The Restorative Project: Letters to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar and the Missouri Baptist Convention will be Nearly 100 Pages!

"The Restorative Project" (letters to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar and the Missouri Baptist Convention) will be nearly 100 pages long!

Marie has requested help from friends to print this "small book" this weekend; it will be presented to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar and the Missouri Baptist Convention early this week -- hopefully Monday!

Oh, and, major portions of it will be published on the new blog!

The Julian Standard: Should 12 - 20 Southwest Baptist University Staff and as Many as Half of the Trustees Be Fired for the Harm Done to a Student?

"Yes."

That's the decision that Marie has reached
over the last few days.

"Yes, they should be dismissed, if their actions or neglect
meet the Julian Standard,
which the SBU Trustees and Administration themselves
set for others."

The Julian Standard:
Should 12 - 20 Southwest Baptist University Staff and
as Many as Half of the Trustees Be Fired
for the Harm Done to a Student?
to be posted this weekend night
(Sorry for delay. More info has been added.) --

along with
the REVISED LETTERS to
the Missouri Baptist Convention,

the Southwest Baptist University
Student Government Association

and SBU Faculty Senate

and the
First Baptist Church of Bolivar.

A No-Go?: Proposed PUBLIC APOLOGY by First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri Baptist Convention and Southwest Baptist University

The proposed PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND APOLOGY -- which was described yesterday (here) -- may be a NO-GO.

As soon as yesterday's post was published, Marie begun to hear that, in spite of what was being said informally, those involved were (as is the unfortunate custom at Southwest Baptist University) taking advantage of Marie's noble and tender-hearted concern for SBU students and others.

In actuality, they had NO intention of cooperating with an acknowledgement and a carefully-worded apology. In fact, their pleas appear to be nothing more than an effort to stall the Internal Investigation.

To safeguard against this ploy, Marie has integrated two former proposals -- allowing the OPTION of a PUBLIC APOLOGY and participation in the Restorative Justice process and, otherwise, REQUIRING the initiation of the Internal Investigation, which is to be monitored weekly by the officials of the Missouri Baptist Convention until the October 2008 meeting of the Missouri Baptist Convention.

Details to be posted later today ...

PUBLIC APOLOGY to be Given by First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri Baptist Convention and Southwest Baptist University on KYOO Sun, Sept 7 or 14

In lieu of the Preliminary Agreement that was to be finalized by August 31, 2008, Marie has allowed for a carefully-worded PUBLIC APOLOGY.

In light of concerns that Marie's request for an investigation could easily lead to the dismissal of 12 to 20 Southwest Baptist University administrators, faculty and staff and (at least) one third of the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees (as well as some within the Southern Baptist and Missouri Baptist Convention leadership) [see details here], Marie has revised her letter to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri.

Instead of the Preliminary Agreement, which was to have been signed on August 31, 2008, Marie is requesting a carefully-worded and brief ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and PUBLIC APOLOGY, which will be:

• delivered during the second morning service of the First Baptist Church of Bolivar Sunday morning service
• broadcast on KYOO radio (1200 AM and 99.1 FM)
  
• between 10:45 and noon
  
• on Sunday, September 7, 2008 and/or Sunday 14, 2008.

The nature of this APOLOGY is discussed in the REVISED letter to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar, which is to be HAND-DELIVERED and partially posted on this week to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar.

Revising: A Revised Letter to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar will be posted shortly

Marie, her friends and advisers have revised
the proposal to the
First Baptist Church of Bolivar.

The revised letter will be posted shortly.

12 to 20 Southwest Baptist University and One Third of Trustees To Resign?: Revised Letter to First Baptist Church of Bolivar Delayed Until Thursday

Friends have pointed out to Marie that there is no way for the First Baptist Church of Bolivar to accomplish the tasks she has requested in her Wednesday, August 26 (today's) letter with the slightest bit of integrity -- without requiring that as many as twelve to twenty Southwest Baptist University faculty and staff members (as well as fully one third of the Southwest Baptist University Board of Trustees) -- RESIGN IMMEDIATELY.

"A bit harsh for the first proposal, isn't it?" a friend asked Marie.

Citing a series of proposals, Marie reminded her friends this was not the first proposal.

"True enough, but you have never actually given the proposal to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar, have you?" one friend answered. "Won't you give the Church an opportunity to respond first before precipitating something so drastic."

"Perhaps it is time for some drastic measures," Marie observed.

After much discussion, Marie agreed to REVISE the letter, but stipulated that the INITIAL DECISION DATE for pledging commitment to this process should REMAIN August 31, 2008.

The REVISED Letter to First Baptist Church of Bolivar, therefore, will be HAND-DELIVERED on THURSDAY, AUGUST 28.

Update: see Monday, September 1, 2208 post here.

Change Update! CALENDAR for MISSOURI BAPTIST CONVENTION and First Baptist Church of Bolivar HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS: August and September 2008

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MISSOURI BAPTIST CONVENTION
and
First Baptist Church of Bolivar, Missouri

HEART OF INTEGRITY Questions

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
FOR AUGUST and SEPTEMBER 2008
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Update for WEDNESDAY August (27)
(last update Wednesday, August 27 at 3:30 pm)
Major changes made to schedule
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After substantial discussions with those arriving
in Bolivar this week,
some changes were made to the schedule.

After speaking with several friends in the media,
Marie has requested that the PRESS RELEASE
not be posted until TUESDAY, September 2.

If the First Baptist Church of Bolivar does intend
to do something to right this matter,
we should all know by then.
(see here)

However, Marie felt it best to release
at least some information
to the Student Government Association this week.


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| SUNDAY August (24) |
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Southwest Baptist University
students return
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| MONDAY August (25) |

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COMMUNICATIONS FACILITATOR
will be made available to
First Baptist Church of Bolivar this week
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"Letters of Distinction"
arrive throughout this week

Individuals of Distinction: Billy Russell, Rodney Reeves, Ray Leinginger,
Fred Pike, Larry Stehr, Bill Hooper,
Mark Tappmeyer, Jodie Shelenhamer

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Southwest Baptist University
Fall Semester classes begin
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| TUESDAY August (26) |
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| WEDNESDAY August (27) |
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DELAYED Till THURSDAY!
see newest post for Wednesday
Alternative Histories and Divergent Paths Letters
packet hand-delivered to
First Baptist Church of Bolivar
in the morning
(to be faxed beforehand)
(see here)
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Letters to Southwest Baptist University
Student Government Association
officers being sent
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| THURSDAY August (28) |

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Alternative Histories and Divergent Paths Letters
packet hand-delivered to
First Baptist Church of Bolivar
in the morning
(to be faxed beforehand)
(see here)
~*~

Letters to Southwest Baptist University
Student Government Association
officers arrive
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| FRIDAY August (29) |
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| SATURDAY August (30) |
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| SUNDAY August (31) |
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THE CHOICE MADE:
Alternative Histories and Divergent Paths
Preliminary Agreement pledged, witnessed and signed
by the First Baptist Church of Bolivar Deacon Board
... OR NOT

(See: here for details)

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| MONDAY SEPTEMBER (1) |
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LABOR DAY

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| TUESDAY SEPTEMBER (2) |

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Press Release:
Request for Emergency Meeting of the
Missouri Baptist Convention
(described here)

(See also: Alternative Histories and Divergent Paths)

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"He wouldn't do that!" 35% of Ministers Admit Sexually Inappropriate Behavior; Protestant Clergy Twice as Likely to "Sexually Exploit" as Therapists

"He wouldn't do that!"

..."Would he?"

Absolutely, he would.

He (the pastor, clergy, minister, church worker) did, he does, and he will continue to do so ...

The numbers are astonishing and alarming (see story here).

Yes, even in Missouri.

Witness the case of Rev. Paul Brooks (a former Trustee during the time of Marie's double pesticide poisoning, see here), and his son, Mark Lewis Brooks, who fathered an out-of-wedlock child (while married) and serving on the church staff of First Baptist Church of Raytown, MO.

From the Ethics Daily:

... [A twenty-year old intern] alleged the younger Brooks, employed at the time as a singles minister at the church, sexually assaulted her on numerous occasions over a five-month span between September 2003 and January 2004. She gave birth to a daughter in October 2004, and DNA tests proved Brooks was the father. ...

According to the original lawsuit, Mark Brooks forced himself on the young woman several times, telling her it was God's will. When Paul Brooks phoned to ask about the nature of her relationship with his son, she said Mark Brooks would not leave her alone.

Paul Brooks said it was her fault and told her not to answer his calls. When she became pregnant, both a counselor arranged by the church and Mark Brooks advised her to have an abortion. (In September First Baptist Raytown was host church for a rally opposed to stem-cell research featuring speakers including Rick Scarborough and Alan Keyes.)

From there, the story rips through broken lives and violated families.
(See the full story here).

You will notice that the list of the former Trustees of Southwest Baptist University is riddled with the names of Missouri Baptists and Southern Baptists, who style themselves as "leaders," (see here).

Yet, all of these men and (some few) women have allowed flagrantly unethical and immoral (and even potentially criminal) conduct to continue over years and years and decades at Southwest Baptist University -- with no care for the victims or their families.

A Pattern and Practice of Deception

In fact, it seems the pattern and practice of abuse is particularly virulent in Missouri. See this article:

Baptist Scandals: Missouri case shows
Southern Baptist patterns in failing to protect kids

And there are more and more and more stories within Southern Baptist Convention churches and organizations (see here).

The Southern Baptist Slavery Ethic

Within the Southern Baptist Convention churches, organizations and universities, the abuse against women, children and minorities is epidemic.

This abuse flourishes, in part, because the undergirding ethic upon which the Southern Baptist Convention was founded -- the Southern Baptist "slavery ethic" -- is still alive and prospering in Missouri and elsewhere.

The "slavery ethic" is the lifestyle, belief, and teaching that other humans beings, particularly women, children and social, ethnic or racial minorities (who are not of economic, social or personal benefit to the Southern Baptist Individual):

• may be bought and sold at a price,
• can be used, abused and disposed of without consequences or guilt,
  
• and can and should be denied the rights, privileges and benefits of a free society, if those rights, privileges or benefits conflict with those of the Southern Baptist individual, organization or institution -- because other individuals are of intrinsically less worth than the Southern Baptist individual in the eyes of both God and society.

Until June 20, 1995 when the Southern Baptist Convention issued a formal "Resolution on Racial Reconciliation, the Southern Baptist Convention had not officially discredited the practice of using the Bible as a justification for slavery and white supremacy. ^{(If you like, see references here and here)}

Although, in 2008, that resolution looks wonderful on paper and was a long-awaited and laudable step, it remains to be seen how much longer it will take some Southern Baptists to rescind the Southern Baptist "slavery ethic" and lifestyle from their hardened hearts ... and re-join the rest of us in the human race.

Aug 26 Update! A CHOICE: Alternative Histories & Divergent Paths for Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board & First Baptist Church of Bolivar

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A CHOICE:
Alternative Histories and Divergent Paths
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Marie's request to the Missouri Baptist Executive Board for an EMERGENCY MEETING (described here) of the Executive Board -- for the purpose of initiating its investigation -- will be sent (and posted) today.

However, a second letter to the First Baptist Church of Bolivar, who are at the heart of this matter in more ways than anyone can count, will also be sent (and posted).

This second letter will request that the First Baptist Church of Bolivar conduct its own internal investigation, initiated by a Preliminary Agreement to be pledged and witnessed by the FBC-Bolivar Deacon Board on Sunday, August 31, 2008.

This Investigative Committee of the First Baptist Church of Bolivar will report directly to the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board at weekly intervals throughout September and October, until the yearly Missouri Baptist Convention meeting at the end of October 2008.

At that time, if the situation is not more fully resolved, the Missouri Baptist Convention Executive Board will be asked to intervene.

PLEASE EXPECT THESE LETTERS HAND_DELIVERED
BY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27!

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The Role of the Law at a Christian University
~The Government, the Church, and the Law~
( Sections A, B & C)

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY
QUESTIONS:
The Role of the Law at a Christian University
~The Government, the Church, and the Law~
( Sections A, B & C)

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS: The Role of the Law at a Christian University ~The Government, the Church, and the Law~ ( A, B & C)

MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS
The Role of the Law at a Christian University
~The Government, the Church, and the Law~
(SECTIONS A, B and C)

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS

Section A:
Southwest Baptist University and The Law~
(Questions 1-7)

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS
SECTION A, Question 8 (a-w)
~Southwest Baptist University and The Law~
Definition of Terms --
Predatory Harassment, Sexual Harassment, and Defamation
Question 8 (a - w)

WARNING: The Questions in Section A/Question 8 (a - w)
contain direct and indirect references to sexual information and discussion,
and, as such, this material is not suited or intended
for younger or sensitive readers.

PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION!
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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS

Section B:
~The Government and The Law~
(Questions 9-22)

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS

Section C:
~Ethics, The Church, and the Law~
(Questions 23-31)

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS
SECTION D to be posted shortly.

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS: Section C: ~Ethics, The Church, and the Law~ (Questions 23-31)

MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY QUESTIONS
The Role of the Law at a Christian University
~The Government, the Church, and the Law~
(SECTIONS A, B and C)

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Section C:
~Ethics, The Church, and the Law~
(Questions 23-31)


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Question 23
23. Did you participate in or are you aware of any occurrence in which false, deceptive, fraudulent, or misleading verbal information or documentation was given to any AGENT of any CHURCH-RELATED ORGANIZATION including, but not limited to: the Bolivar Ministerial Alliance, the Polk County Community Center, Springfield Council of Churches (Missouri), the Mid-Lakes Baptist Association (Bolivar, Missouri), the First Baptist Churches of Bolivar and Springfield (Missouri) and Newport News (Virginia), Second Baptist Church of Springfield (Missouri), First Assembly of God Church of Bolivar (Missouri), United Methodist Church of Bolivar (Missouri), the Missouri Baptist Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention (Nashville, TN).
Yes/No

Question 24
24. Do you have knowledge of any effort by the Missouri or Southern Baptist leadership or by individual PASTORS associated with SBU to exert RELIGIOUS or POLITICAL influence and INTERVENTION in an attempt to thwart, deter, confuse, or interfere with a civil or criminal investigation of employees or supporters of Southwest Baptist University , the Missouri Baptist Convention, or Campbell Pest Control?
Yes/No

Question 25 (a - l, 12 parts)
25. Did you participate in or do you have any knowledge of any INCIDENTS in which pastors, church officials, leaders or employees, deacons, or other church agents associated with Southwest Baptist University, the Southern Baptist Convention, or the Missouri Baptist Convention engaged in, supported, or encourage the following UNETHICAL OR CRIMINAL CONDUCT AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL who had made CRIMINAL or CIVIL COMPLAINT against the officials, employees, associates, or agents of Southwest Baptist University, the Missouri or Southern Baptist officials, or employees:

a) The DENIAL of CHURCH MEMBERSHIP or Christian FELLOWSHIP to a SBU student or other individuals.
Yes/No

b) The DENIAL of CHURCH MEMBERSHIP or Christian FELLOWSHIP to the FRIENDS or FAMILY members of a Southwest Baptist University student.
Yes/No

c) The DENIAL or OBSTRUCTION of COMMUNITY and CHURCH ASSISTANCE to a Southwest Baptist University student.
Yes/No

d) The DENIAL or OBSTRUCTION of COMMUNITY and CHURCH ASSISTANCE to FRIENDS or FAMILY MEMBERS of a student.
Yes/No

e) The use of PASTORAL AUTHORITY and prestige to INCITE and FOSTER pernicious ILL-WILL and hostility against a student, the students' family or friends, or other individuals with the purpose of conspiring to DEFRAUD a student or other individual.
Yes/No

f) The use of PASTORAL AUTHORITY and prestige to INCITE and FOSTER pernicious ILL-WILL among other NON-BAPTIST PASTORS to DENY CHURCH FELLOWSHIP or ASSISTANCE to a student or to the family or friends of a student with the purpose of conspiring to DEFRAUD a student or other individual.
Yes/No

g) The VIOLATION of PASTORAL ETHICS by the distribution to unauthorized persons of personal, medical, or other CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION about a student or other individual (or the family or friends of such individuals).
Yes/No

h) The VIOLATION of PASTORAL ETHICS by the distribution of false, misleading, fraudulent, incomplete, or DEFAMATORY INFORMATION against a student or other individual (or the family or friends of such individuals) with the intention of conspiring to DEFAME, DEFRAUD or INJURE the individual or attempt to conceal the unethical or criminal conduct of Southwest Baptist University employees, agents, and associates.
Yes/No

i) The ABUSE of CHURCH LEADERSHIP positions within the local church by Southwest Baptist University faculty, administration and legal staff to INCITE and NURTURE pernicious ILL-WILL and hostility against a student (or student's family or friends) with the purpose of conspiring to DEFAME, DEFRAUD, or INJURE a student or other individual or attempt to conceal the unethical or criminal conduct of SBU employees, agents, and associates.
Yes/No

j) The ABUSE of CHURCH LEADERSHIP positions within local churches by Southwest Baptist University administration, faculty, associates, and legal staff to distribute false, misleading, fraudulent, incomplete, or DEFAMATORY INFORMATION with the purpose of DEFRAUDING a student or other individual and attempting to conceal the unethical or criminal conduct of SBU employees, agents, and associates.
Yes/No

k) The USE of INTIMIDATION and THREAT by Southern Baptist PASTORS associated with Southwest Baptist University against a student or the friends and family of a student (either verbal or written).
Yes/No

l) The COLLABORATION with local GOVERNMENT officials in an effort to deny a qualified individual CHURCH or COMMUNITY assistance in an effort to DEFRAUD, DEFAME, or INJURE that individual.
Yes/No

Question 26
26. If a pastor, church official, leader, employee, deacon or other agent associated with Southwest Baptist University, the Southern Baptist Convention, or the Missouri Baptist Convention had acted in the manner described in Question 25 (a - l), in your opinion, would this be GROUNDS for the DISMISSAL or DISASSOCIATION from Southwest Baptist University or other substantial censure by the appropriate local church, Missouri Baptist Convention, or the Southern Baptist Convention?

Please answer Yes/No to each item a - l in Question 25.


Question 27
27. If a pastor, church official, leader or employee, deacon, or other church agent associated with Southwest Baptist University, the Southern Baptist Convention, or the Missouri Baptist Convention engaged in any of the above illegal or unethical activities [described in Question 25 (a - l)], in your opinion, should that individual qualify for SPECIAL TREATMENT from Southwest Baptist University, the Missouri or Southern Baptist Conventions, any governmental agencies, institution or individuals (supporters, Trustees, Regents, or contributors) associated with Southwest Baptist University in the form of: promotions, tenure, pay raises, special bonuses ("housing allowances," etc.), ceremonial awards or recognition (Life Beautiful Award, career achievement award, etc.), political or church-related positions, financial remuneration and gratuities, or any other considerations?

Please answer Yes/No to each item a - l in Question 25.


Question 28
28. Did you participate in or are you aware of any effort by PASTORS and CHURCH-RELATED ORGANIZATIONS associated with Southwest Baptist University to DEFRAUD a pesticide-injured student by obstructing the student from obtaining medical, nutritional, or energy ASSISTANCE through local churches or charitable organizations by the distribution of slanderous and intentionally deceitful or misleading information and the COLLABORATION with PUBLIC OFFICIALS to menace, injure, and/or harass the student or the student's friends and family?
Yes/No


Question 29 (6 parts, a - f)
29. Did you participate in or are you aware of any specific instance(s) in which:

a) A Bolivar pastor (a SBU Trustee and prominent leader of the Bolivar Ministerial Alliance) wrote a menacing letter to the friend of pesticide-injured student stating that he would "not tolerate" the friend praying for or discussing the pesticide- injured student in any church gathering, or "publicly broadcasting" information about the (possibly illegal) exposure of SBU students to dangerous pesticides and solvents or criticising SBU, or "the city, the state government, or any other institution?"
Yes/No

b) A SBU Trustee (a Southern Baptist pastor from Bolivar) organized a secret Deacons' Meeting, primarily attended by SBU employees and legal staff, to discuss a SBU student's civil and criminal complaint against various SBU employees and afterwards sent written notice to the student of the decision by the pastor and his deacons (without the benefit of a church vote) to deny the student church membership and fellowship?
Yes/No

c) A local Bolivar pastor (a SBU Trustee and prominent leader of the Bolivar Ministerial Alliance) and other colleges and associates with the director of the POLK COUNTY COMMUNITY CENTER, disparaged and denigrated a pesticide-injured SBU student, and actively encouraged the Director to resist and DENY any efforts to obtain food, energy, medical, or fundraising ASSISTANCE for the student because, though financially qualified and verified as totally disabled by a panel of Social Security physicians, the student had "provoked" Southwest Baptist University by making civil and criminal complaints against SBU and "did not deserve" assistance?
Yes/No

d) A local Bolivar pastor (a SBU Trustee and prominent leader of the Bolivar Ministerial Alliance) and other colleges and associates discussed the electrical bill of a student injured by pesticides at SBU with the manager of Empire District ELECTRIC COMPANY, disparaged and denigrated the student and COLLABORATED with him to resist and DENY any effort by the student (or the student's friends or family) to obtain ASSISTANCE paying the electrical bill because the student, though financially qualified and verified as totally disabled by a panel of Social Security physicians, had "provoked" Southwest Baptist University by making civil and criminal complaints against the university and, therefore, "did not deserve" assistance?
Yes/No

e) A Bolivar pastor (a SBU Trustee and prominent leader of the Bolivar Ministerial Alliance) and other colleagues and associates urged the pastor and his Methodist congregation to DENY the student (who was disabled by pesticides at SBU) the $40 in financial ASSISTANCE, which the Methodist pastor had promised the student, on the grounds that the student was "undeserving" of Christian fellowship or financial assistance, because the student had "provoked" and affronted Southwest Baptist University by making civil and criminal complaints against the university?
Yes/No

f) The out-of-state "home" Southern Baptist pastor of a pesticide-disabled student (after conferring with a Bolivar pastor and SBU associates) indicated that if the student's widowed and disabled mother discussed the civil or criminal complaints against Southwest Baptist University or the exposure of SBU students to dangerous pesticides and solvents, and if her mother continued to support the student's efforts to return home or relocate, he, as the mother's pastor, would see to it that the members of his church refused fellowship, assistance, and support to the student's mother, family, and friends?
Yes/No

Question 30
30. Do you have knowledge of any unethical or illegal actions by any of the legal staff employed by or associated with Southwest Baptist University, the Southern Baptist Convention or the Missouri Baptist Convention which, if pursued and reported to the Missouri Bar Association or any other government or regulating agency, would likely result in the loss of his or her license and the DISBARMENT of that individual from the practice of law?
Yes/No

Question 31
31. If an attorney employed by or associated with Southwest Baptist University, the Southern Baptist Convention, or the Missouri Baptist Convention were found to have engaged in any illegal or unethical activities which defamed, defrauded, or resulted in substantial harm or injury to a student or employee of Southwest Baptist University, in your opinion, would this be GROUNDS for DISASSOCIATION or DISMISSAL from Southwest Baptist University?
Yes/No

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MISSOURI BAPTIST HEART OF INTEGRITY
QUESTIONS:
The Role of the Law at a Christian University
~The Government, the Church, and the Law~
( Sections A, B & C)

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