By Kat Moynihan.
Hobby Lobby, a privately-held chain of arts and crafts stores that is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has recently found itself facing a civil forfeiture lawsuit thanks to the actions of the company’s President, Steve Green. An ardent evangelical Christian and founder of the Museum of the Bible, Green began collecting biblical texts and artifacts in 2009. He hired Scott Carroll, an ancient history scholar and Legacy Professor at Our Daily Bread Christian University, as a consultant to advise him with his purchases. Green’s ultimate goal appears to have been to house them in the newly created Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., which opened in November 2017. However, before the museum opened, a large purchase landed Green and his collecting on the front pages of newspapers and under the scrutiny of U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as United States Attorneys from the Department of Justice (DOJ).
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