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Rising evangelical star Jason Christy leaves trail of fraud, associates say
Posted: 8/01/07
Rising evangelical star Jason Christy
leaves trail of fraud, associates sayBy Hannah Elliott
Associated Baptist Press
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (ABP)—When young, charismatic Christian publisher Jason Christy was tapped two years ago to lead the powerful Christian Coalition, the group’s leaders praised him for his ability “to inspire and encourage people of faith to action.” But Christy’s business dealings—both before and after his one-month affiliation with the Coalition—instead have inspired former customers and co-workers to file lawsuits charging Christy with defrauding their Christian businesses.
Christy, 36, who apparently had no previous public-policy experience, persuaded the Christian Coalition in 2005 to place him in one of the most visible and powerful positions in evangelical life. But before the coalition’s leaders officially turned over the reins of their 1.2 million-member national lobbying group, they learned of a trail of legal and financial problems that has followed Christy from coast to coast.
Jason Christy with Paul Crouch Jr., vice president of administration for Trinity Broadcasting Network, who has called him “the right man at the right time for Christian grass-roots activism.” Others accuse him of defrauding Christian businesses. Photos of Christy with other evangelical, media and political celebrities are on The Church Report's website here. 08/01/2007 - By John Rutledge
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Texas teens minister, from Waco to Windhoek
Posted: 7/27/07
Waco students Maggie Blair (third from left), Aeriel Butler (front center) and Kirsten Verett (back row, second from right) make new friends after performing music, skits and testimonies at a school assembly in Windhoek, Namibia. (Photos by Paul Carr) Texas teens minister, from Waco to Windhoek
By Paul Carr
Special to the Baptist Standard
WINDHOEK, Namibia—Thirteen Waco teenagers paused as they entered a walled compound in Nambia, scanning the teeming chaos that turned a patch of dirt and concrete into a playground. Within just a moment or two, children spied the strangers and swarmed them, latching onto their legs and stretching out their arms to be picked up.
Some of the teens knelt in the dirt, hugging two or three at a time, while others scooped up love-starved children giving them rides on their shoulders.
07/30/2007 - By John Rutledge
