Context: Church of God Romanian Territory Office Bishop Tony Lane and Pastor Moise Gaode (Board Member of RTO) visit Maranatha Romanian Church of God in Nampa, Idaho and dissolve current leadership for proven findings of fraudulent activity. Church leaders removed as a result, include:
Ioan (Ionuc) Retegan – Pastor
Beniamin Iordanescu – Assistant Pastor
Viorel Botos – Treasurer
Dorel Antimie – Deacon
Sorin Pica – Secretary
…among other board members not listed.
In the video/audio included, board members can be heard flagrantly denying the allegations made, after which a complete turn of events occurs. The board members can then be heard defending their actions, no longer claiming they did not commit them, but instead claiming they were not illegal, nor immoral in committing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fraud against the Church of God organization.
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Situational context:
The Maranatha Romanian Church of God’s leadership, including, but not limited to:
– Pastor Ioan: (Ionuc) Retegan
– Assistant Pastor Beni Iordanescu
– Treasurer: Viorel Botos
– Board Member: Petru Sandor
– Deacon: Dorel Antimie
– Secretary: Sorin Pica
participated in a collective scheme to DEFRAUD the Church of God International organization under which they were serving.
Maranatha Church of God owned a parcel of approximately five acres of land at the time, that was previously purchased under the former leadership, utilizing a loan from Church of God International. Church of God had assisted them in getting this parcel of land zoned commercially in order for them to be able to utilize it to construct a new church building. No ground was ever moved, and the zoning permits eventually expired after 10 years.
Several years later, in an effort to break away from under the leadership of Church of God International, while maximizing their profits, the new leadership (Ionuc Retegan and his administration) devised a scheme to defraud the Church of God International organization.
The individuals aforementioned had previously visited the government of the state of Idaho and opened a new church entity on December 16, 2015 (as documented in the organization’s Articles of Incorporation), under the name of Bethel Romanian Church. They listed the main address of the new entity as the home address of their deacon, Dorel Antimie. They also began depositing the tithe money accumulated within the Maranatha Romanian Church of God building into the Bethel Romanian Church bank fund (which they also subsequently opened).
Several years later, after funds had accumulated in the Bethel Romanian Church fund, Ioan (Ionuc) Retegan and his peers reached out to Church of God to request permission to sell the property that Maranatha Church of God owned. Church of God approved this endeavor, unaware of their true intentions.
After listing the parcel of land previously purchased by Maranatha Church of God (the entity they represented, which operates and is owned by the Church of God International umbrella) on the market, they sold the parcel to Bethel Romanian Church (themselves) on March 19, 2018. To achieve this, they listed other members of the congregation as the sellers (trustees) on the deed to the land: Marius Mateut, Daniel Stanciu, and Mihai Bistriceanu so as to not attract suspicion from Church of God International.
Bethel Romanian Church then had Viorel Botos, the treasurer of Maranatha Romanian Church of God, file a rezoning request in November 2018, with the state for the parcel of land that had been “purchased” from Maranatha Church of God, with its own tithing money that had been deposited into Bethel Romanian Church over the years.
Their intention was to rezone the property as residential, sell it as several parcels of land, and utilize the monetary value accumulated to break away from Church of God International, with the purpose of opening an independent location under Bethel Romanian Church (while defrauding Church of God International to achieve all of this).
They succeeded in their endeavors until Andy Dimbi reported the incriminating evidence to the Romanian Territory Office of Church of God in December 2018. Bishop Tony Lane was also contacted by the title company who noticed the same individuals were selling the parcel of land to themselves. Andy Dimbi’s email was the “cherry-on-top” of all of the information they had already been given.
Bishop Tony Lane and RTO Board Member Moise Gaode then paid a visit to Maranatha Church of God to confront and dissolve the leadership and church board for their actions. Ioan (Ionuc) Retegan and his cohorts flagrantly denied any wrongdoing, and stated they were not guilty of the actions they were being accused of. When confronted with the evidence, they changed their tune, beginning to assert that though they committed the actions they were accused of, they did not break the law, and were therefore justified.
The now former leadership brainwashed the congregation into believing the Teodorescu family (Ovidiu & Mihaela Teodorescu) had worked behind the scenes to report them for their actions that were “justified” (in their eyes) for the Teodorescu family’s personal gain. This began a campaign of hatred, false allegations, misinformation, and slander against the Teodorescu family within the local community, including Ovidiu and Mihaela Teodorescu and all of their children.
Eventually, these rumors and the slander that was being brought upon the Teodorescu family name broke state boundaries. The false narrative has been carried far and wide, with many believing it to be reality.
All of the proof regarding the events that transpired, as well as the truth behind what actually took place can be found on this page. This includes but is not limited to all of the official documentation from the state, with exact dates as to when everything took place, proving this chain of events took place.
It is high time, that once and for all, the truth be brought into the light.
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