July 15, 2014 – JD emails Canada Board: GFA not addressing concerns

JD sends the board a copy of GFA’s initial email, explaining that GFA has not addressed and has even denied the 5 concerns.

“Since you are in authority over Brother K.P. … I appeal to you all directly to take these matters seriously and to see that a response is sent to us … specifically addressing the concerns in the letter.”

Gmail JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Response to your letter-corrected

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 1:56 AM
To: [GFA Canada Board]

Dear GFA Canada Board Members,

We wanted to ensure that the GFA Board members have seen the only reply that GFA has sent to our June 17 letter. So we are attaching here a copy of David _____ July 3 letter. Also attached is a copy of the email sent to Bro. K.P. on Sunday. Please note that the letter received from GFA on July 3 did not address any of the five concerns brought to the ministry in our original letter, so we are unable to consider that a valid response. It also flatly denied the truth in many respects.
Since you are in authority over Brother K.P. with regard to Gospel for Asia Canada, and ultimately you hold the reigns of the ministry, I appeal to you all directly to take these matters seriously and to see that a response is sent to us by the end of this week, specifically addressing the concerns in the letter.
If a response is received in that timeframe, we will certainly be open to further discussions as a group, most preferably with you all invited to attend at least by phone.
Brother K.P. has not given us any reason to believe that he will respond to these concerns, as scores of people have approached him, or tried to, in the past on these very same things, with no effect or no response previously. Even now, the attached response is attempting to question the standing of the 37 witnesses, and avoiding addressing the issues we raised.
This is our last effort to bring about a discussion or response regarding these issues. If we do not receive a proper response as defined previously, we must assume that GFA’s silence means they do not wish to respond to these concerns nor correct any misunderstandings that these three dozen witnesses may have. We recognize that no Canadians signed the original letter, but these issues are systemic and affect the Canadian staff just as much. We would be happy to provide testimony from many of the former Canadian staff upon your request.
Collectively, we 37 signers have dedicated 125 years of service to GFA. We find it disheartening that GFA leaders would try to write us off as though we don’t have standing to bring these concerns forward. We beg you to consider these things carefully.
Know that we are praying for you, the board, and that God would grant you wisdom and courage to do what is right and bring about repentance.
-JD, for all of us.
(xxx) xxx-xxxx (any calls or questions welcome)
xxxxx, Dallas, TX 75219
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Date: Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 3:52 PM
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