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Welcome to Global Prayer House Missions Base. We are a ministry of Youth With A Mission providing worship, prayer, teaching & training in intercession, healing, prophesying, fasting, evangelizing, equipping & calling forth transformation all across the world for the return of the Lord Jesus.
As a community at the Global Prayer House we are cultivating intimacy with God through adoring worship & contending for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to revive the Church into God's highest expression of life in His Son, while labouring in prayer to usher in the greatest harvest.
As a community at the Global Prayer House we are cultivating intimacy with God through adoring worship & contending for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit to revive the Church into God's highest expression of life in His Son, while labouring in prayer to usher in the greatest harvest.
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Contact: Richard Stock, YWAM (Medicine Hat) Board President, richards@globalprayerhouse.com
It is with great concern and grave sadness that the charitable organization Youth With A Mission Society in Medicine Hat (the “charity”) advises its congregation and the community that it has filed at The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, a lawsuit that claims the charity board’s former vice-president Antonio Baldovinos and spouse Christelle (the “Baldovinoses”) embezzled or misappropriated approximately $1,170,593.00 from the charity’s local bank accounts between June 14, 2012, and October 18, 2018 (the “Statement of Claim”).
The Statement of Claim alleges that the Baldovinoses used their positions of trust to secure protracted access to charitable monies through cheques, money orders, bank drafts, debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals, while concealing their activities through a complex scheme of false invoices and expense reports that prevented exposure. During that period, the Baldovinoses also received legitimate donations through YWAM’s offices in Vancouver and Kansas City.
The Statement of Claim alleges that the Baldovinoses so depleted the charity’s local bank accounts that in the fall of 2018 cheques began returning for insufficient funds. Those disruptions embroiled the charity’s remaining leadership in an intensive process that required time, money and total confidentiality to investigate whether fraud had indeed been committed.
Earlier this year, the charity hired a litigation firm in Edmonton after the Baldovinoses breached a repayment agreement. That led to the retention of leading national accounting firm MNP which in late October finalized a forensic audit that revealed even greater embezzlement and concluded that funds were not used for the benefit of the charity.
The Statement of Claim filed on November 4, 2019, demands nearly 2 million dollars in general, special and punitive damages. The Baldovinoses have yet to defend the action: the charity has agreed to a reasonable extension of time provided they remain in Alberta.
Inquiries regarding this matter can be directed to Richard Stock, President of YWAM (Medicine Hat) Board of Directors at richards@globalprayerhouse.com
Tax deductible donations to the charity’s legal fund can be made at: www.gphgive.com
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Youth with a Mission (“YWAM”) is a Christian missionary and outreach group that was founded in 1960 by American missionaries Loren and Darlene Cunningham. YWAM's purpose is “to know God and to make Him known". YWAM’s initial focus was to get youth involved in missions however today, while maintaining its original ethos, the group has decentralized thus expanding its work to over 180 countries. YWAM has over 15,000 full-time volunteers and trains annually upwards of 25,000 short-term mission volunteers. YWAM prides itself on providing outreach services in rural communities like Medicine Hat, which operate independently while supporting the charitable purposes of YWAM international.
It is with great concern and grave sadness that the charitable organization Youth With A Mission Society in Medicine Hat (the “charity”) advises its congregation and the community that it has filed at The Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta, a lawsuit that claims the charity board’s former vice-president Antonio Baldovinos and spouse Christelle (the “Baldovinoses”) embezzled or misappropriated approximately $1,170,593.00 from the charity’s local bank accounts between June 14, 2012, and October 18, 2018 (the “Statement of Claim”).
The Statement of Claim alleges that the Baldovinoses used their positions of trust to secure protracted access to charitable monies through cheques, money orders, bank drafts, debit card transactions and ATM withdrawals, while concealing their activities through a complex scheme of false invoices and expense reports that prevented exposure. During that period, the Baldovinoses also received legitimate donations through YWAM’s offices in Vancouver and Kansas City.
The Statement of Claim alleges that the Baldovinoses so depleted the charity’s local bank accounts that in the fall of 2018 cheques began returning for insufficient funds. Those disruptions embroiled the charity’s remaining leadership in an intensive process that required time, money and total confidentiality to investigate whether fraud had indeed been committed.
Earlier this year, the charity hired a litigation firm in Edmonton after the Baldovinoses breached a repayment agreement. That led to the retention of leading national accounting firm MNP which in late October finalized a forensic audit that revealed even greater embezzlement and concluded that funds were not used for the benefit of the charity.
The Statement of Claim filed on November 4, 2019, demands nearly 2 million dollars in general, special and punitive damages. The Baldovinoses have yet to defend the action: the charity has agreed to a reasonable extension of time provided they remain in Alberta.
Inquiries regarding this matter can be directed to Richard Stock, President of YWAM (Medicine Hat) Board of Directors at richards@globalprayerhouse.com
Tax deductible donations to the charity’s legal fund can be made at: www.gphgive.com
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Youth with a Mission (“YWAM”) is a Christian missionary and outreach group that was founded in 1960 by American missionaries Loren and Darlene Cunningham. YWAM's purpose is “to know God and to make Him known". YWAM’s initial focus was to get youth involved in missions however today, while maintaining its original ethos, the group has decentralized thus expanding its work to over 180 countries. YWAM has over 15,000 full-time volunteers and trains annually upwards of 25,000 short-term mission volunteers. YWAM prides itself on providing outreach services in rural communities like Medicine Hat, which operate independently while supporting the charitable purposes of YWAM international.
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