Johnny Hunt, President of the Southern Baptist
Convention AND Pastor of First Baptist Church
of Woodstock Ga, has Prostate Cancer and
is moving towards making decisions regarding
his recent diagnosis of having prostate cancer.
Mr Hunt is seeking much medical counsel in the
month of December and will probably have surgery
in early January. Please pray for him to know
God's will, but ultimately for God to heal him
and give him discernment.
What a difference there is with today's Ministers and Evangelist and ALL those we remember from the past .....
Welcome to the Revival for the 2000's. I have seen and heard some of the finest preachers during a Revival. But that was before the age of the "Greedy". Yeah, there has always been Pastors who helped there buddies, but not like it is in these days. Pastors move from church to church now always hoping to land the big paycheck and future funding for their "GOD inspired Evangelistic Crew".I once overheard a prominent Evangelist tell the Pastor that they want to be the first one into a new church that they were about to get hired at. Many come several times a year now in order to receive bonus money from a church that really cares for ministers, and these ministers know how to take advantage of their kindness. I once remember a certain Evangelist coming to our church at least 5 times in one year, then bragging about how much money he was given by them. Certain Evangelist commanded $10-12,000 for a 3 day Revival!
While many of these men watch their 401K's grow, members are told if you don't give "Your Lost and going to Hell," by some of the most arrogant men in the ministry.
$30 Million "POOF" Dollars used.... for what ?
Note: TO ENLARGE VIEWS OF GRAPHS AND CHARTS BELOW, CLICK ON THE CHART OR GRAPH. VERY IMPORTANT DATA AHEAD HERE, READ this article CAREFULLY!!!!!.....
The Georgia Baptist Convention is burning through almost 30 million dollars of cooperative program funds and it keeps going up.
My name is Doug Pirkle, Jr. I was a deacon, Sunday school teacher and the treasurer at Pray’s Mill during 6 of Mike Everson’s 10 year tenure. Unlike so many in the ministry, I have credentials to support my comments. I have an accounting degree and have been a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Government Financial Manager for almost 20 years, so as far as accounting and auditing, I have a sound foundation for my comments. I have audited entities with over 20 billion dollars in expenditures on a regular basis.
While state conventions continue to have extravagant budgets, there are at le
ast 69 SBC missionaries that the SBC cannot send to the mission field due to lack of funds. Are the priorities right? Are we reaching the world for Christ? I say no. What a shame!
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/shows/cwn/2009/September/Southern-Baptists-Forced-to-Cut-Missionaries/
Update: In the last few months, churches have given so that some of the 69 can go to the mission field, however there are still many that are waiting.
This is now your 2008 corporative program money was spent by the Georgia Baptist Convention (GBC):
Sources:
http://www.cpmissions.net/2003/State%20Statistics/Georgia.asp
http://www.cpmissions.net/2003/cp%20missions%20in%20action.asp
Now, there is a problem with a lot of the state conventions, but guess which one has the biggest budget? Georgia!
Source: http://www.cpmissions.net/2003/Yourstatescontribs.asp
Is there something w
rong with this picture? We say yes. Our recommendation for Southern Baptist Churches and Southern Baptist Church members is to bypass your state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention by:
1. Designating your tithes and offerings to your church only and/or
2. Designating your tithes and offerings to the International Mission Board and the North American Mission Board.
It gets worse in Georgia in 2009. We all know we have been in a recession and churches are doing more with less. Not the Georgia Baptist Convention. They increased their budget by $420,674.48 and at the same time reduced the percentage they give to the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2009, the GBC will keep 59.37% of all cooperative program dollars compared to 58.83% in 2008. Notice the Shared Causes. It appears they want us to believe they are splitting everything fifty-fifty with the Southern Baptist Convention. The last time there was a fifty-fifty split with the SBC was 1990. A deeper look at the Shared Causes discloses the deception. Who are they sharing with? Not the SBC!
This following link is a detail of the 2009 Georgia Baptist Convention Budget:
http://www.gabaptist.org/FAITHNETWORK_USERFILESTORE/fileCabinet/ministries/237e6518-ae1d-4db3-844a-2959aa6966fc/cp_detailed2009budget.pdf
Now, look at the nice office complex the Georgia Baptist Convention calls home. They are so proud.http://www.christianindex.org/2601.article
I tried to discuss these issues with the SBC and GBC leadership, but as usually, they declined.
See below:
----- Forwarded Message ----From: Johnny Hunt To: Doug Pirkle.Jr Cc: jwhite@gabaptist.org; meverson@gabaptist.org; gharris@christianindex.orgSent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:43:44 PM
Subject: Re: Meeting Request
Doug I would encourage you to do what you feel led to do. I do not see were I fit into the equation. Also I do not do well with your demands. Sent from my
On Sep 17, 2009, at 7:55 PM, "Doug Pirkle.Jr" <dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net> wrote:
Mr. Hunt,
I have given you plenty of time to get back with me and set up a meeting with you and the leadership of the GBC. I will give you one more chance and then I’m going to expose some very disturbing financial information about the GBC and the SBC on http://www.purifythechurch.com/. I am encouraging you to be a leader, but if you ignore me the way Robert White and Gerald Harris has, I will expose you also. I do not believe Jesus would agree with the way the SBC and the GBC are operating. The priorities are not consistent with our command as Christian to reach a lost and dying world. I encourage you to stand for what is right. Regardless of what you do, I am going to follow Christ in what he has instructed me to do. I can be reached at dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net, …..... I look forward to hearing from you in the next week or so.
Sincerely,
Doug Pirkle, Jr.
From: Doug Pirkle.Jr <dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net>To: Johnny Hunt <Johnny.Hunt@fbcw.net>Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 7:42:01 PMSubject: Re: Meeting Request
Mr. Hunt,
Take a look at the web site http://www.thewartburgwatch.com/tww/blog/Archive.html and you will have a good idea of what has been going on in the GBC and Pray’s Mill Baptist Church and more importantly for me, what has happened to me and my family. You can also look at http://www.purifythechurch.com/ for more background. I tried to get Gerald Harris and Robert White to meet with me and Doug Pittman, but I informed them then that I would take it to the internet if they ignored us. They have yet to agree to meet and deal with some very serious issues. As head of the SBC, you have an opportunity to get involved and encourage the GBC to do the right thing.
If you would like to call me, feel free to call me at ....
From: Johnny Hunt <Johnny.Hunt@fbcw.net>To: Doug Pirkle.Jr <dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net>Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:18:56 PMSubject:
RE: Meeting Request
Hello Doug, I am not sure what you are requesting me to be involved in?
From: Doug Pirkle.Jr [mailto:dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net]Sent: Fri 08/14/2009 5:52 PMTo: Johnny Hunt
Subject: Fw: Meeting Request
Mr. Hunt,As president of the SBC, I think it would be appropriate for you to be involved.
Doug Pirkle, Jr.
----- Forwarded Message ----From: Doug Pirkle.Jr <mailto:dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net>To: meverson@gabaptist.org; gharris@christianindex.org; jwhite@gabaptist.orgCc: … Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 5:00:22 PMSubject: Meeting Request
Good Afternoon,I'm sure you are aware; a lot has been published the last several weeks on the internet concerning you guys. If you are not aware, you can go to http://www.thewartburgwatch.com/tww/blog/Archive.html Before things were published on the internet, I asked for a meeting, however, we were never contacted. I am contacting you again to give you an opportunity to meet. If you would like to meet, you can contact me at dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net or ....Doug Pirkle, Jr.
written by;
Doug Pirkle, Jr.
dougpirklejr@bellsouth.net
Cloudy Days for Trinity Baptist Church in Southaven, Mississippi
I would like to start this post by telling you a little bit about Trinity. She has always been a strong church that has stood as a beacon in
We went through Bro. David Jett who came from Gardendale Baptist church and was Steve Gaines Assoc. Pastor . He stayed for three years and tried to turn us into a contemporary mega church and it did not work. He left after butting his head against the wall. He went to a church that was just what he wanted us to become. Only they are smarter they have him on a very short leash. He will not blow through all the money he spent with us.
After he left we formed a pastor search committee and for months nothing happened. People were getting upset because the staff we had left would not step up and run the church. We had staff members running off long time members and tearing up what little unity we had left. The search committee felt pressured to find someone and they found
His so called DR.Education you ask? Go read about this this HERE...
More to come............
Written by a current Trinity Member -
Well, it has come this far. God help us. Will he again, cry with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!to the Church and its Ministers?
I remember sitting there in the church that October night and seeing the pain shoot through Linda Dupree, hearing the cries from several of our church members echoing in our sanctuary after you had Linda removed. Mike, I will never forget the look she gave me as she looked back at me in an act of desperation saying with her facial expression "help me". I could only nod as tears rolled from my eyes that night Mike. She later told me that she could see the answer already written on my face. The answer of " I feel your pain Linda, I have to stay and fight for this church." She told me Mike that she knew GOD was already working through me to expose what the real truth were within our church. The truth that you had allowed your personal agenda and whatever else was taking place in your heart and soul and while doing the things that were surely not within GODS will. You see Mike, I too wanted to stand in opposition of your vote, but GOD spoke to my heart many times telling me he had a bigger plan. He needed my help. He needed me in Prays Mill to expose what was about to come about. Otherwise Mike, you and your kool aid cup filling disciple deacons would have had free reign over this church and would have been able to continue down the path of deception you were leading and continue making a mockery of Christ Kingdom and making a mockery our church grounds.
I guess Mike after this you kind of lost it. That is when the issues concerning Jarrod Everson (your son) and his PORNOGRAPHY usage on our church's computer system started to pop after Jim's family members started leaving. That is when questions started happening all around. Remember Mike, I begged you to bring out the issues to the church, but you was determined to keep it a secret from almost everyone. That is how it started, with Linda. You heard wind she was asking around concerning the rumors about Jarrod's usage of PORN on our system from several deacons and elders whom she thought she had gone to in private and confidentially, which turned out not to be the case, and ask about whether it was truth or not. I warned you Mike it was about to hit and you continued to deny and said you would handle it. Then there was the anonymous letter sent to the church just before our Christmas Eve services. I remember getting the letter at my home and bringing it for you to read. Remember my response Mike? I was furious! I was furious because it had my name in the letter as the one who could verify the fact that Jarrod had indeed been caught viewing PORN. I remember CJ Ellis, our former chairman of the disciple deacons, reading this letter and thinking to myself "this is about to explode." But you know what really hurt Mike, you never once told the church Mike it was true while I was their. You could have immediately brought me before the church, allowed me to answer the question and confirm his viewings - especially since Jarrod was no longer a staff minister at Pray's Mill - and all may have been resolved. But you know Mike, I believe you were still bent on protecting Jarrod. I believe you were so afraid that it would have gotten out to his new church where your son CHAD was the Senior Pastor and it would have destroyed both their ministries and would have been a crushing blow to him and his church. ( and then there was the issue -which is discussed here on my former website- of me asking you if he was being watched at Madison street and you said he was - when in reality, according to CHAD, no one knew about his viewing PORN) Both you and I now know that was the wrong call because later it was exposed that Jarrod had not informed his new church he had been caught either. What really upset me was when you chose to hide these facts from our church members and allowed me, especially when I was named as the source on the unsigned and anonymous letter, to catch all the questions and flack in regards to Jarrod. Remember Mike, you told me to just not answer there questions and send them to you. I had hundreds of people come to me Mike and ask about Jarrod's Porn issue and what pressure it was having to field these questions. I remember C.J. Ellis coming to me once when it got out that I was leading people to the truth without actually acknowledging the fact and he was furious that I was "somewhat"confirming what the content of the letter was saying. Do you remember your response Mike? You and C.J. Ellis got mad at me for not doing as you said and not having them come speak directly with you and C.J. After you get over 100 inquiries Mike about a certain subject from friends you love, sometimes you break and I did. I responded to you that I was no longer going to lie to them about Jarrod's issue. Remember.
Well about the time we got this one somewhat settled, David's issue with PORN popped up.
When CJ told me again this is the way you wanted to handle the situation and handed me David's resignation letter to read (which I still have the copy of ) and just before reading it explained to me what was going to happen, I exploded! You were going to allow David to work the Revival which was starting in a few days and then he would resign AND THEY WERE GOING TO TELL THE CHURCH IT WAS FOR HEALTH REASONS - I WENT BERSERK! I told all of your disciples how dare you lie to my CHURCH! Remember? How could my these people do this. I refused! I refused to allow them to tell any member that David was resigning due to health issues which he had been caught redhanded. Remember the reaction Mike? Seems just like yesterday. Mike you then went again to the "tell them to come see me" route for a while until you finally fired him. This was so stressful Mike. I remember calling David and just ripping him apart for doing this to my church. His response was he was sorry. That was it.
So then we come to my issue. Why did I finally leave? When? I had been praying about GOD's direction for me. Everything was dry. The messages, Sunday School, fellowship, everything. I knew GOD was ready for me to leave. On the final Sunday in 2006, December 24th as a matter of fact, when I left the sanctuary I felt a wonderful warm fresh breeze hit me as I walked out the doors of the church. It was totally unexpected. It was like a 1000 lbs had been lifted off my shoulders. God spoke to my heart and I felt as if he said to me your now free to leave. It was totally unexpected and well received and never questioned by me. Remember Mike I then came to you the following week and advised you that I would be leaving the church and seek a new direction for my life and a new church home becuase of the issues in the past and because I needed a change? I remember the serious look in your eye and how mad you seemed that I would dare leave your church. But I did it. If you remember I did come back one last time in January to hear Bill Stafford, I believe it was. By then everyone was asking me where I was and what I was doing so I made the decision not to come back and disrupt the church.
Mike in closing, I have spoken with many and have stated to them that if you could or would ever change and learn from your past mistakes you could be the best pastor a church could ever call. But it is so apparent from conversations from many who have spoken with me about our issues, and yes everyone knows whether you like it or not, you have not repented nor apologized and you continue to deceive others into your ways of deceptive practices that are not GOD called or GOD centered. The lies you speak to search committees, lies you just told to another reporter, which I wrote about in an earlier post, is an example of your continued denials of your wrong doings. You are very wrong in your assessments of my life and all the lies you continue to spew are totally fabricated and wrong and this must be stopped.
You had everything in front of you Mike and I now fear for your eternal salvation and journey once this life is over. Remember when I said "it ain't over"? You questioned what I meant. Well, I meant ...that IS when "It is Over" you, as will I, will answer for all that we have done. My statement is and has been for sometime; " how in heavens name could I ever think about lying about such serious matters within a church - when one day I know I will be on my death bed, knowing that my next breath will be my last, and my next destiny will be in front of Jesus…., tell you ANY lie…NO WAY! NOT ME! I will stand before my God one day, and the truth, testimony, and my salvation will be all I can stand with."
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 23
Have you ever heard a preacher speak on the above passage? I never have and probably never will, at least not in the current modern day Baptist church. It would be to hypocritical of them if they did. You may here one touch on this verse in order to lift up his own "agenda" and "status" but those in the pulpits should realize that the Lord is jealous over His sheep. It is clear now that some within "the Baptist Mafia" have made up their own plan for your and my salvation instead of what is plainly explained and taught in the Bible. To afflict God’s sheep is to afflict the Shepherd of the flock. The Lord’s warnings against false-teachers and false shepherds are most severe. He will tend to you for your evil deeds, says the Lord. His sheep are the apple of His eye. Under-shepherds are called to tend and care for God’s precious flock; not scatter them, abuse them, or lead them into unbelief or false worship of any kind. The warning Jeremiah gave in the Old Testament reading rings true and certain for the Lord’s 21st century church. Quite frequently, the church calls ministers “pastor” which is the Latin word for " Shepherd". Thus says the Lord, “Woe to the pastors who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture…Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds.” I believe this should be and is a very stern warning to all pastors.
You do not want to hear it, I do not want to say it, but truth is truth and " I am going to say what should be reacted to as shocking!" I wrote this almost 2 years ago on my previous blog concerning Mike Everson and issues while at Prays Mill. Look for my original blog link located within Part 1 and Part 2 articles.
There are so many large and small church's hard working Pastors who deserve all the acclamations and praise they receive.We appreciate their hard work, dedication, prayers, timeless efforts for their communities, hospital visits, home counseling sessions, church activities, which are so demanding on them, their families, and their lives. These are the Ministers we have grown up to love and respect as one of the backbones of America. You see peoples lives changed because of these men and their fruitful efforts and I have learned to really appreciate a ministers who are truly "GOD Called" into the ministry and uses it as best as GODS grace allows. This, along with many more positive aspects I have left out, is the good side to what we desire from so few available and willing GOD Called ministers of the gospel and Christ teachings..
J Robert White, Gerald Harris, Mac Brunson, Jerry Sutton, Junior Hill, Bill Stafford, Johnny Hunt, Bucky Kennedy, Terry Braswell, Chad Everson, Jarrod Everson, Herb Revis, Sam Cathey, Bill Sturm, Rick Coran, Sam Wood, Mike Stone, Wayne Robertson, Bob Pitman, Clay Cox, Ric Blazi, David Barker, Bucky Kennedy, Wayne Hamrick, Wayne Bray, Rusty Newman, Josh Buice, Steve Gaines, Don Hattaway and on and on.... ( if I missed someone, you can email me and I will update the info so you may also be included... or - undoubtedly you will not do this one - excluded ) The above named are alleged friends of Mike Everson and just some who "run" and "hangout" with this man. We all know what they say, you are who and what you "hangout" with! All are pretty well known to have very close associations (one way or another) and ties currently or in the past with Mike Everson. I question if any of these men have issued any corrective comments concerning each others actions against those whom have pushed personal agendas against the innocent flock. If not, why not? Do they too feel it is OK to treat GODS flock this way?
27Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
There are many instances where Pastors have spiritually abused members within there own congregations but the Spiritual Abuse is not limited to church congregations. It is also evident even among it's own peer group of other ministers. Many ministers have emailed me over the years telling me of issues they have encountered within the Baptist denomination and its poor leadership. These are things I have promised to keep confidential until the publication of my book titled "Provoked" and I will disclose them at that time. It is shocking!
I do know what I am writing and speaking about as I have personally lived through all this, have you?
GOD IS WATCHING
THE FOUNDATION: COURAGE
Tip of the Iceberg - Leadership Issues Exposed
And how do they respond to you when legitimate issues are brought before them and answers are requested?
Doug:
A correction has been made and we consider this matter concluded.
I do not intend to respond to further emails.
In His grace,
Gerald Harris
AND
From: Mike Everson
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 8:43 AM
To: Doug
Subject: Re: Urgent
Doug,
This is my last contact with you. ..............................
Please refrain from further contact in any way as this IS my last.
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 3:25 PM
To: 'wayne.robertson'
Subject: RE: Possible Meeting (2nd Try)
“Crankiness often erupts on the floor of the Southern Baptist Convention,” he said. “We criticize people who are not even there. We raise issues as if this is where the SBC should direct its energies.... The risk here is that we will be cranky in all the wrong ways. If we stand by the Scriptures, we are going to have to say hard things to a culture around us that will consider us backward, unloving, intolerant, while having to stand by the truth.... We cannot afford to waste our energy on being cranky about things that are irrelevant and unhelpful and extraneous to the life of the SBC. When we gather together there had better be evident joy and there had better be a unity of purpose and a commonality of heart or people will stop coming.”
Regarding the Cooperative Program, Southern Baptists’ unified giving plan, Mohler said the convention has perception problems and reality problems.
“We have problems in terms of the fact that we say we are sold out to missions and yet the closer you look at the actual infrastructure of the Southern Baptist Convention at every level and all the rest of you trace the dollars, only a small portion of that offering plate dollar ever gets close to the International Mission Board,” he said. “It’s a perception problem, but the closer you look it’s also where we have a lead problem.”
and then there are those who preach and say things such as GOD maybe punishing American because we are not tithing. Maybe these Pastors should read this comment by Mohler;On Behalf Of Jarrod Everson
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:01 AM
To: Doug
Subject: Your iKarma review has been challenged.
Your review of Jarrod Everson has been challenged.I then sent Jarrod an email asking him the following which he has yet answered;
Your review of Jarrod Everson's iKarma Profile has been challenged, and you have now
entered a 10-day "cooling off" resolution period. We strongly encourage you to use
this time to contact Jarrod Everson and attempt to resolve your differences.
For the duration of this challenge process, your review has been temporarily removed
from Jarrod Everson's profile and rating. During this time you will not be allowed
to post a new review of Jarrod Everson. When this period ends in ten (10) days, you
may allow the review to post unchanged, edit it, or delete it altogether.
No iKarma user enjoys receiving a poor rating. If you and Jarrod Everson are able to
resolve your differences during this challenge period, or if you later realize that
your review was inappropriate, please change or delete it at the end of this
"cooling off" period.
Jarrod Everson's Comments:
"Please remove this post from my account. It is extremely slanderous."
From: DougAs you know the above statement I posted on IKARMA is truth and not "extremely slanderous" as he stated to this website. I guess the saying "Like Father" " Like Son" fits here perfectly.
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 10:59 AM
To: 'Jarrod Everson'
Subject: RE: Your iKarma review has been challenged.
So Jarrod, I see you have challenged what I posted on Ikarma.
What part of this is “extremely slanderous” brother? (the below is
what I posted on IKARMA;)
"Now some truth undisclosed by Jarrod. Since they
will not let people know, I will.
Transparency is vital in the ministry and it looks
like this is not the case here and other sites.
Jarrod Everson was caught viewing Pornography while
a minister at Prays Mill Baptist Church by
the Secretary and the Computer IT professional their
at Prays Mill.
He never went before the church, he left and went to
his brothers church in Starke Florida.
You said:
"Please remove this post from my account. It is extremely
slanderous." Jarrod, TRUTH is not Slander.
Now tell me, please.
Doug Pittman
The New "Revival"
and I pray....
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
“Is it any wonder our churches are in the condition and mess they are in today? They are in the condition and mess today because of the mess and condition of our preachers. Straighten out the preachers, straighten out their walk and “the church” will receive the blessings and revival God desires”.
"Mike Everson" in 2006
Former Pastor
Pray's Mill Baptist
