The Diaspora Editors – Page 5

September 22, 2014 – JD emails KP to confirm if he shared with staff

JD asks KP about his promised meeting with staff about our group.

“Did you share with the staff your changed views about us?”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Meeting to include Canada and US

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxx>

Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:13 PM

To: “K. P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org>

Cc: [GFA Board]

Hi Brother KP,

How did Friday’s staff meeting go? Did you share with the staff your changed views about us?

In Him,
JD

September 19, 2014 – JD emails KP & Board to set up KP’s promised meeting

JD calls to set up meeting and include Canadian board members.

“With a large percentage of former Canadian staff also having joined with us to testify to and address the same five issues going on there under your leadership, they are an equally important part of this group.”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Meeting to include Canada and US

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:07 PM

To: “K.P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org>

Cc: [GFA Board]

Hi Brother KP,

Thank you for speaking with me and Larry yesterday, and for scheduling the October 2 phone conference meeting. We were encouraged by your acknowledgement that 75 witnesses cannot be refuted, and that you now feel that rather than being an attack from the Enemy, it was the Lord who brought this to you. I was also glad to hear that you would share these things with the staff today, so that hopefully our many friendships that were suddenly cut off might be restored.

Larry and I didn’t clarify this on our call yesterday, but we expect the Canadian board to also be present in the October 2 meeting from 6-10pm Central time.

With a large percentage of former Canadian staff also having joined with us to testify to and address the same five issues going on there under your leadership, they are an equally important part of this group. So naturally I’m sure you understand that their board needs to be there. Can you please confirm this?

We will make sure to have one or two former Canadian staff on the call as part of our group.

Also, we believe that it will be best if we use our WebEx account for the conference call. This would allow you and up to 6 others to be on video conference if you wish, and it would make it much easier for questions to be passed to the moderator through the built-in chat. I will set up a premium account that can support up to 100 attendees so we won’t have to worry about any limitations there.

Thanks,

JD, for all of us

September 18, 2014 * JD & Larry call KP: KP promises to meet with us and to inform staff

K.P. says that 75 signers can not all be wrong, that the Lord is using us, and offers to give us the group meeting that we were looking for.

He promises to tell the staff the next morning that we are not trying to take down the ministry and that God is using us. We request that he do this because we value our friends on staff.

K.P. does not admit any specific wrongs or concede that we are correct in our accusations.

“Listen JD, tomorrow, tomorrow we have our entire staff meeting.”

Phone conversation transcript

Note: As far as we know he did not tell the staff, or at least adequately, because many staff still believe and have even told us that we are being used by the Enemy to try and take down the ministry, and that “there are two sides to every story” and even though we served there, somehow we don’t understand the “other side.”

September 17, 2014 – KP replies to JD’s email confirming he awaits a call

KP awaits JD’s call.

“Love you and I wait for your call.”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Re: Got your messages

K.P. Yohannan <kp@gfa.org>

Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:48 PM

To: JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you J. D. Love you and I wait for your call. Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 17, 2014, at 7:45 PM, “JD Smith” <xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Hi Brother KP, I received your messages today, but I had a busy schedule and wasn’t able to talk yet. I will try to call you later this evening or first thing in the morning. Thanks,

September 17, 2014 – JD emails KP to confirm he received KP’s messages

JD promises to return KP’s messages.

“I had a busy schedule and wasn’t able to talk yet. I will try to call you later this evening…”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Got your messages

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:45 PM

To: “K. P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org>

Hi Brother KP,

I received your messages today, but I had a busy schedule and wasn’t able to talk yet. I will try to call you later this evening or first thing in the morning.

Thanks,
JD

September 16, 2014 – JD leaves KP voicemail to set up a meeting.

JD leaves KP voicemail to set up meeting

“I promised I’d call you today to try to set up that meeting.”

Voicemail from JD Smith to KP Yohannan, September 16, 2014

JD: Hi brother KP, this is JD calling. It’s Tuesday evening and I promised I’d call you today to try to set up that meeting. So I wanted to reach out and leave a voicemail to you. Please feel free to give me a call back at your earliest convenience or send an email. We’d love to set something up real soon. OK, I love you brother and I’ll talk to you soon. Thank you. Praying for you, bye-bye.

September 15, 2014 – JD replies to KP: Board should be present in a meeting

JD explains he appealed to the board because KP had not responded to JD’s August 22nd email about scheduling a meeting and because the board is KP’s authority.

“I never received a response to that email… So I was pleasantly surprised to hear from you… I am appreciative that you acknowledge the board as your authority.”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxx>

Fwd: Latest Letter to Board Members

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 7:20 PM

To: “K.P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org>

Cc: [GFA Board]

Dear Brother K.P.,

Thank you for your email. On August 22, nearly a month ago, I emailed you, saying:

“Can you confirm that you are willing to schedule a meeting with us, at which the GFA US board is present by phone or in person, and having a mediator we select who can keep it on track with the agenda?”

I never received a response to that email, even though you had been quite responsive by email from India previously. On September 6, I emailed you again, saying:

“In your last email to me, you offered to meet with us, with whoever we wanted to bring. In response, I emailed you asking about inviting board members and a mediator to a recorded meeting, and I’ve not heard back from you for two weeks. Can you please confirm your willingness to schedule that meeting?”

I also received no response to that email. So I was pleasantly surprised to hear from you this morning.

I am appreciative that you acknowledge the board as your authority, and that we have appealed to them. Thus you can understand that for any meeting to have a beneficial outcome at this stage, it would need to include the board, as well as a small representative group of us and a mediator to keep it on track with the agenda.

Brother K.P., this isn’t just an issue between you and me. Seventy-five people signed this most recent appeal to the board. They all desire these problems to be brought to the attention of the board and dealt with correctly and corporately, so a meeting with just me won’t be adequate to achieve that. We strongly believe that the board is the main avenue for the reconciliation you speak of.

I will call you tomorrow afternoon to arrange details for a meeting and discuss any pertinent details. If that time doesn’t work, please suggest a more preferable time.

In Him,

September 15, 2014 – KP emails JD acknowledging receipt of 2nd Letter

KP tells JD he was surprised by our appeal to the board and that he thought we were working toward a meeting but hadn’t yet had a chance to schedule.

“I still think that you and I getting together to discuss these grievances face-to-face would be the best and most biblical way of reconciliation. However, since you have a appealed to the board as our authority, I will contact them and set up a meeting for them to examine and inquire of us and our leadership practices and teachings as a ministry as you have suggested.”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Fwd: Latest Letter to Board Members

K.P. Yohannan <kp@gfa.org>

Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:41 AM

To: “jaydge@gmail.com JD Smith” <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sent from my iPhone

Begin forwarded message:

From: “K.P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org<mailto:kp@gfa.org>>
Date: September 14, 2014 at 8:55:48 PM CDT
To: “JD Smith (xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxx>)” <xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
Subject: Latest Letter to Board Members

Dear Brother JD, I arrived back from India less than 48 hours ago and immediately went to Florida where I had meetings this weekend. While I was there, one our US Board members, Chuck Zink asked me if I had received your latest letter to the Board of Directors. I told him that I was totally unaware of a third letter to the board and ask him if he would please send it to me.

JD, I remember as I was leaving the States for this most recent trip to India that we were going to plan to get together and talk when I got back. As you can imagine, I was quite surprised to hear of this most recent letter since we had not even had a chance to set that up yet.

I still think that you and I getting together to discuss these grievances face-to-face would be the best and most biblical way of reconciliation. However, since you have a appealed to the board as our authority, I will contact them and set up a meeting for them to examine and inquire of us and our leadership practices and teachings as a ministry as you have suggested.

In the meantime, let us work toward reconciliation of this matter as we have discussed in the most recent past. Continued strife and division does not help any of us. JD, is there a time that I can meet with you in person or by telephone to talk with you about reconciliation of this matter?

Thank you, brother. Kpy

September 6, 2014 – JD emails KP again after 2 weeks’ silence

JD emails KP again after 2 weeks’ silence because we had not heard anymore about scheduling a meeting. JD requested confirmation of KP’s willingness to meet.

“Can you please confirm your willingness to schedule that meeting?”

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Re: Called you

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 1:29 PM

To: “K.P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org>

Dear Brother KP,

In your last email to me, you offered to meet with us, with whoever we wanted to bring. In response, I emailed you asking about inviting board members and a mediator to a recorded meeting, and I’ve not heard back from you for two weeks.

Can you please confirm your willingness to schedule that meeting?

Thanks,

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 2:06 PM, JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We’d also like it to be video-recorded. Please let me know.

Thanks,

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 12:49 PM, JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Brother K.P.,

Can you confirm that you are willing to schedule a meeting with us, at which the GFA US board is present by phone or in person, and having a mediator we select who can keep it on track with the agenda?

Thanks,

On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 8:26 PM, K.P. Yohannan <kp@gfa.org> wrote:

Dear brother JD
Thank you for writing back.
This is to say I am willing to meet with you and any one else as soon as I get back. This is something you asked for from the beginning.
No, JD this meeting will not be to argue and prove GFA is right and that we did not fail but honestly listen all and admit our sins as we are able to hear you share with us as brothers and sisters in the family of our Father.
The response you got from us is based on our understanding that dose not mean we are right in all things.
The fact so many feels hurt about the way we dealt with them tells me their reality is what they share. That is the reason I believe our meeting is important for understanding.
Satan surly hate for us to live in love and be one, answer to Christ’s prayer in John 17.
If all of these brothers and sisters want to come together or some you choose to represent them or what ever you think will help to bring reconciliation, please let us do it.
Also JD we are learning from it for the feature and for us now.
That is the reason I sent on the articles you posted to all our leaders.
One thing we all want is the lords name glorified and I know God is answering prayers.
I cried out to The Lord much with fasting and prayers for His mercy for all of us.
JD, is there a telephone number I can reach you? Please let me know. Please say my greetings to your wife and children.
Sent from my iPhone

On Aug 11, 2014, at 11:51 PM, “JD Smith” <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

Dear Brother KP,

I received your message, and I appreciate your interest in making things right.At this time, however, it appears that there is nothing in your view which you feel needs to be made right – if I read both of your leadership’s written responses correctly, which David _____ emailed to me. In them, you made it plain that you flatly deny that there is any truth to our claims.That being the case, I don’t know what purpose a meeting would have, other than attempting to convince us that the testimonies of scores of our friends are not true, or that you had an acceptable reason for the spiritual abuse and hurt so many staff have suffered at your hands. I see no sign of repentance or willingness to acknowledge even one iota of the things we wrote about, to make them right.If you’ve changed your mind, please send a new written response at your convenience.Meanwhile, since we have your clear written response, we will proceed prayerfully in the way we see best, and according to pastoral counsel.Regards,
JD

On Aug 10, 2014 5:07 AM, “K.P. Yohannan” <kp@gfa.org<mailto:kp@gfa.org>> wrote:
Dear brother JD
I called and left message I hope you got it.
I read your post about abuse leadership etc. both of them. I have forwarded it to all our leaders. As I told you before, I/we do want to meet with you and others and I want to make things right with our brothers and sisters.
Also I want ask your forgiveness for not responding to your emails wishing to talk about my book on submission and godliness etc. I am sorry.
Just the other day standing by the lake I thought about your baptism and the time we had together.
We are now working on the adaption license and I pray we will be able to help so many precious children.
JD I want you and family to come for our campus opening and we are inviting all the ex-GFA to come for it.
With love and prayers.
Kpy
Ps. I will be back in a few weeks. Looking forward to seeing you then.
Sent from my iPhone

September 3, 2014 * Diaspora corrects 2nd Letter to GFA Board

Diaspora realized the original 2nd appeal letter included identifying information regarding some indiscretions and also contained an incorrect signature count. We asked that the original be destroyed and replaced with this corrected version.

“I would like to send you a corrected version of the document I attached last night …”

Corrected Letter to GFA Board

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Re: Final appeal to GFA board from 75 former staff

JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 1:55 PM

To: [GFA Board]

Dear Directors,

I would like to send you a corrected version of the document I attached last night (attached.) There were only two changes made:

1) The number of signers was listed incorrectly. There are 75 signers.

2) The first two paragraphs of the _____ testimony made it very easy for Canadian staff to identify who had been caught viewing pornographic material. Our desire is most certainly not to expose them or hurt their reputations. So we consolidated the two paragraphs into one which does not give enough info to reveal their identity. We want to be above reproach in how we go about all of this; I am sure you understand.

Please delete and destroy the first version that was sent and use this one instead going forward, especially if you are sharing it with other leaders.

Also, we do not have an email address for US Director Skip Heitzig. Feel free to forward this to him.

For Christ’s Glory,

xxx-xxx-xxxx

On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 11:28 PM, JD Smith <xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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