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Christian Ministry Watchdog Examines The Biggest Religious Scandals Of Our Time<\/h3>\n

Author and Ministry Watch President, Warren Cole Smith, Pens New Book To Advocate For Transparency And Accountability In Evangelical Churches<\/em><\/b><\/h4>\n

We live in a secular, skeptical, and cynical age.<\/b> Americans have lost faith in its institutions \u2013 including the church. Although the vast majority of Christian leaders serve faithfully, examples of financial fraud, greed, sexual and emotional abuse, and other systemic problems are almost everyday occurrences. And a watching world has a right to ask even those who are faithful ministers of the Gospel: \u201cIf you knew this was happening, why didn\u2019t you say something?\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether or not honest and above-board Christian leadership like it,<\/b> in the eyes of the world, our silence makes us complicit.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why this book is so vital. Faith-Based Fraud<\/em><\/b> is a clear-eyed look at fraud in the church \u2013 from Jim and Tammy Bakker\u2019s PTL Network to Mark Driscoll, Todd Bentley, David Jeremiah, and Bill Hybels. It is an answer to those who say that the silence of Christian leadership is approval. And although this book is sometimes tough on the church and its leaders, its purpose is not to tear down the evangelical church, but to restore it to its rightful place of influence in the culture and in the lives of people who desperately need its message of grace and truth.<\/p>\n

Warren Cole Smith<\/b> is the President of MinistryWatch, which is dedicated to bringing transparency, accountability, and restored credibility to the Christian ministry world. He has served as vice president of The Colson Center for Christian Worldview and as vice president and associate publisher at WORLD Magazine. He hosts the long-running podcast \u201cListening In\u201d and he is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including A Lover\u2019s Quarrel With The Evangelical Church, Prodigal Press<\/em> (with Marvin Olasky), and Restoring All Things<\/em> (with John Stonestreet)<\/p>\n

Paperback, 302 pages.\u00a0 REGULAR PRICE $14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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