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Pastor sentenced to 35 years for stealing churches

. Foster purchased one church for $10
. Foster was previously convicted of identity theft and arson
. The jury heard evidence of seven similar EDT


(NewsNation) — A Texas pastor has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after a jury convicted him of stealing three churches valued at more than $800,000.

Whitney Foster, 56, the pastor at the True Foundation nondenominational church in Dallas, was sentenced after he was convicted of theft of property involving three local churches, Dallas County prosecutors announced.

Foster was the pastor of a small congregation that did not have a physical place to meet. Foster was accused of stealing real estate from three local churches after prosecutors said he filed fraudulent property deeds, listing a fake pastor or other church officials of the congregations from which he was found guilty of stealing property, officials said.

On the deed documents, he listed his church as the grantee in his own name. The value of the three properties totaled more than $800,000, prosecutors said.

The First Christian Church in Lancaster, Texas, Canada Drive Christian Church and Church at Ninevah were listed as the three churches that had property stolen, prosecutors said. Two of the three churches are still listed in Foster’s name.

Prosecutors said that Foster’s congregation was still meeting at one of the properties and that the third property remains embroiled in legal complications because of the pastor’s actions.

“Stealing real estate is an incredibly serious and damaging crime,” John Creuzot, Dallas County criminal district attorney, said in a statement Monday. “It’s worse than the theft of someone’s vehicle or other possessions. When someone steals property, we must hold them able because they are hurting people.”

The jury was presented evidence of seven additional fraudulent acts in addition to the three of which Foster was convicted. Foster was previously convicted of identity theft and arson, prosecutors announced.

“Property ownership is a bedrock of our society – it provides security, a home, a place to love and welcome each other,” Dallas County prosecutor Phillip Clark said. “It also represents a very active part of our economy, both in of buying, selling, and renting property, as well as property taxes that everything our government does for the citizens of Dallas County.”

In 2021, the pastor of the Lancaster, Texas, church learned that the congregation no longer owned the building after it was deeded to another person for $10, a Dallas television station reported.

The property, valued at $700,000 at the time, was signed over to someone else after someone claiming to be the chairman of the church deeded the building over to a non-church member for $10.

At the time, Foster told the television station that he believed the church building to be vacant.

“You can acquire a property for $10 with nonprofits,” Foster told the local news station. “The church is community property. … It wasn’t Whitney buying it. Our church was getting it. I was fixing to open up a church there.”

Clark said that the area has seen an uptick in deed fraud cases in the country in recent years.

“Deed fraud cases are not simply disputes; they are lies and fraud – they are theft – and they are deeply damaging. I’m so grateful that the jury saw the truth in this case and held the defendant to .”

https://www.wfla.com/news/national/pastor-sentenced-to-35-years-for-stealing-churches/

He looks like a short thief😂

Maybe God wants him to start a ministry in the prison

All these New Generation churches actually are more of a nuisance to the society than a solution.

ok

Ole church

This is what he says for every successful stealing when ever he climbs the pulpit. "The lord is Good"
CONGREGATION-- "All the time"

Mtchewww

Oledepo the “Yes Daddy” pastor on a religious war is walking free in Nigeria

Yahoo Boy pastor!

By the way I thought "Whitney" is a female name

This one just use dat title. Na thief this one be.

K

How are people gullible enough to believe that God called these people

Hmmmm


Mr preacher

Augustine2244:
All these New Generation churches actually are more of a nuisance to the society than a solution.

There is nothing like new generation churches. Is like say, new generation businesses. You do your own, another person do him own.

Wonders
When you think you've seen it all

Omo if there's a God he will be really disappointed in what churches have turned to today

Na business holdings LLC now 😂😂

Make I no even talk about RCCG the politics wey full that church no be here

Adeboye, Oyedepo and other Nigerian pastors. Hope you are seeing this

Wahala.. na pastor matter we dey today?

MMM Money must be made

Man no be God, thieves and criminals in disguise

He should go and continue the ministry for prison

Tajbol4splend:
How are people gullible enough to believe that God called these people

If you are gullible enough to believe that some shit called god exists, then you are definitely gullible enough to be bamboozled by these clowns.

2 things I know Nairaland MODs don't like.

1] igbos
2] Christians

No matter what an Imam does, MODs dare not push it to FP.

35 years? E go don finish before then na... Kuku call am life imprisonment

Lovers of good stories, I saw something you will like...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwqa4Kqp0A

Omoawoke:
Adeboye, Oyedepo and other Nigerian pastors. Hope you are seeing this

Oro radarada

Uhmmm

Dis one una de attack pastors dis morning....hope all is well

Pastor again after EBIYIAM
GID HAVE MERCY

If you fear women that's ok ..

But do well to also fear your pastors for well being.