He did the right thing,” Mankarious said. “What we are doing is passing a gift on because he is the rightful holder of that gift, and he’s a good Samaritan. We are appreciative of the plumber, and we hope he pays the gift forward,” the church said in a statement on Tuesday. “In 2016, Lakewood Church made a $20,000 charitable donation to Crime Stoppers of Houston to help solve this case and support them for all they do for the community. It does not store any personal data.The stolen money was insured, and a Lakewood Church spokeswoman said this week that the church has resolved the matter with its insurance company.Ĭrime Stoppers of Houston CEO Rania Mankarious told CNN the organization does not give rewards for finding stolen property but the group’s executive committee unanimously agreed Justin should have the reward money earmarked for the Lakewood case. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other.
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Local news outlets have pointed out that $600,000 was stolen from a safe at Lakewood Church in 2014 and speculated the two events might be related. The caller said he turned in the envelopes to the church’s maintenance supervisor and did not know how much money they contained, according to Houston NBC station KPRC 2. RELATED: For some churches, paying back PPP loans is better than forgiveness 10, when, he said, “I moved some insulation away, and about 500 envelopes fell out of the wall.” One call-in guest told the hosts he’d been working on the plumbing at the church on Nov.
PLUMBER JOEL OSTEEN CHURCH FULL
2), claimed he found hundreds of envelopes full of cash and checks in a wall while fixing a loose toilet last month at Osteen’s Lakewood Church in the city.ĭuring a morning show segment on radio station 100.3 The Bull, hosts were asking listeners if they’d ever found something of value. (RNS) - Did a plumber just discover a new clue in a seven-year-old burglary case at Joel Osteen’s megachurch?Ī caller on a Houston-area radio show Thursday (Dec.
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