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A 120-year-old Illinois church could be forced to shutter and sell off their assets if they fail to raise $300,000 in the next month to pay off a $487,000 federal court judgement against them to recover “long gone” donations a businessman convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, poured into their coffers over 10 years.
After serving the Joliet community through its ministry for more than a century, Messiah Lutheran Church is facing its very own judgment day.
A 120-year-old Illinois church could be forced to shutter and sell off their assets if they fail to raise $300,000 in the next month to pay off a $487,000 federal court judgement against them to recover “long gone” donations a businessman convicted of running a Ponzi scheme, poured into their coffers over 10 years.