Dear Men
June 26th, 2009
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: I sit here crying as I read the stories and heartache that has come out of Fanda. I want you all to know I am heartbroken. I was [...]
: All of my encounters with NT members in both Mexico and Colombia (where I was a short-term/long-term missionary) made me very wary of their organization. They seemed almost cult-like in [...]
: Rachel Mullens : Here I take my stand: I am not on a mission of revenge. Whether NTM stands or falls is in God’s hands. I am here to support the [...]
: @Beverly Shellrude Thompson Scott Ross taught some classes at the school and I don't really remember what exactly she did. I just remember them as very caring and genuine people [...]
: Hi Rachel, You said that Scott Ross and his wife were a part of the PNG Boarding School. What role did they have there? Beverly
Even Frank was worried back then about covering NTM’s collective behind. It’s obvious they all knew they would be royally screwed if everything came out in public.
“Dear Men” – the opening line of this letter is one of the most reveiling elements of ntm’s misguided approach. Where are the women!!?? I would guess they still do not populate the junta(committee)ranks of the mission.
My life was spared, but watching those who I loved and identified with self destruct all around me was so terribly confusing, damaging, and painful. My trust in authority and men was severely undermined in the process. I spent many years feeling like a terrible failure for not being able to help my close friends, even after I did all I could by reporting things I knew and trying to walk with them through it.
One did not need to have been a direct sexual abuse victim of brooks or gate to have been abused at fanda or to be displaying symptoms of abuse. physical, emotional and spiritual abuse was common as well as a cold and unloving general atmosphere.