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Church Report Publisher Jason Christy Leaves Trail of Fraud, Associates Say
Amid lawsuits, bankruptcy, convictions, and media attention, some wonder: Do his ventures even really exist?




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Cranford recently won a court settlement against Christy.

Nonetheless, Christy told ABP July 30 that charges The Church Report has not been printed regularly are false. He did not offer proof.

Christy has other ventures besides the website and magazine. He founded a political action committee in 2006 called Impact America and CR Connections, a Christian online dating service. His website lists him as the "founding publisher of various publications including Church Business, Modern Car Care, PetroMart Business, Marina Business Today, and Church Executive."

At least some of those businesses are bogus, McCullough and others say.

"All Jason Christy is doing is scamming Christian leaders to get them to buy advertisements in his fake Church Report magazine, just like Christy's fake PAC called Impact America, and his fake news service, and his fake dating service that has one member, a Star Trek geek no less," McCullough said.

Apparently, Christy is getting accustomed to the mounting accusations. He said he is well aware that some people have said bad things about him, but he maintains the charges are untrue.

"I'm appalled that you're writing this," Christy told ABP. "I'm appalled that this continues to go on."

"I'm not going anywhere," he concluded. "I'm not going anywhere."

Greg Warner of ABP contributed to this story.

Related Elsewhere:

Christy responded to this article on his blog.

CNN has transcripts of Christy's appearances on the network.

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Michelle   Posted: August 12, 2007 4:04 PM
I cannot believe how many lies and cons this man has spread to rip innocent people off for money! I hope every single court jusgement against him is carried out, and that he pays all his victims back. He should serve jail time for these scams as well as paying restitution. Everybody out there, please be very careful. Protect yourselves so you won't get gypped as well. Don't forget, even though he refuses to tell the truth to us, there is no way he can escape from or fool God.

Les   Posted: August 12, 2007 12:03 AM
Yeah! I would like to hear the comments of Jason's pastor as to how frequently he sees his mullet at his place of worship. Has anyone contacted him? Oh - that's right! He doesn't believe in going to church. I know a few of Mr. Christy's victims and heard the stories of him scamming money from them. I've heard conversations they have taped with Jason threatening them. How does he still walk the streets?? Jason has been known to throw himself around to make it look like he's been beaten up. As a person mentioned on here, yup "playing the victim". Give me a break! Get this con artist off the street! Is there going to be any follow up to the article written? Has his partner been contacted? Thanks to Ms. Elliott for bringing this to light.

SL   Posted: August 05, 2007 6:55 PM
After further research, did anyone bother to seek comment from his partner? http://www.christymedia.net/about2.asp http://www.christymedia.net/ http://www.azcc.gov/

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