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Tiny little churches and community centers in Shreveport

Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:20 am
Posted by Strannix
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:20 am
I many parts of Shreveport, particulary everything inside the loop, there are countless small churches and community centers. There are half a dozen on the 2 mile stretch of Jewella north of I-20 to Cross Lake. Most of them are converted houses around 1200 square feet or small office fronts in older strip complexes.

I have always thought they were all some sort of graft, we need to look into all of these.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 7:21 am
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:28 am to
Do they offer day care services?
Posted by TechBullDawg
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:29 am to
I can't look at anything now and not think fraud.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
East Texas Lake
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:37 am to
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I can't look at anything now and not think fraud.


Well churches would have to get federal money through a mandated program.

So there would have to be daycare or a food pantry or whatever the hell else an imagination could come up with to get authorized federal bucks.
This would be different than what the Somalis are doing. Somalis just hang out a shingle and fraud.
Posted by Nosevens
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 7:44 am to
With out even seeing them before they are grifting. Tax incentives most likely the commonality of them, receiving funding being a close second.
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:18 am to
Churches have always been an easy way to grift, Not all but many, when I see the Bishop/Rev/Pastor driving a new bmw/merc/caddy it’s a grift.
Insert; after school/meal program and they are grifting.
Posted by Zach
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 8:26 am to
Is that the area where the city built a library in a neighborhood where nobody can read?
Posted by JPLSU1981
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:36 am to
Probably one of the biggest reasons I’m conservative is because it shouldn’t come as a surprise or shock to anyone when people spend other people’s money irresponsibly. It’s human nature when it’s not your hard-earned money.

Small government is the way to mitigate this.
This post was edited on 1/1/26 at 9:37 am
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:38 am to
Do they have signs advertising “Graft”, see proprietor within…” ?
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:38 am to
Go for it, dont wait for others to do your work.
Posted by SaintsTiger
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:39 am to
It’s like my Aunt Martha told me not long before she died:

“SaintsTigers, everything is crooked”
Posted by White Bear
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:39 am to
Owned by the untouchables, baw.
Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 9:40 am to
Same for me when I look at the White House…
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:09 am to
quote:

Churches have always been an easy way to grift, Not all but many, when I see the Bishop/Rev/Pastor driving a new bmw/merc/caddy it’s a grift.
Insert; after school/meal program and they are grifting.
Small churches generally don’t have the funds for pastors to indulge themselves. You need a mega church-size to get away with that.

Most small congregations can barely afford to pay a pastor a full-time wage. Having a pastor with a second vocation is not uncommon.
Posted by roadGator
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:10 am to
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Do they have signs advertising “Graft”


Idiot
Posted by shinerfan
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 10:13 am to
quote:

Same for me when I look at the White House…



Yeah, Joe and Hunter did leave a lingering smell.
Posted by BobABooey
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Posted on 1/1/26 at 11:43 am to
Do some basic investigation of your own. I used the maps app to pick one smallish church on the stretch of Jewella you mentioned. It’s a registered church but it’s also an incorporated Bible college and seminary.

I can see how churches would flourish there because of the huge apartment complex at the end of Jewella and residences in the neighborhood. It would be easy enough to look into the finances of the seminary Corp, who is on the faculty, who gets paid what, what support the government provides including student loans, etc. The assumption is the church and seminary are above board and an asset to the community unless you can prove otherwise.
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