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Marcus Ellery

Senior Investigative Editor

Marcus Ellery has spent eleven years reporting on nonprofit finance and religious institutions. He came to The Crozier Report after a decade covering charity fraud, and he keeps the filings.

3 stories by Marcus Ellery

Investigations

Inside the Collapse of Cornerstone Global Ministries Subscriber only

For six years Cornerstone told donors their gifts were building wells and training pastors overseas. The return it filed with the IRS tells a different story.

Staff report|Aug 31, 2026|14 min

Investigations

The Jet and the Widow's Mite Metered article

The appeal ran for eleven months and named the countries the plane would serve. Two years of flight logs name different ones.

Staff report|Aug 29, 2026|10 min

Investigations

A Church Plant and a Shell Company Metered article

The registration is a public record. What it shows is that the congregation does not own its own campus.

Staff report|Aug 16, 2026|8 min