Gospel for Asia and Compliance with ECFA’s Standards: The 2015 Letter, Part 6
After about a month break, I am resuming this series. In CEO and founder K.P. Yohannan’s recent “exclusive personal response” to the fraud lawsuit settlement involving Gospel for Asia, Yohannan traces GFA’s problems to a 2015 “confidential letter from a financial standards association we were part of, and of which we were a charter member.”…
Read MoreJames MacDonald Responds to Disqualification Decision
Last Sunday, the elders of Harvest Bible Chapel announced that they had found former pastor and church founder James MacDonald to be biblically disqualified for pastoral ministry. Today, MacDonald posted what appears to be a response to that announcement on his Facebook page. MacDonald begins with a vague reference his “former church”: I trust this…
Read MoreGospel for Asia Update: First Lawsuit Settlements Checks Go Out; Foot Washing for the Metropolitan; Still No Audited Financial Statement
Gospel for Asia news: Refund Checks During the week of October 28, former donors to Gospel for Asia received the first of two checks as a part of the massive $37 million fraud lawsuit settlement. The second check should go out sometime in the first half of next year. Shortly after receiving their checks, those…
Read MoreGordon Allport on the Program of the Demagogue
In 1949, Leo Lowenthal and Norbert Guterman wrote a book titled Prophets of Deceit. In his 1954 book The Nature of Prejudice, personality psychologist Gordon Allport summarized Lowenthal’s and Guterman’s findings into a section he called “The Program of the Demagogue.” If you have ever been able to get through a Donald Trump rally, you…
Read MoreCourt Evangelicals: In All Things, Trump Must Have the Preeminence.
Last weekend, Donald Trump’s evangelical advisors met with him to talk over impeachment strategy. Here is a picture of group on Family Research Council president Tony Perkins’ twitter feed. Glad to visit with @realDonaldTrump to discuss how this administration is advancing conservative policies. It is clear to me the impeachment is less about the president…
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