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A laminated certificate hangs in a church foyer while the lot outside lies untouched - how do you fall from that high?

The laminated progress certificate hung before his fall from trust

In this episode, we follow the unfolding of a long-running church building fund and the documents, people, and small decisions that kept it moving for eleven years. What does it take for a trusted treasurer’s paperwork and annual assurances to mask a fund that never produced a foundation?

Person: Richard Stewart
Person: Pastor Dennis Okafor
Person: Gloria Quinn
Person: Date: eleven years of donations
Event: Year Ten Progress Certificate laminated and displayed

- A pledge campaign called the Cornerstone Fund launched with a thirty-six month projected groundbreaking and Stewart as sole signatory on the account.
- Annual January letters reported balances between $190,000 and $240,000 and cited technical delays each year to justify postponements.
- Thirty-eight donors gave $614,000 over eleven years while the advertised lot showed no excavation, with clay soil and no shovel marks.
- Gloria Quinn kept every pledge certificate, annual letter, and receipt in a manila folder that later became key documentary evidence.
- Forensic auditor Gail Pruitt subpoenaed records, photographed the laminated “progress” certificate, and compared it to an undisturbed lot and GPS records from a septic technician.

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