Esmeralda accuses him of taking the money from the church coffers because her insticts tell her he's a thief.

Reverend Sawyer is praying that these measures will help fortify the congregation and the the church coffers.

In total, the first was is estimated to have cost the papacy 12 million scudi and special taxes were levied against the residents of Rome to refill church coffers.

Anglicans involved in slavery often poured their ill-gotten gains into church coffers.

After a three-month auditors' investigation, the Episcopal Church said yesterday that its former treasurer misappropriated $2.2 million from church coffers, largely to her personal use.

'He can always dip into the church coffers.'

To the delight of St. Philip Neri officials, more than $700,000 of the $1 million needed to reconstruct the historic building already lies in church coffers.

At a time when parishes are dwindling and church coffers diminishing, Dr. Fox's weekend lectures pack pews and command top fees across the country.

A multimillion-dollar sexual abuse settlement is going to drain church coffers and could leave thousands of needy people across this city stranded.

Ministers receive no finances from the central church coffers to help build their ministries, except for loans to buy land and building materials for new churches.