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Today, I was sent a link to a blog written by a former GFA staff person who was married to a GFA leader. Sara Sluberski wrote about being uninvited to a wedding. The social rejection was triggered by the Christianity Today article about GFA which dropped Thursday (Sara’s husband Tom was cited…
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Just out today, Bob Smietana penned an article at Christianity Today on the controversies surrounding Gospel for Asia including the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability board vote to terminate GFA’s membership. It is a lengthy piece with many quotes from former staff. I hope you will read it and then come…
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Earlier today Calvary Chapel of Oxnard (CA) posted the following notice on their public Facebook page: Attention People of CCO: We will no longer be supporting Gospel for Asia (GFA) and we encourage you to prayerfully consider ending your support or their missionary sponsorship program & Bridges of Hope. EFCA…
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Repeatedly, Gospel for Asia has proclaimed that 100% of donation goes to the mission field. Now, after having their ECFA membership terminated, the wording regarding donations has changed. From the “Financial Integrity” page: What does “preferenced” mean? Does it mean something different than “designated?” Donors should read the second…
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UPDATE 2 (10/8/15) – This morning I noticed that now two-thirds of endorsements on the GFA website are now missing. Prior to the GFA’s loss of ECFA membership, there were 18 endorsers on the GFA endorsements page. Now there are six: Patrick Johnstone, George Verwer, Luis Bush, Dan Wooding, Suellen…
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Francis Chan once was here but now is not. Yesterday, he was there: Today, he isn’t: He is also missing from this page as of this morning. Chan’s recommendation is elsewhere on the GFA website, hence the question (Francis Chan’s video endorsement is now missing. It remains up here.). I have reached out to…
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On October 2, the board of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability voted to terminate the membership of Gospel for Asia due to multiple violations of ECFA standards. This board action came after an ECFA investigation into GFA’s financial dealings, integrity and public statements. Yesterday, GFA responded to ECFA. In…
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Let me just say that I opposed reparative therapy before it was cool to oppose it. Yesterday, Al Mohler and others articulated their position against reparative therapy, also known as sexual orientation change efforts. Atlantic has an article on Alan Chambers’ new book and chronicles the demise of the ex-gay…
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Earlier this evening, Gospel for Asia leadership posted a response to the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability after the ECFA voted on October 2nd to terminate GFA’s membership. The statement: Our Response — ECFA October 5, 2015 For more than 30 years, Gospel for Asia Inc. has been a member…
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Rusty Leonard at Ministry Watch today issued the following statement on his website (see also ECFA’s statement which is included below): Gospel For Asia Expelled from ECFA – Donors Should Cease Donations The self-regulatory body for Christian ministries, the Evangelical Counsel for Financial Accountability (ECFA) late Friday announced Gospel for Asia (GFA) had…
