A non-profit watchdog says Canadians have no way of knowing how much money is being donated to an evangelical group founded by an American who is making headlines across the country for event cancellations and questions about his views.
Permits for Sean Feucht's summertime worship concert events organized by his Burn 24/7 group in major cities across Canada — including Winnipeg, Halifax, Charlottetown and Abbotsford, B.C. — were cancelled recently amid public backlash.
The Canadian arm of Feucht's Burn 24/7 organization accepts some donations via the Great Commission Foundation, a B.C.-based registered charity that provides tax receipts on behalf of hundreds of unregistered Christian organizations.
Charity Intelligence says the foundation's finances are opaque, and the only way to get a