Do You Know Where Your Tithes Are Going???

Well in Compton, CA they go directly in the pocket of the good Reverend E. Joshua Sims to the tune of $800,000. Yup that's how much they estimate he embezzled between 2000 - 2008. Of course he had the requisite Benz and a hip happening pool in his home. Gettin ganked in the house of the Lord is sooooo wack. That's why I'm old school and still keep my ends shoved under my titty meat..... fug that!

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COMPTON -- A local Baptist minister pleaded not guilty Thursday to embezzling more than $800,000 from his church. The Rev. E. Joshua Sims, of the Double Rock Baptist Church in Compton, is charged with felony grand theft embezzlement, money laundering and dissuading a witness. If convicted on all the charges, he faces up to seven years in prison.

Sims' bail was reduced from $1.2 million to $250,000, according to the District Attorney's office, but he was ordered to stay away from the church and its members. Sims was taken into custody Wednesday morning at his home in Corona following a months-long investigation.

Sims is suspected of diverting church funds into a personal account between 2000 and 2008, said Jane Robison, spokeswoman for the L.A. County district attorney's office. Investigators believe Sims used the money to buy a Mercedes-Benz and build an indoor pool at his home in Riverside County. When church members began questioning his finances, Sims allegedly threatened them during his sermons, she said.

The Compton Bulletin reported last year that Sims stunned members of his congregation when he revealed at a meeting in September that he took thousands of dollars a month in "household allowances" without first obtaining the approval of the church's board.