Montgomery County employees used a taxpayer-funded tuition assistance program to take religion courses that appear to be geared toward their own spiritual growth rather than toward their jobs, county records show.
The county has paid up to $900 each for courses like “Principles of Christian Growth” and “Contemporary Evangelism” that emphasized “memorizing key Bible verses” and “restraining the flesh and renewing your mind … (to) Christ,” according to county records and online course descriptions.
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