Hackers Empty SBC Church’s Entire Bank Account: ‘Pastor, we’ve got a problem’

(Baptist Press) Rick Boyne was in choir practice on Feb. 8 at Immanuel Southern Baptist Church when the church treasurer pulled him out and said something less than encouraging.

“Pastor, we’ve got a problem.”

“I’d heard that before, but nothing like this was going to be,” Boyne, pastor at the church since 2007, told BP.

The church’s bank account was practically empty, he learned. The building fund, savings account, the youth and children’s account – all had been drained. They attempted to call the bank’s fraud department but didn’t get an answer on a Sunday. So, they sent …to continue reading click here.


This article was written by Scott Barkley and published at the Baptist Press.

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