Estimate: Christian Religious Leaders to Embezzle $86 Billion in 2024
(Trinity Fi) The January issue of the International Bulletin of Mission Research (IBMR) reports that Christian religious leaders are estimated to embezzle $86 billion in 2024.
The disturbing statistic, which is easy to overlook, appears in Table 5 of the article “World Christianity 2024: Fragmentation and Unity” under the description “Ecclesiastical Crime.”
This estimate was compiled by data scientists Dr. Gina Zurlo, Dr. Todd Johnson, and Peter Crossing at the Center for the Study of Global Christianity (CSGC) at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
IBMR has been publishing the annual estimate of ecclesiastical crime for decades. The statistic was born from… to continue reading click here.
This article was written by Barry Bowen and published at Trinity Fi
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