We want to make you aware of a growing trend in which individuals impersonate pastors or church leaders through text or email, often requesting gift cards or urgent financial help.
Please know this clearly:
Tabernacle Baptist Church and the Child Care Center Ministry will never request gift cards, money, or financial assistance through text message or personal email.
From time to time, we do invite financial support for the life and ministry of the church. When we do, those invitations will always come through recognized and consistent channels, such as:
- Official church email communications
- Our website
- Sunday worship or printed materials
These invitations will never be urgent, secretive, or pressure-driven.
If you ever receive a message that feels unusual, unexpected, or urgent, we encourage you to pause rather than respond. Scams rely on urgency. Taking a moment to step back is often the best first step.
If needed, you can always verify a request by reaching out through a known church contact method (not by replying to the message itself).
Thank you for helping us care well for one another by staying aware and informed.
