{"id":6999,"date":"2004-11-14T18:47:22","date_gmt":"2004-11-15T01:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/11\/14\/method-to-our-madness.html"},"modified":"2004-11-14T18:47:22","modified_gmt":"2004-11-15T01:47:22","slug":"method_to_our_m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/11\/14\/method_to_our_m.html","title":{"rendered":"Method to our madness"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s more than one reason<\/a> why our rector search at the church is taking so long — and should:<\/p>\n

After its last pastor allegedly bilked them out of $10,000, leaders of Rejoice Ministries church thought they were being extra careful when they hired James Poole.<\/p>\n

Still reeling from the theft, they asked Poole to come to the church and preach in an act of caution to ensure Poole was legitimate before hiring him.<\/p>\n

“He did a good service,” church secretary Mary Steffens told The West Central Tribune of Willmar for a story in Saturday’s paper. “I will give him credit for that.” <\/p>\n

Poole was hired in August, but less than a month later, he allegedly skipped town without repaying $3,344 he “borrowed” from the church for rent, trips, even a new bathtub, Steffens said.<\/p>\n

Church officials later learned that Poole \u2014 whose real name authorities believe is Jerry Andrews \u2014 had served jail time for writing bad checks and credit card theft.<\/p>\n

Sometimes a slow process can be a good <\/em>thing …<\/p>\n

(Posted by CronDave<\/a>)<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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