NORTH CENTRAL ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION COMPLAINT AGAINST SOUTHWEST BAPTIST UNIVERSITY HEARINGS TO BEGIN THIS WEEK

North Central Association Accreditation complaint against Southwest Baptist University hearings to begin this week.

SBU Student Government Association and SBU Faulty Senate asked to participate.


Details to follow on this blog and a new blog designated for this purpose.

And the Children Shall Lead Them: Southwest Baptist University Students to Assist in Inquiry into Misconduct by MO Baptist Exec. Board, Others

Welcome Back, Southwest Baptist University Students!

Abandoning a long-held (but unrealistic) belief that a Christian student's primary purpose should be to give attention to classwork, Marie has enlisted the help of Southwest Baptist University students into seeking an inquiry of the continuing unethical conduct by Southwest Baptist University staff, administration, and trustees and Missouri Baptist Executive Board officials.

Marie writes: "The 'grown-ups' just can't handle this alone, apparently. They need the vision and insight of those still closer to the innocence of childhood to explain that there is no way to 'theologize' around the fact that a difference between right and wrong and good and evil ... and that Christians should be on the side of right and good, not wrong and evil."

Considerable information will be posted over the next three days.

(For brief previous details, see here and here ... and throughout the posts of the last three months of summer.)

Transformation: Judy Leininger, Dr. Ray Leininger's Wife, Journeys Home

On Wednesday, August 12, 2009, Judy Leininger, 69, the wife of Rev. Dr. Ray Leininger, was transformed, having passed from this life at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, Missouri from a severe heart infection.

Her family and friends gather today to celebrate her life.

Even in his grief, Dr. Ray Leinginger's life now doubles as he lives life for two: sharing the richness of his own life ... but also recounting with his eleven grandchildren the joys and sorrows of his life together with their grandmother, who was too soon taken from them.

We wish Judy a sweet and joyous homecoming and offer our condolences to all those who suffer in this loss.

Her obituary is here.

Department Of Education Intervention and Investigation of Southwest Baptist University and Missouri Baptist Convention Officials

Department Of Education Intervention and Investigation of
Southwest Baptist University
and Missouri Baptist Convention Officials

At the request of the Department of Education, Marie and her representatives have summarized and described the unethical, financially fraudulent, often violent and/or potentially illegal conduct that she has endured from the Southwest Baptist University staff, faculty and administration (as well as individuals associated with SBU's "parent company" and affiliates -- the Missouri Baptist Convention and its affiliated churches and supporters).

Marie has agreed to cooperate in an investigation of the blatant participation of Southwest Baptist University and Missouri Baptist Convention officials in this misconduct.

In addition, Marie seeks the removal of her academic records (by the end of August 2009) from Southwest Baptist University, so that she may enroll in her new university -- where she will receive specialized medical care and insurance, academic accommodation and assistance.

Tuesday, August 11 about 7:00 am --
Last week, Rev. Billy Russell was not available. (He was on vacation visiting his parents in Michigan.)

However, Rev. Russell will be "in the office" this week and will receive the information (here) shortly.

Also, we extend our prayers to Dr. Ray Leininger, former pastor of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, for the illness and pending open-heart surgery of his wife tomorrow (Wednesday). [UPDATED here.]

Formal Appeal to Southwest Baptist University Student Government Association: Grade Tampering, Record Forgery, Admin/Faculty Harrassment, Abuse

Updated and expanded to include information concerning the Department of Education Investigation of Southwest Baptist University and the Missouri Baptist Convention (for details, see here) .

To be posted here shortly.

Southwest Baptist University Accreditation Complaint & Document Transfer: Letter to Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Dr. David Tolliver

Monday, August 3, 2009

From the Desk of Marie Ann O’Hara
Mailing Address
Bolivar, MO 65613

The Executive Board of the Missouri Baptist Convention
and MBC Executive Director David Tolliver Baptist Building
400 High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Fax: (573)-635-0904

Dear Dr. David Tolliver and the MBC Executive Board:

This week, I am making arrangements with Rev. Billy Russell, the pastor of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri and a current member of the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees, to receive information concerning my formal complaint against Southwest Baptist University filed with their accreditation agency, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

I have asked that Rev. Russell convey this information to you and
to each member of the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board as soon as possible.

If by the end of the business day on Monday, August 10,
Rev. Russell he has not communicated with you concerning the transfer of this documentation to your office, please call him.

Rev. Billy Russell will also be distributing copies of these documents to each member of the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees.

Thank for time and consideration.

Praying for Your Integrity,


Marie O’Hara


Tuesday, August 11 about 7:00 am --
Last week, Rev. Billy Russell was not available. (He was on vacation visiting his parents in Michigan.)

However, Rev. Russell will be "in the office" this week and will receive the information (detailed here) shortly.

Also, we extend our prayers to Dr. Ray Leininger, former pastor of First Baptist Church of Bolivar, for the illness and pending open-heart surgery of his wife tomorrow (Wednesday). [UPDATED here.]

LETTER to Dr. David Tolliver, Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director - Posting This Morning (Monday, August 3) Between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon

*Latest post * Monday, August 3, 2009 about 11:00 am

Southwest Baptist University Accreditation Complaint & Document Transfer: Letter to Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Director Dr. David Tolliver