An Atlanta-based accountant said he twice conducted certified audits for Greater Salem City of God but declined to do a third year after the church failed to adopt financial controls recommended in the first two audits.
Robert Howze, who owns Legacy Consultants Inc., said he identified several areas in the church’s finances where compensation was not being included in the taxable incomes for pastors Anthony and Harriet Jinwright.
Howze said his audits in 2003 and 2004 also found that church resources were being spent in ways that did not benefit the Greater Salem ministry and that the church had a checking account that was being used for “non-ministry expenses.” His testimony did not reveal how that account was used.
