Exposing All Forms of Corruption
All will be laid bare...All liars go to hell
But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” Revelation 21:8
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“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens
will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by
fire, and the earth and everything done in it will be laid bare. Since
everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be?" 2 Peter 3:10-11
“You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day
of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the
heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping
with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new
earth, where righteousness dwells.” 2 Peter 3:11-13
PART ONE
New and Ongoing Resources
Note: You can access the five presentations (video and written)
Corruption and Culture, Government, Business, and Church.
What's New
In this latest
PPNet weblog entry (August 2021) we emphasize the promise--and the warning--that the Day of the Lord is coming. Prior to there being a new heaven and a new earth...God will bring every act into judgment, including all things hidden (Ecclesiastes 12:14). We encourage us all to reflect on this upcoming reality and to live lives of integrity, free from the deceptive and destructive bondage of corruption in all its forms.
We also strongly continue to exhort the specific people, leaders, and organizations affected by the NCI KB et al. fraud--all who may be complicit, complacent, covering up, and cowardly; the rationalizers and the liars--to repent now: acknowledge your mistakes/wrongs, apologize privately and publicly, and make amends to your life and to others. It is not too late.
Reflect and repent.
"Integrity is moral wholeness—living consistently in moral wholeness. Corruption is moral rottenness—the distortion, perversion, and deterioration of moral goodness. It abuses and exploits people and is the opposite of integrity. Global integrity is living consistently in moral wholeness at all levels: individual, interpersonal, institutional, and international; across sectors and settings; local through global; the systemic and structural." Global Integrity Day (9 June)
1. We recommend attending the upcoming conference, Anti-Corruption: Perspectives and Practices (21 August 2021). This is the fifth conference (second virtual) organized by the Lausanne Movement-World Evangelical Alliance and as usual, it will feature a variety of colleagues-experts from around the world.
You can access the five presentations (video and written)
Corruption and Culture, Government, Business, and Church.
2. We recommend reviewing the PETRA People website, which has been recently redesigned and updated. “Peace, Transparency, and Accountability (PETRA)" Since 2011, this site has provided information and resources on integrity and corruption with a focus on the international fraud Nordic Capital Investments KB (NCI).
3. We recommend listening to the podcast, Unfinished Business: Who Has Integrity to Help? by Kelly and Michèle O’Donnell. This is one of 14 podcasts done to advocate for truth, repentance, and healing in the past and ongoing NCI et al. corruption and related dismissals (Into Integrity podcasts, 2019).
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Ongoing: NCI et al.
We are resolute in continuing the collaborative
efforts (since 2007) in calling specific people and organizations for
assistance-disclosures in confronting the international Nordic Capital
Investments KB et al. fraud (NCI) and the related dismissals. Three ongoing
efforts are the Professional
Review, the Integrity Petition, and
the NCI Summary and Summons (Part Two below). Here is a summary.
1. The Professional Review (2008) by Rand Guebert. "This review [investigates] several overlapping matters that have affected the mission, member care, and church community...[and] aspires to promote transparency, accountability, good practice, and healthy relationships." (p. 112). [It]has been organized to draw together the various events that have led to the dismissal of Drs. Kelly and Michele O’Donnell from YWAM [and other organizations/networks] and to the potential loss of millions of dollars by investors in Nordic Capital Investments (NCI) and Stichting Dutch Investments (SDI). Many of these events are related and overlap, and this review attempts to place them in context." (p.1)
The Professional Review is featured on the weblog, Loving Truth and
Peace. This weblog's purpose, like that of the
Professional Review, is to "review and learn, support good practice,
and restore relationships. Click HERE to access this
weblog and Professional Review. For a quick overview of the latter,
see the Integrated Executive Summary. "One question
arises over and over in this review--where is the ethical and
accountable corporate governance?" (Integrated Executive Summary, page 1).
2. The Integrity Petition Shine the Light--Together! An ongoing, international petition calling for integrity and action to confront corruption in the Church-Mission Community and in particular the international NCI et al. fraud. More information via the link above and in Part Two below.
3. The NCI Summary and Summons. See Part Two below. This entry also includes
verbatim the major section in the last several entries (Healing the
Body: Living in Integrity--Loving Truth and Peace). They summarize many
of the efforts by the People Network (PP Net) and summon the
assistance of the people and the organizations affected by the Nordic Capital
Investment KB fraud (NCI).
Those “affected” refers to the specific investors-victims,
organizations-ministries, staff-leaders, and any others who received/lost money
in this scheme or were somehow impacted. It also refers to the thousands of
people who are or were part of these organizations-ministries (including Board
members and supporters) and who have a moral responsibility to call leaders and
others to account: to disclose, conduct independent reviews, and where there
are “net positive” gains, to return money to victims.
How You Can Help
The informed, resolute responses to NCI by those
in the church-mission community (CMC) can help bring healing to many people and
the reputation of the CMC. The NCI fraud, like all corruption, will not simply
go away on its own, over time, by ignoring it, or by keeping silent. Remember,
the only thing necessary for corruption to flourish is to do nothing about
it--or to do some non-resolute "thing" and move on, feeling
self-justified, with our consciences placated and our livelihoods
protected. What can you do?
1. Get accurately informed. Read the materials, court documents, and exchanges with specific CMC leaders calling for disclosures and good practice. Take the time to carefully review the Summary and Summons below.
2. Join with others and hold your organizations and leaders
accountable to good practice standards (see the list
of organizations and leaders in the Summary and Summons below).
3. Read, sign, and share the Integrity Petition. There is an ongoing call for signatures. See below and in Part Two.
4. Beware of the deceptive tendency to rationalize--and to
distort our true motives. Hypocrisy. The heart is more
deceitful above all else, and desperately sick; who can understand it (Jeremiah 17:9).
Living in integrity involves scrupulously considering how we might be
hurting people and the planet--unintentionally or even intentionally--and
changing our ways.
#CMCtoo -- #HealUsToo -- #MyOrganizationToo
-Some mixed and hidden motives: "I don't want to take risks. I/we might have my reputation and revenue negatively impacted. This would inconvenience me." And many more.
Pandemic
Perspectives
Pandemics bring out people's best selves or their worse
selves--our selfless and our selfish qualities. The reality of the
uncertainties and anxieties of life, and indeed survival--existential risk--is
heavy upon the world. Positively, the current COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing
corruption pandemic certainly provide plenty of opportunities for us
all--individually and collectively--to reflect on the types of people we
want to be, the types of societies we need to build, and the types of changes
we have to make. We hope the resources in this new weblog entry will
support such reflections and positive actions for living in integrity always
and everywhere.
Live in integrity. Always. Everywhere.
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PART TWO
Summary and Summons
to understand what happened and what needs to be done.
but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:13
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calling for integrity and action to confront corruption
in the church-mission community and in the international NCI et al. fraud.
Read, sign, and share this petition.
In light of the Swedish court documents, we are publicly calling for the following organizations to provide assistance by reviewing and disclosing how NCI has affected them. We are also asking them to review how they have responded to the NCI matter thus far. Authorizing independent and internal reviews is strongly encouraged. It is not helpful to simply try to “move on” and leaders and members are urged now to hold their organizations accountable. There is much to learn and many ways to help. We urge organizations affected by NCI to emulate the organizations in the “United Response” to the New Era Scandal: be transparent, accountable and cooperate to return money.
Individuals and organisations committed to integrity
should welcome the opportunity to help via open investigations and verifiable disclosures.
[YFC update June 2019: There have been exchanges with one leader in YFC over the past few months about the concerns above and the concerns shared in the paper trail August 2014-current. Although not willing to request an independent review, this leader nonetheless pulled together previous YFC responses and his current responses to the concerns. We see it as a helpful step in the right direction. We also believe it would be helpful for YFC to summarize and publicly share these responses in one document. Other organizations would do well to follow the example of YFC.]
--Individuals, families, ministries, projects, charities, foundations, and other organizations. Those that have been involved with and/or benefited from NCI—that have or may have received NCI-related funds—have key roles to play in sharing information and helping to locate missing money. Some of these entities have had three or more contracts with NCI (e.g., contracts related to other investors’ contracts, contracts for ministries and receiving NCI-money related to the people they have brought into NCI.) The Swedish court documents included an extensive albeit partial list of investors. Many are part of/associated with YWAM. Many are American, British, Dutch, and Swedish investors. Will these people and entities help? Docs: NCI Investors (primary list from Swedish EBM
--Youth With A Mission: Loren Cunningham, Darlene Cunningham, Lynn Green, Jim Stier, Tom Hallas, Iain Muir, and YWAM leaders/staff around the world. “We would be grateful if you (YWAM leaders/staff around the world) would carefully review the petition and Statement with links to core documents.” Click here to view the list of international offices from the organization’s website, many which link to specific leaders.
--Mercy Ships: Donovan and Mae Palmer. “We would be grateful if you could please review the petition and its links to core documents and share it with members of the international Mercy Ships Executive Committee and others Board members (e.g., Don Stephens as President, Myron Ullman as Chair, Rosa Whitaker, Francoise Andre, Ian McColl, and Peter Schulze as Vice-Chairs, etc.). Click here to view the list of International Board Members and the Executive Committee from the organization’s website.
(PP Net Update Aug-Sept 2012, excerpts-introduction)
(a link to excerpts and quotes for good practice, to support YWAM leaders) What can all those associated with YWAM do? Here are four suggestions to keep in mind as you review and respond to these materials:
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