Just when the church had enough money to break ground on a new worship center in September, $793,000 was stolen from them in November.
ELKIN, N.C. — A North Carolina church was robbed of nearly $800,000.
Elkin Valley Baptist Church officials were saving up for a new worship center.
Just when they had enough funds,10+ years of savings went down the drain.
The church finally had enough to break ground in September but fell victim to a cybercrime in November, resulting in more than $793,000 being stolen.
“There is some deep hurt because this is very personal. Many of us have sacrificed for a number of years contributing towards this particular fund for a particular purpose,” Stephen Robbins, Associate Pastor of Discipleship and Missions at Elkin Valley Baptist expressed.
Church officials went back and forth over regular routine payments in person and through video calls with the construction company.
“Our finical secretary who had been instructed to pay the bill as it was received, followed the instructions that had appeared to come directly from the construction company and so we almost immediately received confirmation that payment was received, and we just went on about our…
