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Maryland Christian Academy Scheduled for Auction
posted 09/10/09
11:37 pm
The Progressive Christian Academy and adjoining Baptist church in Temple Hills are in foreclosure and scheduled to go to auction later this month. While the pastor vows to save it, court documents show the federal government filed two tax liens against him totaling more than half-a-million dollars.
There's no sign of the financial troubles outside the Progressive Christian Academy Thursday. The only sign reads, "Enroll Today," but an auctioneer's Web site and ads in local newspapers say the school and church are up for sale on Sept. 22.
"I never heard they had a tax lien and they had money problems and everything like that. I never heard anything [like] that," said Mitchell Matthews, a parent.
Matthews' son started at the church's preschool this year. "Yeah I'm very concerned about that especially -- they didn't tell us that," he said.
Pastor Don Massey started the small school 10 years ago. "We're looking at all possible avenues and scenarios," he said.
Massey says he'll continue offering that type of education at the school, saying he's working with the bank. "We're refinancing, re-modifying our loan just like anyone else and you know we're here; we're open and we're going to keep on serving the families in our community."
But some parents say they want to hear more specifics about the school's financial situation and what happens if the school goes on the auction block.
"I want to hear about that from them," said Matthews. "I really would like to hear about it from them. [As a] matter of fact, tomorrow when I come here I'm definitely going to inquire about it."
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posted by: dawillia on 12:05 am on 09/15/09
The next day "WOW", we found out that the Progressive Christian Academy is up for auction/foreclosure set to take place on 9/22/2009. Keep in mind, we found this out by the Washington Post and Channe 7 news.
The Pastor sent a letter home to the parents stating that he would address the concerns regarding the property and being in Foreclosure on 9/17/2009 which at that time, was a week away (currently 3 days away and counting). In the letter he goes on to express how times are hard and that the economy is bad and that he is currently in negotiations with the bank.
After being frustrated and disgusted, I went to the internet to try and research a little more and found that the Pastor has not made a payment towards the mortgage loan on this property since May 2008, which is almost a year and half ago.
That is a year in and half worth of funding that could have gone towards the debt currently due. What is he doing with the money? I also found that he is on the Board of Directors with an corporation named CBG (Collective Banking Group inc.). This is a group that was initiated to assist the churches and communities with home loans, funding etc... Could it be the Pastor was using the Tuition funding received from Progressive Christian Academy to fund this group instead of paying back taxes?
If this group is supposedly assisting the community, why aren't they assisting one of the Board of Directors (Pastor Don Dejuan Massey) with his financial troubles? Could this be the source he is stating he is in negotiation with? I'm not sure. I will say that I think anyone and everyone (Washington Post, Fox News, ABC, etc..) should be present at this meeting on 9/17/2009 at 7:00 pm to hear what his response is going to be towards all of this.
The Pastor sent a letter home to the parents stating that he would address the concerns regarding the property and being in Foreclosure on 9/17/2009 which at that time, was a week away (currently 3 days away and counting). In the letter he goes on to express how times are hard and that the economy is bad and that he is currently in negotiations with the bank.
After being frustrated and disgusted, I went to the internet to try and research a little more and found that the Pastor has not made a payment towards the mortgage loan on this property since May 2008, which is almost a year and half ago.
That is a year in and half worth of funding that could have gone towards the debt currently due. What is he doing with the money? I also found that he is on the Board of Directors with an corporation named CBG (Collective Banking Group inc.). This is a group that was initiated to assist the churches and communities with home loans, funding etc... Could it be the Pastor was using the Tuition funding received from Progressive Christian Academy to fund this group instead of paying back taxes?
If this group is supposedly assisting the community, why aren't they assisting one of the Board of Directors (Pastor Don Dejuan Massey) with his financial troubles? Could this be the source he is stating he is in negotiation with? I'm not sure. I will say that I think anyone and everyone (Washington Post, Fox News, ABC, etc..) should be present at this meeting on 9/17/2009 at 7:00 pm to hear what his response is going to be towards all of this.
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