mega financial accountability

A high-ranking Senator is investigating some finances of mega-churches. He's a 5th term Senator whose seat expires in 2010, so one might think this is "relatively" un-politically motivated. I think it's interesting that a Senator is doing this. It needs to come from somewhere. People are interested. This was the "most emailed story" on NPR this afternoon when I read it, so people are obviously paying attention to this:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16860611

We as a body of believers have enough things to fight against outside the body -- that being satan and the fallen world. Mega church pastors that abuse finances and take Truth and twist it, not that those two always happen together, but I would guess more often than not...can do a lot more harm than good to the kingdom.

If I were searching for something to fill me and I was materialistic, and I saw this pastor guy with a Bentley and a multi-million dollar home...I'd want that. Forget Jesus of the Bible, just tell me how to get the bling.
If I was of the mindset that Christianity (and Jesus being a part of that) was all something made up meant to boondoggle people, I'd have a lot more fuel for my fire and a lot more reason to never investigate who Jesus is.

Ugh!