Christian School Chain Accused Of Bilking Vets Of $7M

The Christian Post reports:

A nonprofit organization called the House of Prayer, a chain of schools that students branded as a cult, has been accused of recruiting veterans and active service members and then bilking them out of more than $7 million in GI Bill benefits and disability checks to pay for Bible classes that were not accredited.

On June 23, the FBI raided at least six House of Prayer locations, including in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Georgia, Washington state, Texas and California. The organization is led by the elusive veteran Rony Denis and has 11 churches near U.S. military installations.

House of Prayer allegedly used high-pressure tactics to recruit vulnerable veterans or active duty service members and exploited them for their government entitlements through programs such as the GI Bill, Military.com reported. In the meantime, Denis also reportedly enriched himself by building an untold real estate empire worth millions.

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As I reported last month, that FBI raid came after the organization was accused of using underage girls to lure in military members.

“Its churches, which are primarily located near military bases throughout the country, have been accused by former members and a veterans’ advocacy group of operating like a cult and targeting soldiers.”https://t.co/gJFfuWWJI4

— FFRF (@FFRF) June 24, 2022

A veterans advocacy organization says House of Prayer Christian Church as a whole has defrauded veterans out of at least $7 million over the last two years.https://t.co/ftIS0WhjP0

— Stars and Stripes (@starsandstripes) July 5, 2022