the investigation” of her son, John Anthony Clary Umberger’s death. 1/5 trinityfi.org/court-watch-mo…
🚩🚩🚩 Since 1999, CASE has paid over $140 million to companies controlled by Sekulow family members. Jay’s company Regency Productions, Inc., received more than $25 million to produce his radio and TV programs. 4/5
Trinity Foundation reviewed almost 40 church & ministry websites for whom leaders, members, or volunteers have been indicted or sued, looking for financial documents publicly disclosing legal expenses. No churches in the study disclosed legal expenses.
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