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He told me that he is involved in this about 80 hours a week and he will not stop until all is exposed and dealt with. . . . He said that in 1997 they really did change. But that change did not deal with the sexual abuse issue and it has never been dealt with but is going to be dealt with now. Nothing else takes precedence to him. He will not stop.

Larry had to pause a couple times where he was in tears. He said there were many tears in the board meetings.
October 16, 2010
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What happened?
Did Larry really care?
And then the lawyers stepped in?
What happened?

New Tribes Mission USA sought clarification of whether retroactive termination meant removing them from retirement status and evicting them from NTM USA retirement facilities. GRACE’s response was that the report was not meant to displace retirees from their homes, and that leaders who were retroactively terminated could continue on retirement status. Notice of retroactive termination and the reason for it was put into their files, as recommended.

GRACE was also informed of and in agreement with allowing one man who was in field leadership at the time of the abuse, and was still in active service in Senegal, to retire for similar reasons and under similar conditions.

Although former leaders contributed to the MK Fund for a number of months, as recommended by the report, New Tribes Mission USA has chosen to take over financial responsibility for their contributions, using investment income.
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ntm.org
November 3, 2011

I pray that NTM will demonstrate the fruits of genuine repentance. If we don’t, I pray that God removes us quickly.


Brian Shortmeier

Director of Child Protection

NTM USA Executive Board Member
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March 24, 2012

New Tribes Mission genuinely regrets the abuse that was inflicted by certain members on missionary children in past decades. The Executive Board is com- mitted to walk in integrity as we look to the Lord for wisdom and seek counsel on how best to do the right thing despite the ramifications this may have on New Tribes Mission. Believing that we stand accountable to our members and their children, to our ministry partners, to the laws of the countries in which we minister and ultimately to God, we are committed to address these issues in a comprehensive manner by seeking the truth and dealing appropriately with any abuse that may be exposed in the course of investigations by IHART.

Please continue to pray for healing of the families involved and for wisdom and courage for the Executive Board.
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ntm.org
May 15, 2012

80 hours a week----Larry Brown....since October 16, 2010 (at least)
82 weeks
6,560 hours
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Andy...don't really know
30 minutes per week for a year
26 hours
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Tibby....don't really know
26 hours
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Rest of New Tribes Mission
10 minutes
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Was forgetting Shorty
10 minutes per week since March 24, 2012
round up
2 hours
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6614 hours.....and 10 minutes.
That's a guesstimate as to how much time New Tribes has spent on this matter.

10 The Lord said to Joshua, “Stand up! What are you doing down on your face? 11 Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep. They have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen, they have lied, they have put them with their own possessions. 12 That is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies; they turn their backs and run because they have been made liable to destruction. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.

13 “Go, consecrate the people. Tell them, ‘Consecrate yourselves in preparation for tomorrow; for this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: There are devoted things among you, Israel. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.

14 “‘In the morning, present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe the Lord chooses shall come forward clan by clan; the clan the Lord chooses shall come forward family by family; and the family the Lord chooses shall come forward man by man. 15 Whoever is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the Lord and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!’”

16 Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes, and Judah was chosen. 17 The clans of Judah came forward, and the Zerahites were chosen. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward by families, and Zimri was chosen. 18 Joshua had his family come forward man by man, and Achan son of Karmi, the son of Zimri, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was chosen.

16 Early the next morning Joshua had Israel come forward by tribes

I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy whatever among you is devoted to destruction.