The church has a crime problem

(SRN NEWS)-According to a study by LifeWay Research, 70 billion dollars is lost every year to theft and embezzlement within congregations around the globe.  That’s lost money that could have gone to spreading the gospel, helping the poor and a lot of other good things.  America has not been spared.  LifeWay reports that according to their research “One in 13 U.S. Protestant pastors say someone had embezzled funds from their congregation.”