VIA QCITYMETRO.COM Bishop Anthony Jinwright told jurors Tuesday that everything he owns – house, cars, even his funeral home business – has been put up for sale. “I pledge to certainly pay all the taxes that we owe,” he said during the first day of defense testimony in his trial on federal charges of fraud, […]

VIA QCITYMETRO 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 […]

VIA QCITYMETRO A former finance administrator who was hired to manage the books at Greater Salem City of God said the church’s finances were “a mess” when he arrived in 2004. Nelson Adesegha said he tried to bring expenses in line with income – he cancelled church-issued credit cards for pastors Anthony and Harriet Jinwright […]