More Minnesota coverage of CREW's IRS complaint against the Living Word Christian Center. This one from the St. Paul Pioneer Press:

A Twin Cities mega-church loaned its pastor nearly $2 million on favorable terms over five years, and a public-interest group has asked the government to investigate whether the deals were legal.

In a complaint filed Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, asked the Internal Revenue Service to look into the loans and other deals between the Rev. James "Mac" Hammond and the board of trustees of his Living Word Christian Center, based in Brooklyn Park.

The citizens group said, based on documents recently obtained by a Minnesota-based Web site, "it appears LWCC has illegally provided" Hammond with "benefits that violate federal tax law."

A spokesman for Living Word said church lawyers and accountants were reviewing the complaint.

"We've always sought to do things above board," said Mark Redman, an associate pastor at the church. "We have no concern that there's any validity to the allegations."