Part 1c
Dishonesty, Deceit, and Dissimulation
in the New IFB
Dishonesty, Deceit, and Dissimulation
in the New IFB
We now find ourselves in the final segment of part one of this article series, where we will look at the dishonesty, deceit, and dissimulation within and throughout the New IFB. And please note, this segment does not explore the possibility of dishonest, deceit, and dissimulation within the New IFB; but rather exposes the fact that they actually do exist within the New IFB. There is no question at all about this, as there are documented examples of dishonesty, deceit, and dissimulation within the New IFB, and we will examine a few of these examples here. Before we do, however, we must first understand what these terms mean, so that we can see them accurately in the practices of the New IFB.
Dishonesty is the characteristic of being dishonest; behaving in an untrustworthy, or fraudulent, or unethical manner. Also includes engaging in illegal activity.
Deceit is the practice of acting in a manner designed to intentionally deceive or mislead people; to cause them to believe something that is not true.
Dissimulation is the intentional concealment of one's true thoughts, feelings, or character by presenting a façade, i.e. false feelings, a false character, false thoughts, and false pretenses to others, while concealing from them ones true self.
With these definitions in mind, let's look at some documented examples of dishonesty, deceit and dissimulation within the New IFB.
EXAMPLE ONE:
Since 2012, Paul Wittenberger has been involved with, or in some way connected to, at least twenty Steven Anderson film projects. He has moved his “production company” called Framing the World (an LLC whose sole purpose is to run a small online business) to Tempe, Arizona and he is a member of Steven Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church. He has, in effect, become the media branch of the New IFB.
Some of Steven Anderson's critics have claimed that Paul Wittenberger “made porno films.”86 To be honest and truthful, Wittenberger actually has worked on two homosexual pornographic films; one in 2007 (the “Itty Bitty T**** Committee” a lesbian themed pornographic film) and one in 2008 (“Dog Tags” a male homosexual themed film). He also worked on numerous low budget horror films which featured graphic gore, nudity, and sometimes sexual content. In all fairness to Paul Wittenberger, however, he did not produce these films, he did not direct these films, and he did not even film these films. He was an electrician.
In fact, the only thing he has done on any of the Hollywood films and television programs he has credited to him on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is electrician work (as an electrician, grip, gaffer, best boy) and work with lighting. That's it. Granted he could have chosen a better class of films to work on, but the chances are good he would have been fired and not hired again. According to his IMDb credits the only time he has actually picked up a camera and done actual filming, or worked as a director or producer is on Steven Anderson films.87 Paul Wittenberger is not the pornographic producing boogie man that many of Anderson's critics make him out to be. From a Christian perspective, however, he is far worse. Far, far worse.
In addition to selling a plethora of Steven Anderson films and products, and other New IFB items on his Framing the World website, Wittenberger also sells anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi material. Of course this is in keeping with Steven Anderson's anti-Semitic views (which will be discussed later in this series). But even these items, as evil as they are, are not the worst thing Paul Wittenberger promotes and sells – that dubious honor goes to the New Age Eastern Mysticism and Hindu Spirituality products Paul Wittenberger promotes and sells on his Framing the World website.88
Now bear in mind that Paul Wittenberger and Steven Anderson are partners in numerous film projects. Wittenberger sells Steven and Zsuzsanna Anderson material. Paul Wittenberger attends Faithful Word Baptist Church and Steven Anderson is his pastor, and most importantly, Steven Anderson endorses Paul Wittenberger (saying he is a “Great Guy!” and calling him “my good friend Paul”), he endorses Wittenberger's Framing the World website, and encourages his congregation and others to support Wittenberger by purchasing the items for sale on Wittenberger's website. Not only has Anderson created a video to this effect titled, Paul Wittenberger is a Great Guy!; but he has also written a blog article about this and posted it to his church website. In this article Steven Anderson writes, “His online business is an excellent resource for purchasing additional materials similar to what you would find on the back table of our church for free. … Framing the World Productions is a great cause to support! … On behalf of my good friend, Paul, I’d like to thank those of you who have donated or purchased from his website. Framing the World is a business, and it’s a good business.”89
An interesting choice of words Steven Anderson uses in his promotion of Paul Wittenberger's online store at Framing the World; saying the items he sells are “similar to what you would find on the back table of our church...” Interesting because Wittenberger sells numerous Auromere products, which are billed as “ayurvedic” products. Note the word “vedic” there. Vedic means relating to the Vedas. The Vedas are the oldest Hindu scriptures, and are considered to have been given to man directly from the Hindu gods.90 According to WebMD, “Ayurvedic medicine (“Ayurveda” for short) is one of the world's oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems. It was developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. It's based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit.”91
Additionally, Auromere – the company whose products Paul Wittenberger endorses and sells, and Steven Anderson endorses by endorsing Wittenberger's website, is owned and operated by a non-profit Integral Yoga ashram (a Hindu monastery) in Northern California. According to the Auromere website, Integral Yoga is explained as: “One of Sri Aurobindo’s unique contributions to humanity is a perfect synthesis of the inward and deeply profound mysticism of the East and the outwardly refined sensibilities of the West. In the East, there has been a long-standing tendency towards the abandonment of this world in favor of that Supreme reality which so many mystics have discovered. In the West, there is an ever-increasing and insatiable thirst for material ‘progress’ and enjoyment, often to the detriment of the inner life. Sri Aurobindo affirms the partial truths contained in each worldview, and points the way towards a more Integral Yoga which exalts and fulfills Life to its greatest expressions, calling humanity towards its lofty and as yet still undreamed of possibilities. In The Mother, Sri Aurobindo presents a particularly inspiring description of one aspect of the Divine Mother:”92
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, who died in 1950. His writings have become a standard among the New Age groups such as Auromere. When purchasing items from Paul Wittenberger's website – the website Steven Anderson encourages you to purchase from – you are either directly or indirectly supporting this New Age Mysticism and Hindu company, either by purchasing their products from Wittenberger, or by purchasing other products thus enabling Wittenberger to continue purchasing New Age products to sell.
You might also be interested in knowing that Auromere also supports a New Age commune in India known as Auroville, and 10% of all proceeds from Auromere products sold on Paul Wittenberger's website are devoted to supporting “the development of Auroville, the City of Dawn,” the “City of Human Unity” which the “Divine Mother” has expressed as the fulfillment of her vision of a city “where all human beings of goodwill who have a sincere aspiration could live freely as citizens of the world and obey one single authority, that of the Supreme Truth.”93 Auromere also supports the “Sri Aurobindo Centre of Integral Education” in Ichapur, India, where “education of mind, body, life, and spirit” are given “equal importance.”94 It should go without saying that the “Divine Mother” is not the One True God, and the “Supreme Truth” has nothing to do with the One True God.
Steven Anderson has correctly noted that yoga is not Christian,95 and that the “lord” of Hinduism is Satan himself.96
And yet he and Paul Wittenberger continue to endorse and promote these New Age Hindu Mystic products, the sale of which go to further Hinduism. Anderson even goes so far as to encourage his congregation and others to purchase these products! That he can preach against this kind of fellowship with devils97 while at the same time encouraging fellowship with devils, is the very definition of hypocrisy. As the pastor of a church one of his primary responsibilities is to protect the sheep that have been entrusted to him – his congregation – however, instead of protecting them, he is encouraging them to support a form of satanism known as Hinduism. Can any pastor who does this truthfully be called a man of God?
EXAMPLE TWO:
In a blog post titled “Where Pastors Stand on the AIDS Sermon” written by Steven Anderson on one of his two blogs, Anderson noted that after he preached his sermon on A.I.D.S., “Several pastors have stood with me in my stand on the word of God against the filth and perversion of our day. Several others have contacted me asking to be removed from our church's directory of soul-winning, KJV-only, independent Baptist churches because 'they don't want to be associated with this controversy.'”98
Anderson then goes on to include two lists in this article. One is a list of those pastors who Anderson claims have “publicly supported” him, “encouraged” him, and backed him up on what he has preached. Those pastors are, according to Steven Anderson:
1. Pastor Tim Coleman of 35th Avenue Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ
2. Pastor David Berzins of Word of Truth Baptist Church in Prescott Valley, AZ
3. Pastor Donnie Romero of Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX
4. Pastor Roger Jimenez of Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA
5. Pastor Logan Robertson of Westcity Bible Baptist Church in Auckland, New Zealand
Of these five pastors, four of them (Berzins, Romero, Jimenez, Robertson) are part of Anderson's New IFB movement. Anderson himself ordained Berzins and Romero and sent them out to start churches for him. Jimenez is a childhood friend of Anderson, meeting him when he was only sixteen years old. Of course these pastors sided with Anderson.
The other list contains the names of three pastors whom Anderson claims have contacted him and asked him to remove them from his directory of New IFB churches (every church on that list is part of Anderson's New IFB movement), as a direct result of Anderson's sermon on A.I.D.S. because they allegedly “don't want to be associated with this controversy.” They are:
Pastor Joshua Gregg of Ponderosa Baptist Church in Flagstaff, AZ
Pastor Bob Gray II of Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, TX
Pastor Steve Cox of Trinity Baptist Church in Mocksville, NC
When those who asked to be removed from Anderson's directory were contacted, a different account of events began to emerge. Pastor Stephen Cox stated he did not know Anderson, or anything about him. He stated he had seen a few videos and they were enough to convince him he wanted nothing to do with Anderson. He then emailed Steven Anderson and stated he did not want to be associated with Anderson at all. It was not as a result of his sermon on A.I.D.S., but rather the result of Steven Anderson's overall condemnatory and hateful teaching.99
Pastor Bob Gray II stated, “I found my name on his website, and I don't agree with anything he preaches, so I asked him to remove my name. He never sought permission or reached out to me to put my name on his website, so I had to reach out to him and ask him to remove it. I don't subscribe to anything Steven Anderson does, and I feel sorry for anyone who does.”100
But why let the truth stand in the way of a good story, especially if that story helps him to accomplish his goals? So Steven Anderson went on the offensive and attacked those who would not support his hate mongering, saying, “apparently these 'old-fashioned' Baptists are up to the minute with their doctrine! Do they allow homosexuals in their churches? If so, guard your kids when visiting these churches!” He then states he really doesn't know this to be true, nor why they won't stand by him. He goes on to say, “All I know is that instead of supporting their brother in Christ in his struggle against wickedness and perversion, they are actively discouraging him in his time of persecution and tribulation.”
Steven Anderson made these comments for two reasons. The first is because he desired to be recognized by legitimate Christian IFB churches, which he believed would give him an air of legitimacy with the old IFB. This would help him reach his publicly stated goal of taking over the old IFB, running out the current IFB pastors, and replacing current IFB teachings with his New IFB teachings, replacing current IFB pastors with New IFB pastors, with Anderson at the top of his New IFB empire,101
much like Jack Hyles who rose to the top of the old IFB, and stayed there until his sin brought him back down (although before his fall he managed to become a multi-millionaire power broker with the money he amassed through his church, First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana.
Being recognized as legitimate by the old IFB apparently became less urgent to Anderson as he and his church began bringing more and more money each week; eventually bringing in tens of thousands of dollars each and every week in tithes, offerings, and online donations, according to the man who was once responsible for managing the Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation finances.102
Less urgent does not mean his stated goals have been completely forgotten or abandoned, however, and as the money continues to roll in, his power continues to grow (another lesson he has learned from Jack Hyles), and with power and money Anderson can continue to expand the New IFB through more and more church plants and satellite churches.
The other reason for his statements is to punish those churches who refused to lend their name to his movement. In his article Anderson first attempts to disparage and discredit those pastors and their churches by insinuating they allow pedophiles to be unsupervised around children in their churches, and then innocently adding he doesn't really know this. Well, if he doesn’t know this to be true, then why does he make this slanderous statement? What purpose does it serve other than to cast a cloud of suspicion over those pastors and churches who will not allow him to co-opt their names for his movement. He then goes on to slander them further by stating they are “actively discouraging him,” their brother in Christ, “in his time of persecution and tribulation.”
This is, of course, an obvious lie. In fact, all of it is. These pastors did not turn their backs on him because of his sermon on A.I.D.S., they want nothing to do with him because of all the things he teaches. He never asked them if they would like their names on his New IFB church directory, he simply added it without saying anything to them. Anderson's sermon on A.I.D.S., and the unchristian comments he made in it, caused an uproar – deservedly so, and rather than go down and be swallowed by weight of the criticism he brought down on himself; he simply makes himself out to the be victim in all of it, in an attempt to elicit sympathy from his followers (which he did) and gain new followers (which he did) who saw him as the underdog, the lone pastor who, like David, stood alone against a giant. In Anderson's case he made it out to be some giant amorphous militant homosexual conglomerate and its supporters.
As previously noted, Steven Anderson claimed there were at least five pastors who, “publicly supported me, encouraged me, and backed me up on what I have preached.” Of those five pastors, four of them are New IFB pastors who are loyal to Anderson, and so it is not surprising the would stand with him regardless of the issue. But what about the fifth pastor, Tim Coleman? Did he really publicly support, encourage and back Steven Anderson, as Anderson claims? When he was recently asked about Anderson's claim regarding him, Pastor Coleman responded with, “That article has to be close to two years old. I am NOT a part of the NIFB. I would never associate with that cult. I offered my friendship to S L Anderson many years ago due to his strong stand on the King James Bible and for soulwinning. He was a little harsh and crude, but very bold and zealous. I thought I could have a maturing influence on him and provide him with some balance without compromise (that CAN be done, though few succeed). He proved his obstinance about 20 months ago, and so I have no fellowship with him. Not sure he's not a plant of some kind to sow discord among the brethren. He has changed his doctrines and refuses to acknowledge it. He has turned into a slanderer and lies to cover up his sins.”103
EXAMPLE THREE:
Filing Fraudulent Documents with the California Secretary of State – Part One
The fraudulent document in this incident is document known as a “Statement of Information.” In the state of California, companies and corporations must file a “Statement of Information” with the California Secretary of State office on a regular basis. The form is fairly simple and straight forward, it contains the name of the company, the name of the owner and officers, the address of the business, a description of the business, and so forth.104
On January 29, 2019, Verity Baptist Church, a California Non-Profit Religious Corporation, filed its yearly Statement of Information. This form noted the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and his home address as: “Roger Otoniel Jimenez 303 River Run Circle, Sacramento CA 95833”; it noted the corporation secretary and his home address as: “Oliver Alexander Gonzalez 101 Luna Grande Circle, Unit 67, Sacrament CA 95834”; and it noted the church corporations Chief Financial Officer and his home address as: “Matthew Ryan Stucky 320 Harris Ave Suite A, Sacrament CA 95838.”
*Please note, this document is a matter public record and accessible by anyone at anytime completely free of charge from the California Secretary of State office. Revealing the home addresses of these individuals in this article is not revealing anything that isn't already public knowledge.
The form is completed by filling out the final box which states, “The Information Contained Herein is True and Correct” and then noted with the date the form was filled out and the name and title of the person completing the form and verifying all information is true and correct. The individual attesting to this on this particular form is Roger Otoniel Jimenez, pastor. It is dated 01/29/2019.
Although this all looks like fairly standard paperwork, nothing out of place or out of order, in this case looks can be deceiving. For although the CEO and his home address are accurate, and the secretary and his home address are accurate, the CFO and his home address are not accurate. The home address given for CFO Matthew Ryan Stucky is 320 Harris Ave, Suite A, Sacramento, California 95838 is not a residence at all. It is a retail space in a strip mall where Verity Baptist church meets for services. And when they meet in their strip mall church, Matthew Ryan Stucky does not join them, because he does not live in Sacramento. In fact, he does not live in California, nor even in the United States. Matthew Ryan Stucky is lives in Manilla, in the Philippine Islands, where he pastors a church almost 7,000 miles away from the California church where he is ostensibly the Chief Financial Officer.105
While it is impossible to know exactly what the CFO of Verity Baptist church actually does without reading the CFO job description which Verity did not make available for this article, at the very least the CFO is the person responsible for managing the all financial transactions in the church. Exactly how Matthew Ryan Stucky manages to do this from almost 7,000 miles away is still a mystery.
More to the point, however, is Matthew Stucky's home address as stated on Verity's 2019 Statement of Information. There is no doubt that Stucky does not live in the church. Furthermore, in a telephone conversation with Oliver Gonzales, a corporate officer with Jimenez' Verity Baptist Church, Mr. Gonzales stated in an emphatic manner that Matthew Stucky was, in fact, not the Chief Financial Officer for Verity Baptist Church.106 As the corporate secretary, one of three top officers for Verity Baptist Church, Mr. Gonzales would certainly be in a position to authoritatively know without any doubt who the Chief Financial Officer is or is not.
There is also no doubt that Roger Jimenez is fully aware of this fact, and was fully aware of this when he filled out and signed this form. In short, he knowingly placed false information on a legal document and filed that document with a government office in the state of California.
While all of this may sound like a minor infraction of the law akin to jaywalking, it is still a violation of state law. In fact, what Roger Jimenez did by providing false information on this form was specifically violate California Penal Code 115 PC – Filing False Documents, and it is a felony in the state of California. According to the Shouse Law Group website,107
California Penal Code 115 PC specifically makes it a crime to “knowingly file, register or record a false or forged document with a government office” in the state of California. As noted, doing so is a felony, and the penalties are fairly severe including potentially being sentenced to up to three years in the California State Prison system, as well as a fine of up to $10,000. Furthermore, a person filing more than a single false document can be charged with a separate count of filing false document for each false document that is offered for filing, recording, or registering; even if all the documents are related to one another. And, in some cases, it is possible for California Penal Code 115 PC to be considered a crime of moral turpitude. Not exactly what one looks for in a pastor.
Again, according to the Shouse Law Group, there are three elements which must be met in order for Roger Jimenez to be guilty of this crime. They are:
1. He must have either a) offered a false or forged document for filing, recording or registration in a public office in California, or b) caused a false or forged document to be filed, recorded, or registered in a public office in California. Roger Jimenez would be guilty of this element if he either of these two qualifiers are met. Not both of them, but either of them. Offering a document just means that it has been offered. It is not necessary for the document to actually be filed, or recorded, or registered for this element to be met. It only has to be offered for filing, recording, or registering. Additionally, if he caused a false document to be filed, such as having someone else take it in to be filed for him, he would still be guilty of this element.
2. When he did so, Roger Jimenez knew that the document was false or forged. This element is met if Roger Jimenez knew the document was false or forged. The false or forged qualifier is met “if the information contained in the document is of such a nature that the government is required or permitted by law to rely on it; or, the information contained in the document materially affects the rights of third parties in a way that is contemplated by law or regulation providing for the document to be filed in a public office.”
3. The document was one that, if genuine, could have been filed, recorded, or registered in a public office in California. This element is self-explanatory.108
Did Roger Jimenez offer the Statement of Information to be filed in a public office in the state of California? Yes. Did the document contain false information? Yes. Not only is the home address given for CFO Matthew Stucky incorrect, as Matthew Stucky lives in the Philippines, not in Sacramento; but also, as verified by the corporate secretary, Oliver Gonzales, Matthew Stucky is not the CFO for Verity Baptist Church.
Did Roger Jimenez have personal knowledge that Matthew Stucky was not the CFO and that he did not live at 320 Harris Ave, Suite A, Sacramento, California 95838? Yes, he did. If the corporate secretary is aware that Stucky is not the CFO, then it is more than reasonable to assume that the CEO, Roger Jimenez, is also aware of this, just as he is aware that the address given as Stucky's home address is actually the address of the church which Roger Jimenez pastors. He would know that Stucky did not live at the church. Additionally, if the state of California should ever be required to contact the CFO for Verity Baptist Church, it would be required and/or permitted to rely on the information given on the form Roger Jimenez filled out, and that information would be intentionally incorrect.
If the document had been filled out with accurate and correct information, could it have still been filed, recorded, or registered with the California Secretary of State, a public government office in the state of California? Yes.
It is painfully obvious that Roger Jimenez meets all the elements to be found guilty of violating California Penal Code 115 PC – Filing a False Document.
And, as if this were not bad enough, California Penal Code 115 PC – filing false documents carries with it related offenses. Those pertinent to Roger Jimenez and the document in question include:
1. PC 470 – Forgery. This is defined as the act of intentionally a) signing someone else's name; OR, b) faking a seal or someone else's handwriting; OR, c) changing or falsifying a legal document; OR, d) faking, altering, or presenting as genuine a false financial document. Therefore, if you first falsify a legal document, and then offer or cause that false document to be filed, such as Roger Jimenez has apparently done, he could be charged with both forgery and filing a false document. Forgery is also a felony and could result in an additional three years in prison. In addition to PC 470 – Forgery, also related is,
2. PC 118 – Perjury. This is defined as deliberately giving false information while under oath. By signing the Statement of Information, a legal document, Roger Jimenez attested that all the information contained within that form was true and correct. In other words, by knowing that some of the information was incorrect, when Roger Jimenez signed the document he was deliberately giving false information while under oath. PC 118 – Perjury could also be added to the PC 115 – Filing A False Document, and PC 470 – Forgery, and potentially carrying with it an additional four years in a California State Prison.
Roger Jimenez meets all the elements necessary to charged, tried, and found guilty of three separate felonies in the state of California. If charged, and if found guilty, and if the judge sentenced him to the maximum allowable sentence to be served consecutively; Roger Jimenez could potentially face a $10,000 fine and 10 years in a California State Prison.
EXAMPLE FOUR:
Filing Fraudulent Documents with the California Secretary of State – Part Two
As with the previous example of deceit, dishonesty and dissimulation within the New IFB movement, this example also concerns a fraudulent “Statement of Information” filed with the California Secretary of State. Not by Roger Jimenez (we'll leave him alone for the time being, as he potentially has enough legal problems of his own); but rather, this example concerns Steven Anderson and Delfin Bruce Mejia. First, a little clarifying background information. In January 2006 Steven L. Anderson registered Faithful Word Baptist Church with the state of Arizona as a Non-Profit, Tax-Exempt Domestic Corporation with himself as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President of the corporation, Solitary member of the corporations Board of Directors, and Statutory Agent for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation; while also assigning himself all power to make, alter, amend, and repeal any bylaws for the governing of Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation.
[Note, all of you folks who attend Faithful Word and think you are Faithful Word Baptist Church – think again, you're not. Legally, it is Anderson, and Anderson alone.]
In September 2017, Steven L. Anderson, by and through his corporation – the Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation, filed with the Secretary of State for the state of California, a “Statement and Designation by Foreign Corporation” document, thus establishing Faithful Word Baptist Church of El Monte, California, a subsidiary of Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation. The designated “Agent for Service of Process” was listed as Delfin Bruce Mejia. The document is signed “Steven L. Anderson.”
Less than a month later, on October 4, 2017, Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation of Tempe, Arizona filed the first Statement of Information for its subsidiary in El Monte, California with the California Secretary of State. On that Statement of Information we read the following:
1. Corporate Name: Faithful Word Baptist Church
2. Street Address of Principle Executive Office: 2620 W. Greenway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282
3. Street Address of Principle Business Office in California: 2600 Tyler Ave, El Monte, CA 91733
4. Chief Executive Officer: Steven L. Anderson 2620 W. Greenway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282
5. Secretary: Zsuzsanna Anderson 2620 W. Greenway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282
6. Chief Financial Officer: Garrett Kirchway 1522 E. Southern Ave, Apt 1090, Tempe, AZ 85282
7. Agent for Service of Process: Delfin Bruce Mejia
8. Street Address of Agent for Service of Process: 533 W. Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90806
*And again, this document is a matter public record and accessible by anyone at anytime completely free of charge from the California Secretary of State office. So revealing the home addresses of these individuals in this article is not revealing anything that isn't already public knowledge.
The document was completed by Garrett Clarence Kirchway, CFO, dated 10/04/2017 who also attested that all the information contained herein is true and correct. And it is true and correct, with everything filled out accurately. In fact, there isn't a single problem with this document. The following year, however, on September 25, 2018, the second Statement of Information for Faithful Word Baptist Church in El Monte, California was filed with the California Secretary of State. It was filled out and completed by Delfin Bruce Mejia and attested by him that all the information contained herein is true and correct, and that is the problem. You see, Delfin Bruce Mejia filled out the corporate name (Faithful Word Baptist Church), and the corporate number (C4065071), and then he came to box number 3, the “No Change Statement.”
The “No Change Statement” reads, “If there have been any changes to the information contained in the last Statement of Information filed with the California Secretary of State, or no statement of information has been previously filed, this form must be completed in its entirety. If there has been no change in any of the information contained in the last Statement of Information filed with the California Secretary of State, check the box and proceed to item 13.”
At this point Evangelist Mejia checked the box noting there were no changes to the previously filed Statement of Information dated October 4, 2017, then he went down to item 13, signed his name, Delfin Bruce Mejia, his title of Evangelist, and the date of September 25, 2018, and then he filed the document with the California Secretary of State. The problem is that not everything is the same as the previously filed Statement of Information, because by September 25, 2018 Garrett Kirchway was not the Chief Financial Officer for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation.
On May 27, 2018 – a full four months before the Statement of Information was filled out and filed by Delfin Bruce Mejia; Steven L. Anderson – the President, CEO, and sole member of the Board of Directors for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation preached a sermon titled “Trinity 101.” In that sermon, which was posted to a public forum (YouTube) on that same day, fired Garrett Kirchway and kicked him out of the corporation/church.109
Therefore, as with the case of Roger Jimenez in the previous example, Evangelist Delfin Bruce Mejia filed a false document with the California Secretary of State, and, as with Roger Jimenez, Mejia also faces possible convictions of California Penal Codes PC 115 – Filing a False Document, PC 118 – Perjury, and PC 470 – Forgery; and, if charged, tried, found guilty, convicted and sentenced consecutively he potentially faces a $10,000 fine and 10 years in a California State Prison. And that is if only Bruce Mejia is involved. If he received his information from CEO Steven Anderson, or Corporate Secretary Zsuzsanna Anderson, and filled out the September 25, 2018 Statement of Information on their direction and based on information provided by them, and they caused him to falsify a legal document and offer that false document for filing, recording, or registering with the State of California Secretary of State, then Steven L. Anderson and/or Zsuzsanna Anderson and/or Bruce Mejia could individually or corporately be guilty of these crimes. The real question at this point, however, is if the situation required it, would Bruce Mejia be willing to fall on his sword to protect Steven and Zsuzsanna Anderson?
A telephone call by this author to the California Secretary of State confirmed that filing false documents containing false and fraudulent information, with the state of California, is most certainly a crime. At the very least we see a pastor and an evangelist with the New IFB movement engaging in fraudulent and illegal practices; and possibly an additional pastor and his wife involved as well. Hardly examples of Christ-likeness.
EXAMPLE FIVE:
Ben the Baptist and Jeff Utzler
Who are “Ben the Baptist” and “Bro. Jeff Utzler”? Both are minor YouTube celebrities among the New IFB crowd; Ben with his “weekly roundup” videos where he pretends to interview a few New IFB pastors who have time for his nonsense, as well as his extremely childish and blatantly sycophantic anti-Adam Fannin videos. Jeff Utzler is best known for creating what he calls “documentaries” (actually slanderous hit pieces he creates against those who have criticized the New IFB), as well as puerile prank phone calls to the elderly (he apparently thinks these are hilarious). Both have small but loyal followings among the New IFB adherents.
One would think that at least with Jeff Utzler trying to determine exactly who he is would be fairly well cut and dried. Jeff Utzler is Jeff Utzler. But, if this is true, then who is Jeff Kutzler? Their photos and videos when compared side by side clearly show they are one and the same person. In reality his name is actually Jeff Utzler. He is a firefighter/paramedic and a medal winning Jiu Jitsu grappler according to news media reports.110
Dishonesty is the characteristic of being dishonest; behaving in an untrustworthy, or fraudulent, or unethical manner. Also includes engaging in illegal activity.
Deceit is the practice of acting in a manner designed to intentionally deceive or mislead people; to cause them to believe something that is not true.
Dissimulation is the intentional concealment of one's true thoughts, feelings, or character by presenting a façade, i.e. false feelings, a false character, false thoughts, and false pretenses to others, while concealing from them ones true self.
With these definitions in mind, let's look at some documented examples of dishonesty, deceit and dissimulation within the New IFB.
EXAMPLE ONE:
Since 2012, Paul Wittenberger has been involved with, or in some way connected to, at least twenty Steven Anderson film projects. He has moved his “production company” called Framing the World (an LLC whose sole purpose is to run a small online business) to Tempe, Arizona and he is a member of Steven Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church. He has, in effect, become the media branch of the New IFB.
Some of Steven Anderson's critics have claimed that Paul Wittenberger “made porno films.”86 To be honest and truthful, Wittenberger actually has worked on two homosexual pornographic films; one in 2007 (the “Itty Bitty T**** Committee” a lesbian themed pornographic film) and one in 2008 (“Dog Tags” a male homosexual themed film). He also worked on numerous low budget horror films which featured graphic gore, nudity, and sometimes sexual content. In all fairness to Paul Wittenberger, however, he did not produce these films, he did not direct these films, and he did not even film these films. He was an electrician.
In fact, the only thing he has done on any of the Hollywood films and television programs he has credited to him on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is electrician work (as an electrician, grip, gaffer, best boy) and work with lighting. That's it. Granted he could have chosen a better class of films to work on, but the chances are good he would have been fired and not hired again. According to his IMDb credits the only time he has actually picked up a camera and done actual filming, or worked as a director or producer is on Steven Anderson films.87 Paul Wittenberger is not the pornographic producing boogie man that many of Anderson's critics make him out to be. From a Christian perspective, however, he is far worse. Far, far worse.
In addition to selling a plethora of Steven Anderson films and products, and other New IFB items on his Framing the World website, Wittenberger also sells anti-Semitic and pro-Nazi material. Of course this is in keeping with Steven Anderson's anti-Semitic views (which will be discussed later in this series). But even these items, as evil as they are, are not the worst thing Paul Wittenberger promotes and sells – that dubious honor goes to the New Age Eastern Mysticism and Hindu Spirituality products Paul Wittenberger promotes and sells on his Framing the World website.88
Now bear in mind that Paul Wittenberger and Steven Anderson are partners in numerous film projects. Wittenberger sells Steven and Zsuzsanna Anderson material. Paul Wittenberger attends Faithful Word Baptist Church and Steven Anderson is his pastor, and most importantly, Steven Anderson endorses Paul Wittenberger (saying he is a “Great Guy!” and calling him “my good friend Paul”), he endorses Wittenberger's Framing the World website, and encourages his congregation and others to support Wittenberger by purchasing the items for sale on Wittenberger's website. Not only has Anderson created a video to this effect titled, Paul Wittenberger is a Great Guy!; but he has also written a blog article about this and posted it to his church website. In this article Steven Anderson writes, “His online business is an excellent resource for purchasing additional materials similar to what you would find on the back table of our church for free. … Framing the World Productions is a great cause to support! … On behalf of my good friend, Paul, I’d like to thank those of you who have donated or purchased from his website. Framing the World is a business, and it’s a good business.”89
An interesting choice of words Steven Anderson uses in his promotion of Paul Wittenberger's online store at Framing the World; saying the items he sells are “similar to what you would find on the back table of our church...” Interesting because Wittenberger sells numerous Auromere products, which are billed as “ayurvedic” products. Note the word “vedic” there. Vedic means relating to the Vedas. The Vedas are the oldest Hindu scriptures, and are considered to have been given to man directly from the Hindu gods.90 According to WebMD, “Ayurvedic medicine (“Ayurveda” for short) is one of the world's oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems. It was developed more than 3,000 years ago in India. It's based on the belief that health and wellness depend on a delicate balance between the mind, body, and spirit.”91
Additionally, Auromere – the company whose products Paul Wittenberger endorses and sells, and Steven Anderson endorses by endorsing Wittenberger's website, is owned and operated by a non-profit Integral Yoga ashram (a Hindu monastery) in Northern California. According to the Auromere website, Integral Yoga is explained as: “One of Sri Aurobindo’s unique contributions to humanity is a perfect synthesis of the inward and deeply profound mysticism of the East and the outwardly refined sensibilities of the West. In the East, there has been a long-standing tendency towards the abandonment of this world in favor of that Supreme reality which so many mystics have discovered. In the West, there is an ever-increasing and insatiable thirst for material ‘progress’ and enjoyment, often to the detriment of the inner life. Sri Aurobindo affirms the partial truths contained in each worldview, and points the way towards a more Integral Yoga which exalts and fulfills Life to its greatest expressions, calling humanity towards its lofty and as yet still undreamed of possibilities. In The Mother, Sri Aurobindo presents a particularly inspiring description of one aspect of the Divine Mother:”92
Sri Aurobindo was an Indian philosopher, yogi, guru, poet, who died in 1950. His writings have become a standard among the New Age groups such as Auromere. When purchasing items from Paul Wittenberger's website – the website Steven Anderson encourages you to purchase from – you are either directly or indirectly supporting this New Age Mysticism and Hindu company, either by purchasing their products from Wittenberger, or by purchasing other products thus enabling Wittenberger to continue purchasing New Age products to sell.
You might also be interested in knowing that Auromere also supports a New Age commune in India known as Auroville, and 10% of all proceeds from Auromere products sold on Paul Wittenberger's website are devoted to supporting “the development of Auroville, the City of Dawn,” the “City of Human Unity” which the “Divine Mother” has expressed as the fulfillment of her vision of a city “where all human beings of goodwill who have a sincere aspiration could live freely as citizens of the world and obey one single authority, that of the Supreme Truth.”93 Auromere also supports the “Sri Aurobindo Centre of Integral Education” in Ichapur, India, where “education of mind, body, life, and spirit” are given “equal importance.”94 It should go without saying that the “Divine Mother” is not the One True God, and the “Supreme Truth” has nothing to do with the One True God.
Steven Anderson has correctly noted that yoga is not Christian,95 and that the “lord” of Hinduism is Satan himself.96
And yet he and Paul Wittenberger continue to endorse and promote these New Age Hindu Mystic products, the sale of which go to further Hinduism. Anderson even goes so far as to encourage his congregation and others to purchase these products! That he can preach against this kind of fellowship with devils97 while at the same time encouraging fellowship with devils, is the very definition of hypocrisy. As the pastor of a church one of his primary responsibilities is to protect the sheep that have been entrusted to him – his congregation – however, instead of protecting them, he is encouraging them to support a form of satanism known as Hinduism. Can any pastor who does this truthfully be called a man of God?
EXAMPLE TWO:
In a blog post titled “Where Pastors Stand on the AIDS Sermon” written by Steven Anderson on one of his two blogs, Anderson noted that after he preached his sermon on A.I.D.S., “Several pastors have stood with me in my stand on the word of God against the filth and perversion of our day. Several others have contacted me asking to be removed from our church's directory of soul-winning, KJV-only, independent Baptist churches because 'they don't want to be associated with this controversy.'”98
Anderson then goes on to include two lists in this article. One is a list of those pastors who Anderson claims have “publicly supported” him, “encouraged” him, and backed him up on what he has preached. Those pastors are, according to Steven Anderson:
1. Pastor Tim Coleman of 35th Avenue Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ
2. Pastor David Berzins of Word of Truth Baptist Church in Prescott Valley, AZ
3. Pastor Donnie Romero of Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, TX
4. Pastor Roger Jimenez of Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento, CA
5. Pastor Logan Robertson of Westcity Bible Baptist Church in Auckland, New Zealand
Of these five pastors, four of them (Berzins, Romero, Jimenez, Robertson) are part of Anderson's New IFB movement. Anderson himself ordained Berzins and Romero and sent them out to start churches for him. Jimenez is a childhood friend of Anderson, meeting him when he was only sixteen years old. Of course these pastors sided with Anderson.
The other list contains the names of three pastors whom Anderson claims have contacted him and asked him to remove them from his directory of New IFB churches (every church on that list is part of Anderson's New IFB movement), as a direct result of Anderson's sermon on A.I.D.S. because they allegedly “don't want to be associated with this controversy.” They are:
Pastor Joshua Gregg of Ponderosa Baptist Church in Flagstaff, AZ
Pastor Bob Gray II of Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, TX
Pastor Steve Cox of Trinity Baptist Church in Mocksville, NC
When those who asked to be removed from Anderson's directory were contacted, a different account of events began to emerge. Pastor Stephen Cox stated he did not know Anderson, or anything about him. He stated he had seen a few videos and they were enough to convince him he wanted nothing to do with Anderson. He then emailed Steven Anderson and stated he did not want to be associated with Anderson at all. It was not as a result of his sermon on A.I.D.S., but rather the result of Steven Anderson's overall condemnatory and hateful teaching.99
Pastor Bob Gray II stated, “I found my name on his website, and I don't agree with anything he preaches, so I asked him to remove my name. He never sought permission or reached out to me to put my name on his website, so I had to reach out to him and ask him to remove it. I don't subscribe to anything Steven Anderson does, and I feel sorry for anyone who does.”100
But why let the truth stand in the way of a good story, especially if that story helps him to accomplish his goals? So Steven Anderson went on the offensive and attacked those who would not support his hate mongering, saying, “apparently these 'old-fashioned' Baptists are up to the minute with their doctrine! Do they allow homosexuals in their churches? If so, guard your kids when visiting these churches!” He then states he really doesn't know this to be true, nor why they won't stand by him. He goes on to say, “All I know is that instead of supporting their brother in Christ in his struggle against wickedness and perversion, they are actively discouraging him in his time of persecution and tribulation.”
Steven Anderson made these comments for two reasons. The first is because he desired to be recognized by legitimate Christian IFB churches, which he believed would give him an air of legitimacy with the old IFB. This would help him reach his publicly stated goal of taking over the old IFB, running out the current IFB pastors, and replacing current IFB teachings with his New IFB teachings, replacing current IFB pastors with New IFB pastors, with Anderson at the top of his New IFB empire,101
much like Jack Hyles who rose to the top of the old IFB, and stayed there until his sin brought him back down (although before his fall he managed to become a multi-millionaire power broker with the money he amassed through his church, First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana.
Being recognized as legitimate by the old IFB apparently became less urgent to Anderson as he and his church began bringing more and more money each week; eventually bringing in tens of thousands of dollars each and every week in tithes, offerings, and online donations, according to the man who was once responsible for managing the Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation finances.102
Less urgent does not mean his stated goals have been completely forgotten or abandoned, however, and as the money continues to roll in, his power continues to grow (another lesson he has learned from Jack Hyles), and with power and money Anderson can continue to expand the New IFB through more and more church plants and satellite churches.
The other reason for his statements is to punish those churches who refused to lend their name to his movement. In his article Anderson first attempts to disparage and discredit those pastors and their churches by insinuating they allow pedophiles to be unsupervised around children in their churches, and then innocently adding he doesn't really know this. Well, if he doesn’t know this to be true, then why does he make this slanderous statement? What purpose does it serve other than to cast a cloud of suspicion over those pastors and churches who will not allow him to co-opt their names for his movement. He then goes on to slander them further by stating they are “actively discouraging him,” their brother in Christ, “in his time of persecution and tribulation.”
This is, of course, an obvious lie. In fact, all of it is. These pastors did not turn their backs on him because of his sermon on A.I.D.S., they want nothing to do with him because of all the things he teaches. He never asked them if they would like their names on his New IFB church directory, he simply added it without saying anything to them. Anderson's sermon on A.I.D.S., and the unchristian comments he made in it, caused an uproar – deservedly so, and rather than go down and be swallowed by weight of the criticism he brought down on himself; he simply makes himself out to the be victim in all of it, in an attempt to elicit sympathy from his followers (which he did) and gain new followers (which he did) who saw him as the underdog, the lone pastor who, like David, stood alone against a giant. In Anderson's case he made it out to be some giant amorphous militant homosexual conglomerate and its supporters.
As previously noted, Steven Anderson claimed there were at least five pastors who, “publicly supported me, encouraged me, and backed me up on what I have preached.” Of those five pastors, four of them are New IFB pastors who are loyal to Anderson, and so it is not surprising the would stand with him regardless of the issue. But what about the fifth pastor, Tim Coleman? Did he really publicly support, encourage and back Steven Anderson, as Anderson claims? When he was recently asked about Anderson's claim regarding him, Pastor Coleman responded with, “That article has to be close to two years old. I am NOT a part of the NIFB. I would never associate with that cult. I offered my friendship to S L Anderson many years ago due to his strong stand on the King James Bible and for soulwinning. He was a little harsh and crude, but very bold and zealous. I thought I could have a maturing influence on him and provide him with some balance without compromise (that CAN be done, though few succeed). He proved his obstinance about 20 months ago, and so I have no fellowship with him. Not sure he's not a plant of some kind to sow discord among the brethren. He has changed his doctrines and refuses to acknowledge it. He has turned into a slanderer and lies to cover up his sins.”103
EXAMPLE THREE:
Filing Fraudulent Documents with the California Secretary of State – Part One
The fraudulent document in this incident is document known as a “Statement of Information.” In the state of California, companies and corporations must file a “Statement of Information” with the California Secretary of State office on a regular basis. The form is fairly simple and straight forward, it contains the name of the company, the name of the owner and officers, the address of the business, a description of the business, and so forth.104
On January 29, 2019, Verity Baptist Church, a California Non-Profit Religious Corporation, filed its yearly Statement of Information. This form noted the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and his home address as: “Roger Otoniel Jimenez 303 River Run Circle, Sacramento CA 95833”; it noted the corporation secretary and his home address as: “Oliver Alexander Gonzalez 101 Luna Grande Circle, Unit 67, Sacrament CA 95834”; and it noted the church corporations Chief Financial Officer and his home address as: “Matthew Ryan Stucky 320 Harris Ave Suite A, Sacrament CA 95838.”
*Please note, this document is a matter public record and accessible by anyone at anytime completely free of charge from the California Secretary of State office. Revealing the home addresses of these individuals in this article is not revealing anything that isn't already public knowledge.
The form is completed by filling out the final box which states, “The Information Contained Herein is True and Correct” and then noted with the date the form was filled out and the name and title of the person completing the form and verifying all information is true and correct. The individual attesting to this on this particular form is Roger Otoniel Jimenez, pastor. It is dated 01/29/2019.
Although this all looks like fairly standard paperwork, nothing out of place or out of order, in this case looks can be deceiving. For although the CEO and his home address are accurate, and the secretary and his home address are accurate, the CFO and his home address are not accurate. The home address given for CFO Matthew Ryan Stucky is 320 Harris Ave, Suite A, Sacramento, California 95838 is not a residence at all. It is a retail space in a strip mall where Verity Baptist church meets for services. And when they meet in their strip mall church, Matthew Ryan Stucky does not join them, because he does not live in Sacramento. In fact, he does not live in California, nor even in the United States. Matthew Ryan Stucky is lives in Manilla, in the Philippine Islands, where he pastors a church almost 7,000 miles away from the California church where he is ostensibly the Chief Financial Officer.105
While it is impossible to know exactly what the CFO of Verity Baptist church actually does without reading the CFO job description which Verity did not make available for this article, at the very least the CFO is the person responsible for managing the all financial transactions in the church. Exactly how Matthew Ryan Stucky manages to do this from almost 7,000 miles away is still a mystery.
More to the point, however, is Matthew Stucky's home address as stated on Verity's 2019 Statement of Information. There is no doubt that Stucky does not live in the church. Furthermore, in a telephone conversation with Oliver Gonzales, a corporate officer with Jimenez' Verity Baptist Church, Mr. Gonzales stated in an emphatic manner that Matthew Stucky was, in fact, not the Chief Financial Officer for Verity Baptist Church.106 As the corporate secretary, one of three top officers for Verity Baptist Church, Mr. Gonzales would certainly be in a position to authoritatively know without any doubt who the Chief Financial Officer is or is not.
There is also no doubt that Roger Jimenez is fully aware of this fact, and was fully aware of this when he filled out and signed this form. In short, he knowingly placed false information on a legal document and filed that document with a government office in the state of California.
While all of this may sound like a minor infraction of the law akin to jaywalking, it is still a violation of state law. In fact, what Roger Jimenez did by providing false information on this form was specifically violate California Penal Code 115 PC – Filing False Documents, and it is a felony in the state of California. According to the Shouse Law Group website,107
California Penal Code 115 PC specifically makes it a crime to “knowingly file, register or record a false or forged document with a government office” in the state of California. As noted, doing so is a felony, and the penalties are fairly severe including potentially being sentenced to up to three years in the California State Prison system, as well as a fine of up to $10,000. Furthermore, a person filing more than a single false document can be charged with a separate count of filing false document for each false document that is offered for filing, recording, or registering; even if all the documents are related to one another. And, in some cases, it is possible for California Penal Code 115 PC to be considered a crime of moral turpitude. Not exactly what one looks for in a pastor.
Again, according to the Shouse Law Group, there are three elements which must be met in order for Roger Jimenez to be guilty of this crime. They are:
1. He must have either a) offered a false or forged document for filing, recording or registration in a public office in California, or b) caused a false or forged document to be filed, recorded, or registered in a public office in California. Roger Jimenez would be guilty of this element if he either of these two qualifiers are met. Not both of them, but either of them. Offering a document just means that it has been offered. It is not necessary for the document to actually be filed, or recorded, or registered for this element to be met. It only has to be offered for filing, recording, or registering. Additionally, if he caused a false document to be filed, such as having someone else take it in to be filed for him, he would still be guilty of this element.
2. When he did so, Roger Jimenez knew that the document was false or forged. This element is met if Roger Jimenez knew the document was false or forged. The false or forged qualifier is met “if the information contained in the document is of such a nature that the government is required or permitted by law to rely on it; or, the information contained in the document materially affects the rights of third parties in a way that is contemplated by law or regulation providing for the document to be filed in a public office.”
3. The document was one that, if genuine, could have been filed, recorded, or registered in a public office in California. This element is self-explanatory.108
Did Roger Jimenez offer the Statement of Information to be filed in a public office in the state of California? Yes. Did the document contain false information? Yes. Not only is the home address given for CFO Matthew Stucky incorrect, as Matthew Stucky lives in the Philippines, not in Sacramento; but also, as verified by the corporate secretary, Oliver Gonzales, Matthew Stucky is not the CFO for Verity Baptist Church.
Did Roger Jimenez have personal knowledge that Matthew Stucky was not the CFO and that he did not live at 320 Harris Ave, Suite A, Sacramento, California 95838? Yes, he did. If the corporate secretary is aware that Stucky is not the CFO, then it is more than reasonable to assume that the CEO, Roger Jimenez, is also aware of this, just as he is aware that the address given as Stucky's home address is actually the address of the church which Roger Jimenez pastors. He would know that Stucky did not live at the church. Additionally, if the state of California should ever be required to contact the CFO for Verity Baptist Church, it would be required and/or permitted to rely on the information given on the form Roger Jimenez filled out, and that information would be intentionally incorrect.
If the document had been filled out with accurate and correct information, could it have still been filed, recorded, or registered with the California Secretary of State, a public government office in the state of California? Yes.
It is painfully obvious that Roger Jimenez meets all the elements to be found guilty of violating California Penal Code 115 PC – Filing a False Document.
And, as if this were not bad enough, California Penal Code 115 PC – filing false documents carries with it related offenses. Those pertinent to Roger Jimenez and the document in question include:
1. PC 470 – Forgery. This is defined as the act of intentionally a) signing someone else's name; OR, b) faking a seal or someone else's handwriting; OR, c) changing or falsifying a legal document; OR, d) faking, altering, or presenting as genuine a false financial document. Therefore, if you first falsify a legal document, and then offer or cause that false document to be filed, such as Roger Jimenez has apparently done, he could be charged with both forgery and filing a false document. Forgery is also a felony and could result in an additional three years in prison. In addition to PC 470 – Forgery, also related is,
2. PC 118 – Perjury. This is defined as deliberately giving false information while under oath. By signing the Statement of Information, a legal document, Roger Jimenez attested that all the information contained within that form was true and correct. In other words, by knowing that some of the information was incorrect, when Roger Jimenez signed the document he was deliberately giving false information while under oath. PC 118 – Perjury could also be added to the PC 115 – Filing A False Document, and PC 470 – Forgery, and potentially carrying with it an additional four years in a California State Prison.
Roger Jimenez meets all the elements necessary to charged, tried, and found guilty of three separate felonies in the state of California. If charged, and if found guilty, and if the judge sentenced him to the maximum allowable sentence to be served consecutively; Roger Jimenez could potentially face a $10,000 fine and 10 years in a California State Prison.
EXAMPLE FOUR:
Filing Fraudulent Documents with the California Secretary of State – Part Two
As with the previous example of deceit, dishonesty and dissimulation within the New IFB movement, this example also concerns a fraudulent “Statement of Information” filed with the California Secretary of State. Not by Roger Jimenez (we'll leave him alone for the time being, as he potentially has enough legal problems of his own); but rather, this example concerns Steven Anderson and Delfin Bruce Mejia. First, a little clarifying background information. In January 2006 Steven L. Anderson registered Faithful Word Baptist Church with the state of Arizona as a Non-Profit, Tax-Exempt Domestic Corporation with himself as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President of the corporation, Solitary member of the corporations Board of Directors, and Statutory Agent for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation; while also assigning himself all power to make, alter, amend, and repeal any bylaws for the governing of Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation.
[Note, all of you folks who attend Faithful Word and think you are Faithful Word Baptist Church – think again, you're not. Legally, it is Anderson, and Anderson alone.]
In September 2017, Steven L. Anderson, by and through his corporation – the Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation, filed with the Secretary of State for the state of California, a “Statement and Designation by Foreign Corporation” document, thus establishing Faithful Word Baptist Church of El Monte, California, a subsidiary of Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation. The designated “Agent for Service of Process” was listed as Delfin Bruce Mejia. The document is signed “Steven L. Anderson.”
Less than a month later, on October 4, 2017, Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation of Tempe, Arizona filed the first Statement of Information for its subsidiary in El Monte, California with the California Secretary of State. On that Statement of Information we read the following:
1. Corporate Name: Faithful Word Baptist Church
2. Street Address of Principle Executive Office: 2620 W. Greenway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282
3. Street Address of Principle Business Office in California: 2600 Tyler Ave, El Monte, CA 91733
4. Chief Executive Officer: Steven L. Anderson 2620 W. Greenway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282
5. Secretary: Zsuzsanna Anderson 2620 W. Greenway Road, Tempe, AZ 85282
6. Chief Financial Officer: Garrett Kirchway 1522 E. Southern Ave, Apt 1090, Tempe, AZ 85282
7. Agent for Service of Process: Delfin Bruce Mejia
8. Street Address of Agent for Service of Process: 533 W. Wardlow Rd, Long Beach, CA 90806
*And again, this document is a matter public record and accessible by anyone at anytime completely free of charge from the California Secretary of State office. So revealing the home addresses of these individuals in this article is not revealing anything that isn't already public knowledge.
The document was completed by Garrett Clarence Kirchway, CFO, dated 10/04/2017 who also attested that all the information contained herein is true and correct. And it is true and correct, with everything filled out accurately. In fact, there isn't a single problem with this document. The following year, however, on September 25, 2018, the second Statement of Information for Faithful Word Baptist Church in El Monte, California was filed with the California Secretary of State. It was filled out and completed by Delfin Bruce Mejia and attested by him that all the information contained herein is true and correct, and that is the problem. You see, Delfin Bruce Mejia filled out the corporate name (Faithful Word Baptist Church), and the corporate number (C4065071), and then he came to box number 3, the “No Change Statement.”
The “No Change Statement” reads, “If there have been any changes to the information contained in the last Statement of Information filed with the California Secretary of State, or no statement of information has been previously filed, this form must be completed in its entirety. If there has been no change in any of the information contained in the last Statement of Information filed with the California Secretary of State, check the box and proceed to item 13.”
At this point Evangelist Mejia checked the box noting there were no changes to the previously filed Statement of Information dated October 4, 2017, then he went down to item 13, signed his name, Delfin Bruce Mejia, his title of Evangelist, and the date of September 25, 2018, and then he filed the document with the California Secretary of State. The problem is that not everything is the same as the previously filed Statement of Information, because by September 25, 2018 Garrett Kirchway was not the Chief Financial Officer for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation.
On May 27, 2018 – a full four months before the Statement of Information was filled out and filed by Delfin Bruce Mejia; Steven L. Anderson – the President, CEO, and sole member of the Board of Directors for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation preached a sermon titled “Trinity 101.” In that sermon, which was posted to a public forum (YouTube) on that same day, fired Garrett Kirchway and kicked him out of the corporation/church.109
Therefore, as with the case of Roger Jimenez in the previous example, Evangelist Delfin Bruce Mejia filed a false document with the California Secretary of State, and, as with Roger Jimenez, Mejia also faces possible convictions of California Penal Codes PC 115 – Filing a False Document, PC 118 – Perjury, and PC 470 – Forgery; and, if charged, tried, found guilty, convicted and sentenced consecutively he potentially faces a $10,000 fine and 10 years in a California State Prison. And that is if only Bruce Mejia is involved. If he received his information from CEO Steven Anderson, or Corporate Secretary Zsuzsanna Anderson, and filled out the September 25, 2018 Statement of Information on their direction and based on information provided by them, and they caused him to falsify a legal document and offer that false document for filing, recording, or registering with the State of California Secretary of State, then Steven L. Anderson and/or Zsuzsanna Anderson and/or Bruce Mejia could individually or corporately be guilty of these crimes. The real question at this point, however, is if the situation required it, would Bruce Mejia be willing to fall on his sword to protect Steven and Zsuzsanna Anderson?
A telephone call by this author to the California Secretary of State confirmed that filing false documents containing false and fraudulent information, with the state of California, is most certainly a crime. At the very least we see a pastor and an evangelist with the New IFB movement engaging in fraudulent and illegal practices; and possibly an additional pastor and his wife involved as well. Hardly examples of Christ-likeness.
EXAMPLE FIVE:
Ben the Baptist and Jeff Utzler
Who are “Ben the Baptist” and “Bro. Jeff Utzler”? Both are minor YouTube celebrities among the New IFB crowd; Ben with his “weekly roundup” videos where he pretends to interview a few New IFB pastors who have time for his nonsense, as well as his extremely childish and blatantly sycophantic anti-Adam Fannin videos. Jeff Utzler is best known for creating what he calls “documentaries” (actually slanderous hit pieces he creates against those who have criticized the New IFB), as well as puerile prank phone calls to the elderly (he apparently thinks these are hilarious). Both have small but loyal followings among the New IFB adherents.
One would think that at least with Jeff Utzler trying to determine exactly who he is would be fairly well cut and dried. Jeff Utzler is Jeff Utzler. But, if this is true, then who is Jeff Kutzler? Their photos and videos when compared side by side clearly show they are one and the same person. In reality his name is actually Jeff Utzler. He is a firefighter/paramedic and a medal winning Jiu Jitsu grappler according to news media reports.110
The question remains, however, why does he use the surname of Kutzler on some occasions and his real surname of Utzler on other occasions? If one watches enough of his videos it soon becomes clear he even has others in the New IFB flip flopping between surnames. All in all it is confusing, pointless, and dishonest. Presenting yourself as one person, and then another person whom you are not, is lying.
“Ben the Baptist” does the same thing Jeff Utzler does, but at a significantly higher level of deception. Most people know that “Ben the Baptist” is the “on-air” “brand” or name used by Benjamin Knight. Before he became “Ben the Baptist,” Benjamin Knight ran an alt-right / Patriot Movement / Sovereign Citizen style website called “We the Vigilant” from June 2015 to August 2017. The site contained the standard anti-liberal and anti-Democrat controlled government articles with click-bait style headlines such as: “Satan's World Government is Coming,” and “The Satanic United Nations Agenda,” and “The Mark of the Beast is Being Implemented Today”; as well as the usual “The Government is Trying to Kill Us With (GMO's / Flouride / Vaccinations / fill in the blank with your favorite conspiracy theory)!” type stories. In addition he also made a name for himself with his “The Maverick Live” podcast where he “reported” stories similar to those on his “We the Vigilant” website. He became known in alt-right circles as Benjamin “The Maverick” Knight. In some of his Ben the Baptist videos he is still referred to as Benjamin Knight by his “guests” (other New IFB folks), even though he had already introduced himself as Ben the Baptist.
Using a screen name is not necessarily dishonest. It's known as creating a brand, something folks will recognize as distinctively you. There are innumerable Benjamins in the world, with a massive number of them creating YouTube videos (the chosen venue of Ben the Baptist), but there is only one Ben the Baptist. So whether he is “Ben the Maverick”, or “Ben the Baptist,” most simply know him as Benjamin Knight, member of Stedfast Baptist Church Jacksonville, promoter of the New IFB, etc. What many people do not realize, however, is that Benjamin Knight is fictitious as well. He doesn't exist. His real name, his birth name, is Benjamin Elie Naim (pronounced Bin-yah-mon Ay-Lee Nay-EEM).
Ben Naim was born November 6, 1993. Where, however, is still a question mark. According to biographical information he provided to the “Amendment Avenger” website, he was born in Engelwood, New Jersey.111
According to the University of Northern Florida where he went to school, however, he was born in Lebanon, moving to the United States in 2011, to attend school in Florida.112
When one watches his Ben the Baptist videos, he is often seen railing and spouting hatred about the “filthy sodomites” and those who criticize Steven Anderson or who support Adam Fannin (his former best friend whom he abandoned instantly on the word of Anderson113), whom he refers to as “reprobates”, a word he almost spits out of his mouth.114
In the world of Steven Anderson and his followers in the New IFB, a reprobate is someone whom God has rejected and who is destined to hell. They cannot be saved, there is no hope for them, etc. This is usually determined by Steven Anderson, although his followers are allowed to attach the reprobate designation to anyone they choose. When comparing Ben the Baptist with Ben Naim, the difference is like night and day (respectively). While Ben “the Baptist” Knight rants, rails, and spews virulent hatred (when he isn't chatting up other haters) throughout his many videos; Ben Naim is known for volunteering with Hearts and Hammers of Calgary where he helped repair homes for disadvantaged elderly, and spending two years volunteering with Grace United Methodist Church helping to alleviate poverty.115
While Ben “the Baptist” Knight hurls derogatory words as he is condemning homosexuals to eternal torment in hell with no hope for salvation; Ben Naim is volunteering with a church belonging to a denomination that accepts homosexuals with open arms, accepts openly homosexual clergy, and performs homosexual marriages.116
Which of these two is the real Ben? The angry, vocal, homosexual hating, invective hurling, conspiracy theorist Benjamin Knight; or the quiet young man with the distinctively Lebanese Jewish name117 who partners with a gay affirming church to help alleviate poverty?
Benjamin Naim has an online resume featuring a brief introduction, a sample of content he has produced, and an “about” page that explains a little bit about himself. It's very nice, well done, and what one would expect from a recently graduated communications major seeking a career in journalism. On that “about” page, Ben Naim states, “My driving motivation is to expose false information and bring honesty and integrity to the world of journalism, no matter what field I choose to report on.”118
Recently, Ben “the Baptist” Knight was confronted with the dishonesty he has shown by presenting himself as Benjamin Knight, when he is actually Benjamin Naim.119 Initially he tried to deflect the charge by pointing out “Ben the Baptist” was a screen name, a “brand” he used to promote the content he produced. It was then pointed out to him that by claiming his “driving motivation is to expose false information and bring honesty and integrity to the world of journalism” – a direct quote from his Ben Naim online resume website – while presenting himself as someone other than who he actually is, is not just dishonest, but hypocritical as well. As soon as the quotation was used, however, Benjamin “The Maverick” “The Baptist” Knight / Naim locked down his online resume. Within minutes of using the quotation, his resume went from being public – where potential employers (as well as everyone else) could see it; to being “protected” and “private” indicating no one, not even potential employers can see his resume without first signing up with Wordpress, and receiving his permission.
“Ben the Baptist” does the same thing Jeff Utzler does, but at a significantly higher level of deception. Most people know that “Ben the Baptist” is the “on-air” “brand” or name used by Benjamin Knight. Before he became “Ben the Baptist,” Benjamin Knight ran an alt-right / Patriot Movement / Sovereign Citizen style website called “We the Vigilant” from June 2015 to August 2017. The site contained the standard anti-liberal and anti-Democrat controlled government articles with click-bait style headlines such as: “Satan's World Government is Coming,” and “The Satanic United Nations Agenda,” and “The Mark of the Beast is Being Implemented Today”; as well as the usual “The Government is Trying to Kill Us With (GMO's / Flouride / Vaccinations / fill in the blank with your favorite conspiracy theory)!” type stories. In addition he also made a name for himself with his “The Maverick Live” podcast where he “reported” stories similar to those on his “We the Vigilant” website. He became known in alt-right circles as Benjamin “The Maverick” Knight. In some of his Ben the Baptist videos he is still referred to as Benjamin Knight by his “guests” (other New IFB folks), even though he had already introduced himself as Ben the Baptist.
Using a screen name is not necessarily dishonest. It's known as creating a brand, something folks will recognize as distinctively you. There are innumerable Benjamins in the world, with a massive number of them creating YouTube videos (the chosen venue of Ben the Baptist), but there is only one Ben the Baptist. So whether he is “Ben the Maverick”, or “Ben the Baptist,” most simply know him as Benjamin Knight, member of Stedfast Baptist Church Jacksonville, promoter of the New IFB, etc. What many people do not realize, however, is that Benjamin Knight is fictitious as well. He doesn't exist. His real name, his birth name, is Benjamin Elie Naim (pronounced Bin-yah-mon Ay-Lee Nay-EEM).
Ben Naim was born November 6, 1993. Where, however, is still a question mark. According to biographical information he provided to the “Amendment Avenger” website, he was born in Engelwood, New Jersey.111
According to the University of Northern Florida where he went to school, however, he was born in Lebanon, moving to the United States in 2011, to attend school in Florida.112
When one watches his Ben the Baptist videos, he is often seen railing and spouting hatred about the “filthy sodomites” and those who criticize Steven Anderson or who support Adam Fannin (his former best friend whom he abandoned instantly on the word of Anderson113), whom he refers to as “reprobates”, a word he almost spits out of his mouth.114
In the world of Steven Anderson and his followers in the New IFB, a reprobate is someone whom God has rejected and who is destined to hell. They cannot be saved, there is no hope for them, etc. This is usually determined by Steven Anderson, although his followers are allowed to attach the reprobate designation to anyone they choose. When comparing Ben the Baptist with Ben Naim, the difference is like night and day (respectively). While Ben “the Baptist” Knight rants, rails, and spews virulent hatred (when he isn't chatting up other haters) throughout his many videos; Ben Naim is known for volunteering with Hearts and Hammers of Calgary where he helped repair homes for disadvantaged elderly, and spending two years volunteering with Grace United Methodist Church helping to alleviate poverty.115
While Ben “the Baptist” Knight hurls derogatory words as he is condemning homosexuals to eternal torment in hell with no hope for salvation; Ben Naim is volunteering with a church belonging to a denomination that accepts homosexuals with open arms, accepts openly homosexual clergy, and performs homosexual marriages.116
Which of these two is the real Ben? The angry, vocal, homosexual hating, invective hurling, conspiracy theorist Benjamin Knight; or the quiet young man with the distinctively Lebanese Jewish name117 who partners with a gay affirming church to help alleviate poverty?
Benjamin Naim has an online resume featuring a brief introduction, a sample of content he has produced, and an “about” page that explains a little bit about himself. It's very nice, well done, and what one would expect from a recently graduated communications major seeking a career in journalism. On that “about” page, Ben Naim states, “My driving motivation is to expose false information and bring honesty and integrity to the world of journalism, no matter what field I choose to report on.”118
Recently, Ben “the Baptist” Knight was confronted with the dishonesty he has shown by presenting himself as Benjamin Knight, when he is actually Benjamin Naim.119 Initially he tried to deflect the charge by pointing out “Ben the Baptist” was a screen name, a “brand” he used to promote the content he produced. It was then pointed out to him that by claiming his “driving motivation is to expose false information and bring honesty and integrity to the world of journalism” – a direct quote from his Ben Naim online resume website – while presenting himself as someone other than who he actually is, is not just dishonest, but hypocritical as well. As soon as the quotation was used, however, Benjamin “The Maverick” “The Baptist” Knight / Naim locked down his online resume. Within minutes of using the quotation, his resume went from being public – where potential employers (as well as everyone else) could see it; to being “protected” and “private” indicating no one, not even potential employers can see his resume without first signing up with Wordpress, and receiving his permission.
Ben's actions now beg the question, what is it about his online resume that he is trying to hide? And who is he trying to hide it from? His now locked down online resume bears a 2019 copyright date, demonstrating that it is current as of January 2019. This seems to support that he is leading a double life, and being dishonest about who he really is.
Dishonesty, deceit, and dissimulation in the New IFB seem to be a fairly common practices as can be seen throughout the examples presented here; and they certainly seem to support the testimony of former employees and church members who have matter-of-factly stated, “He [Steven Anderson] blatantly lies. He has no regard for the truth.…There have been so many things that are just made up, and that's one thing that really shocked me about Steven Anderson, was just the blatant lies.”120 and, “He does lie. He blatantly lies. That really kind of blew me away at first, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt, like he's probably been misinformed; but he's a liar. He lies about, he just makes stuff up; and what he does – he does this every single time, he fills his movements head, all their heads, with just a little idea, like maybe this or maybe that, and then the next thing you know the whole movement is repeating it likes it's a fact.”121
Another former member who left Faithful Word Baptist Church, left not simply because of Steven Anderson's changing doctrine and beliefs; but also because he noticed Anderson would simply make up false stories about people who had angered him. He witnessed Anderson falsely saying all sorts of horrible things about these people that church members clearly knew were not true. He stated that Steven Anderson had no problem whatsoever falsely lying about people and slandering them with false accusations. This former member posted a video message to Pastor Steven Anderson online, and in that message he stated to Anderson, “Here's my charge to you Pastor Anderson, and I'm trying to remain humble as possible, but quite frankly I'm sick of your lies. Here's my charge to you,...you are an exaggerator, you are a liar; just lie after lie comes spewing out of your mouth. …I never thought you would turn into the person that you are.”122
This was reiterated by yet another former member of Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church, when he stated that Anderson spread malicious lies about his former deacon Tyler Baker and others, whom Anderson had kicked out of his church for allegedly spreading oneness Pentecostal heresy and trying to divide his church by secretly trying to convince people to leave Anderson's church and attend a different church. When this former member thought Anderson's claims sounded too far fetched, he began to seek out those who were allegedly spoken to in an attempt to coerce them into leaving. This former church member soon discovered that only three people were spoken to, and there was nothing coercive about the discussions. They simply discussed a doctrine which Anderson himself had been teaching for years. He stated that Anderson, “lied with malicious intent,” and “he wanted to destroy these people's lives.” All of the accusations leveled by Anderson were simply born out of Anderson's imagination.123
These behaviors are not limited to Steven Anderson and his Faithful Word Baptist Church, as former New IFB member Steven Harper who attended the New IFB church, Stedfast Baptist in Fort Worth, Texas can attest. Concerning his experiences with these behaviors in the New IFB church he attended, Harper stated in a video he posted online, “the manipulation and lies my family was put through, as well as others, I have come to the conclusion this is a cult.”124
Example Six:
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha' Gonna Do When They Come For You?
In our final example of dishonesty, deceit, and dissimulation in the New IFB (though there are many, many others that could be included) we are going to look at a portion of a sermon preached by Steven Anderson at Faithful Word Baptist Church on January 9, 2019. The sermon is entitled “Sheba Son of Bichri (Adam Fannin Exposed)” Now this particular sermon is significant for many reasons. One reason is that it introduces a new New IFB doctrine, that of a required penance necessary for restoration after certain sins (as determined by Steven Anderson) are committed. If that restoration is not permitted, then the person is considered a “reprobate” who is eternally rejected by God and condemned to eternal hell. This new doctrine of the New IFB will be examined in more detail later in this series.
However, what we are primarily concerned with in this sermon, at this point in our examination of the New IFB, are comments made by Steven Anderson during the sermon, as part of the sermon, regarding Adam Fannin. Anderson said:
“We beseiged him, we backed him into a corner, that's why he walked away. You say, how did you beseige him? Well look, we exposed all of his lies, we documented and proved him to be a liar over and over again; we proved him to be the flattering, covetous, devil that he was; we proved he was doing wicked things with the finances and everything else over there; and we proved all these things beyond a shadow of a doubt, and then he's lyin' and deceiving and dissembling, and he basically highjacked that building over there. So we ended up pulling out the lease of the building and you know what? The lease didn't have his name on it. The niece, the lease was Stedfast Baptist Church Donnie Romero; so the guys out there, the righteous remnant out there, which is the majority of the church out there by the way is not with Fannin. The majority of the church out there, you know what they did? They called the police to evict him! And said, 'here's the lease, here's the..you know..we got a letter from the new pastor, we got a letter from the old pastor, we got the lease in our hand, this guy is squatting in this building!' And then, all of a sudden, he makes a video, 'Hey guys, I'm just gonna walk away guys.' Yeah, you better walk away punk, because the cops are gonna come drag..you know..what a phony to act like, 'oh, you know, it's gettin' weird man, it's getting' dangerous.' Yeah! You better know it's getting' dangerous for you, you thief! You liar!” Anderson then begins to sing the theme from the reality show, “COPS”, “'bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?'”125
In this sermon we see Steven Anderson stating as fact to his congregation:
1. “We beseiged him, we backed him into a corner” referring to Adam Fannin.
2. “We exposed all of his lies, we documented and proved him to be a liar over and over again...we proved he was doing wicked things with the finances and everything else over there. We proved all these things beyond a shadow of a doubt”
3. “The majority of the church out there, you know what they did? They called the police to evict him! And said, 'here's the lease, here's the..you know..we got a letter from the new pastor, we got a letter from the old pastor, we got the lease in our hand, this guy is squatting in this building!'”
4. Fannin left the Stedfast building – and remember, this sermon was on the 9th, and Shelley officially fired him only two days prior on the 7th, so we are talking about these events (the firing, him walking away from the building, and this sermon) all taking place within a 48-hour period. So Fannin walked away from the whole mess, for no reason other than he refused to get caught up in the theatrical melodrama unfolding in the New IFB. Anderson, however, takes his walking away as an opportunity to metaphorically kick him some more, saying, “Yeah, you better walk away punk, because the cops are gonna come drag..you know..what a phony to act like, 'oh, you know, it's gettin' weird man, it's getting' dangerous.' Yeah! You better know it's getting' dangerous for you, you thief! You liar!” Anderson then begins to sing the theme from the reality show, “COPS”, “'bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when they come for you?'”
But just how true are these words of Pastor Steven Anderson to his congregation? Had Anderson truly “proved” and “documented” that Adam Fannin was “doing wicked things with the finances and everything else over there”? In short, no. Anderson has not proven any such thing. In fact, in a telephone interview with Steven Anderson, he admitted the “investigation” into Adam Fannin's alleged misdeeds consisted of, “well, there were, um, basically a few guys from the church there in Jacksonville, they went around the casinos with pictures of Adam Fannin and Donnie Romero, asking if people recognized them, because, you know, there were transactions on the banking..at casino ATM's, and so they went to those casinos where transactions had taken place, and two different people that worked at the casinos said that they didn't recognize Romero, but that they did recognize Adam Fannin, But they couldn't be 100% sure, but they said, yeah, I believe I've seen this guy in here, but they hadn't seen Romero; and then another casino recognized Romero. So it wasn't really a hard and fast thing where they're willing to testify or something, 'cause they said they would only testify or cooperate if they were subpoenaed, right, that was a..there were a couple of soft hits on Adam Fannin.”
That's it. That was the entire “investigation.” A couple of guys from the Jacksonville church visiting some casinos were two people might have maybe seen Fannin, but they could not be sure. That is Steven Anderson's “proved” and “documented” evidence that Adam Fannin was “doing wicked things with the finances and everything else over there.” It may have been true, and proven, and documented in Steven Anderson's imagination, but in reality it was not. It was all speculation and fantasy whipped up by Steven Anderson, and he intentionally lied, intentionally deceived his own congregation about it. And this is not all he lied about.
Anderson claims that the “majority” of the Jacksonville church “called the police to evict him!” Showed the police the lease and a “letter from the new pastor” and told the police that Fannin was “squatting” in the building. While this may have played well in Anderson's own mind, it is, like his other comments, pure fiction. In a telephone interview with Benjamin Naim, also known as “Ben the Baptist,” who is one of the unofficial leaders in the Jacksonville church, and probably the most outspoken critic of Adam Fannin, “Ben the Baptist” stated the police were never called, and were never involved in any way with the Adam Fannin situation.126 Never called. Never involved. Anderson is caught in yet another bald-faced lie.
When asked directly if the police were involved, Anderson said, “I'm not 100% sure, but..'cause I was not directly involved, but..I believe..you know, I honestly don't know the answer to that question.”127 From Anderson's own mouth, an admission that he honestly did not know if the police were called because he was not directly involved in the situation. An admission that when he was pounding on his pulpit, yelling at his congregation that the police were called, and were shown the building lease, and were shown a letter from the new pastor, and were told that Fannin was “squatting” in the building – he was lying to his congregation. He was intentionally deceiving his congregation. The people he is supposed to be protecting, and leading, and instructing in the truths of Scripture; and he intentionally lied to them. Looked them straight in their eyes and lied to them.
To Pastor Steven Anderson we now sing, “bad boy, bad boy, whatcha gonna do, whatcha gonna do when the Lord comes for you?” Repent Steven. Repent of your sin. Sin made even more serious because you knew those were lies you were telling your congregation, and still you intentionally told them. God hates a lying tongue Steven Anderson, as you well know since you preached on that very subject back in 2009.128 And need you be reminded that preaching against a lying tongue while possessing one yourself is nothing short of unadulterated hypocrisy. Another sin for you to repent of Steven.
Proverbs 6:16-19 seems appropriate here. For those unfamiliar with it, it reads, “These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” For someone who constantly preaches against another abominable sin, demanding those who engage in it should be put to death by the government, is he willing to apply that same standard to himself as he is admitedly guilty of an abominable sin. In fact, if one honestly examines the list of seven abominable sins in Proverbs 6:16-19, it will quickly become apparent that Steven Anderson is guilty of six of those sins.
Another passage of Scripture that comes to mind is Luke 16:10 which states, “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” [emphasis added]
As we come to the end of part one, we are again confronted with the question posed earlier: is the New IFB a cult? Former New IFB member Steven Harper certainly thinks so, as do others formerly involved with the New IFB. Again, this is not a question to answer just yet, as there is more to come in part two where we will examine three areas of essential doctrine, comparing what Steven Anderson and the New IFB teach with what God’s word teaches.
With all the dishonesty, deceit, and dissimulation pervading the New IFB, perhaps a reminder of what God Himself has to say about this is in order. We read in Revelation 21:8, “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.” Note that last category of people who will be cast into the lake of fire: “all liars.” And note that liars are grouped together with the fearful and unbelieving, the abominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters. That is how serious God takes lying. It is an abomination to Him just as homosexuality is (Proverbs 6:16-19; Leviticus 18:22). Hopefully and prayerfully, Steven Anderson, Jonathan Shelley, Roger Jimenez, Bruce Mejia, and others in the New IFB Movement will repent of their sin, and seek forgiveness in Christ.
Sources:
Part 1A:
1. Article: What is the New IFB, The New IFB Website, https://www.thenewifb.com/what-is-the-new-ifb accessed 16 March 2019.
2. Telephonic interview #01 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Kris Byrne, 25 January 2019.
3. Email from Rev. Stephen R. Nichols, pastor of Regency Baptist Church, Orangevale, California. Received 31 January 2019
4. Hyles-Anderson College website “About” page: https://hylesanderson.edu/about/; Hyles-Anderson College Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyles%E2%80%93Anderson_College
5. Article: Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church, by Bryan Smith, Chicago Magazine Online, Published December 11, 2012, https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/ accessed 16 March 2019
6. Article: Hyles: I'm no dictator. First Baptist leader defends, by Debra Gruszecki – North West Indiana Times, May 28, 1993, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/hyles-i-m-no-dictator-first-baptist-leader-defends/article_fc79e105-a9e7-507e-bd03-d3834d335a1f.html accessed 16 March 2019
7. Video: Linda Murphrey - April 5, 2012, Uploaded by Linda Murphrey, Published on Aug 5, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsOlLqBEyo&feature=youtu.be accessed 16 March 2019
8. Article: Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church, by Bryan Smith, Chicago Magazine Online, Published December 11, 2012, https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/ accessed 16 March 2019
9. Video: Linda Murphrey - April 5, 2012, Uploaded by Linda Murphrey, Published on Aug 5, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsOlLqBEyo&feature=youtu.be accessed 16 March 2019
10. Available online at: The Biblical Evangelist, Chapter 3 - The Saddest Story We Ever Published!, http://www.biblicalevangelist.org/jack_hyles_chapter3.php accessed 16 March 2019
11. Video: Linda Murphrey - April 5, 2012, Uploaded by Linda Murphrey, Published on Aug 5, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsOlLqBEyo&feature=youtu.be accessed 16 March 2019
12. Please see the following news media articles:
Experts say Esther Combs child-abuse case is unusual, by Angela K Brown – Associated Press Writer, http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/combs/abuse_case.htm
Accused minister once a local Bible teacher – Combs and his wife were quiet neighbors whom no one suspected of illegal adoption, abuse by Daniel J. Yovich, Nov 15, 1998, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/accused-minister-once-a-local-bible-teacher/article_2ebf31f5-f72b-5ed2-b47d-660ce5454d22.html
Esther Combs faces the woman she called mother and asks: 'Why?' by Becky Campbell, http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/combs/ester_evan.htm
Ex-orphan claims abuse by parents, The Associated Press, Mar 8, 2000, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/ex-orphan-claims-abuse-by-parents/article_fe65e9c4-0893-5f38-b417-927fbfaf0700.html
2 guilty of abusing orphan, The Associated Press, Mar 24, 2000, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/guilty-of-abusing-orphan/article_27b25ef2-a42c-5f99-b092-b98515d76254.html
Preacher Combs and wife get 179 years in prison, Compiled by Lewis Loflin, http://www.sullivan-county.com/nf0/combs/
A camera zoomed in to show the trembling hands of a young woman in a blue dress telling a reporter her heart wrenching story, a lifetime of abuse at the hands of the people she thought were her parents, a story that began in Northwest Indiana and ended in Bristol, Tennessee Nov 3, 2000, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/a-camera-zoomed-in-to-show-the-trembling-hands-of/article_d5686c01-305e-54dd-81b0-c20d3e768082.html
13. Article: Systemic, widespread abuse, By Neil Nakahodo | Shelly Yang | Sarah Smith, December 05, 2018, https://www.star-telegram.com/living/religion/article222681130.html accessed 16 March 2019
Article: Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church, by Bryan Smith, Chicago Magazine Online, Published December 11, 2012, https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/ accessed 16 March 2019
14. Article: Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church, by Bryan Smith, Chicago Magazine Online, Published December 11, 2012, https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/ accessed 16 March 2019
15. Please see the following news media articles:
Jack Schaap Pleads Guilty in Teen Sex Case, Denies Knowing Act Was Crime
By Stoyan Zaimov, Christian Post Reporter – Sep 27, 2012
https://www.christianpost.com/news/jack-schaap-pleads-guilty-in-teen-sex-case-denies-knowing-act-was-crime-82304/
Jack Schaap, Indiana Pastor, Claimed Jesus Wanted Him To Have Sex With Teenage Girl
By Meredith Bennett-Smith
03/14/2013, Updated Dec 06, 2017
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/jack-schaap-pastor-sex-teenage-girl-indiana_n_2877551.html
Ex-megachurch pastor blames underage victim, wants out of prison
Bill Dolan – The Times of Northwest Indiana, Jun 3, 2014
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/ex-megachurch-pastor-blames-underage-victim-wants-out-of-prison/article_2ae9324b-eacf-546e-9f73-c12147f5726f.html
16. Among the Hyles-Anderson/First Baptist Church of Hammond alumni convicted of pedophilic molestation are: A. V. Ballenger, Christopher Settlemoir, Chester Mulligan, William Beith, Jack Schaap, Tedd Butler, Joseph Combs, Craig Sisson, Russell Overla, Andy Beith, Charles Shifflett, David Joseph Jorgensen, Earl Reeves, Evangeline Combs, Jeffrey Jarrell, Jeremiah Owen, Kerry Martin, and Sheldon Stotmeister.
Others who while credible accused, but were never prosecuted include:
1.Jim Vineyard, good friend of Jack Hyles, Vineyard has managed to escape prosecution when his victims came forward after the statute of limitations had expired.
2. Paul Fox, after being found to have engaged in immoral relationships with at least two minor children, Fox was shipped off by his pastor, Bruce Goddard, to First Baptist Church of Hammond, and Hyles-Anderson college. He was never charged for his crimes as they were covered up by Goddard and his friend Jack Hyles.
3. Bob Olson, Faculty member at Hammond Baptist High School and on staff at First Baptist Church has been outed by his victims for molesting boys;
4. Greg Neal, Hyles-Anderson graduate, escaped prosecution by hiding evidence until after the statute of limitations had expired;
5. Matt Jerrill, former Hyles-Anderson student, arrested on suspicion of rape and sodomy, escaped prosecution by committing suicide in his jail cell.
Article: Let Us Prey: Big Trouble at First Baptist Church, by Bryan Smith, Chicago Magazine Online, Published December 11, 2012, https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/ accessed 16 March 2019
Article: Hundreds of sex abuse allegations found in fundamental Baptist churches across U.S., by Sarah Smith – Star Telegram, Dec. 9, 2018, https://www.star-telegram.com/living/religion/article222576310.html accessed 16 March 2019
Article: These ‘men of God’ sexually abused children. Then they found refuge at other churches, by Sarah Smith – Star Telegram, Dec. 9, 2018, https://www.star-telegram.com/living/religion/article222576430.html accessed 16 March 2019
Article: List of Hyles Related Clergy Sex Abuse Cases, From 2013, http://jeriwho.net/lillypad2/?p=18589 accessed 16 March 2019
Article: List of Hyles Related Clergy Sex Abuse Cases « Blog on the Way, Tuesday, August 7, 2012, http://ichabodthegloryhasdeparted.blogspot.com/2012/08/list-of-hyles-related-clergy-sex-abuse.html accessed 16 March 2019
17. Steven Anderson Interview on The Point with Reginald Richardson, Botswana Radio Station GABZ FM, "Breakfast with Reg" program, 20 September 2016
Anderson stated during this interview, “God has chosen me to be a prophet to the nations, to preach the word of god, and to sound it out with no fear with boldness not like these preachers who are only interested in people's money so they tell them what they want to hear for money. I don't want your money, I want to preach the truth; you can like it or lump it.”
The audio interview can be heard at the following links:
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=463Ai4PU0mw
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f73tpvfqgfc
Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZFIh3jCeg
18. Video: God, the Pastor, and You (Bro. Chris Segura), Uploaded to YouTube by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) after it was streamed live on January 6, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vRWxC3u1ds&feature=youtu.be accessed 16 March 2019
19. Email from Rev. Stephen R. Nichols, pastor of Regency Baptist Church, Orangevale, California. Received 31 January 2019
Steven Anderson claims Pastor Nichols laid hands on him and ordained him as a pastor. Pastor Nichols claims he placed his hand on Anderson's shoulder and prayed for him, as he does many people, but never ordained him. Anderson has said the act of Nichols placing his hand on Anderson's shoulder while praying for him counts as an ordination. Nichols also states neither he nor his church sent Anderson to Tempe to start Faithful Word Baptist Church. What he did do was bring Anderson up in front of the congregation and asked the congregation to pray for him as he was starting a church in Tempe, which the congregation did. This is not the same as being specifically sent by the church, but for Anderson it was close enough, and he considers that to mean he was specifically sent by Regency Baptist Church. Anderson claims he as documented proof which he provides on his blog. His documented proof consists of one church bulletin and two letters, none of which say anything whatsoever about Anderson's supposed ordination or sending. At the end of the day, Steven Anderson was neither ordained nor sent as he has repeatedly claimed.
Video: Response to Pastor Stephen R Nichols' False Accusations, uploaded by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) after it was streamed live on July 8, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A83arpQEYc accessed 16 March 2019
Article: Response to Stephen R Nichols' False Accusations, by Steven Anderson, July 8, 2015, http://sanderson1611.blogspot.com/2015/07/response-to-stephen-r-nichols-false.html accessed 16 March 2019
Article: Wow, what a shock – NOT!, by Zsuzsanna Anderson, Wednesday, August 1, 2012, http://stevenandersonfamily.blogspot.com/2012/08/wow-what-shock-not.html accessed 16 March 2019
20. Article: Controversial pastor draws more than 200 to ‘red hot’ preaching conference, by Anita Chabria and Cathy Locke – The Sacramento Bee newspaper, online edition, July 29, 2016, https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article92740612.html accessed 16 March 2019
21. Email from Rev. Stephen R. Nichols, pastor of Regency Baptist Church, Orangevale, California. Received 31 January 2019
22. Article: Controversial pastor draws more than 200 to ‘red hot’ preaching conference, by Anita Chabria and Cathy Locke – The Sacramento Bee newspaper, online edition, July 29, 2016, https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article92740612.html accessed 16 March 2019
23. Email from Rev. Stephen R. Nichols, pastor of Regency Baptist Church, Orangevale, California. Received 31 January 2019
24. Note the numerous anti-this pastor or that pastor videos produced by Steven Anderson. He has slandered and spread innuendo and gossip about Adam Fannin, Sam Gipp, Bob Gray Sr, Andy Sluder, Tyler Baker, Tyler Doka, Victor Tey, and many, many other church pastors; with no regard to the unbiblical anti-Christian nature of his actions.
25. Email from Rev. Stephen R. Nichols, pastor of Regency Baptist Church, Orangevale, California. Received 31 January 2019
26. Please see the following news media articles:
Embattled Vacaville pastor ends trial by pleading to arson, stalking charges
By Ryan Chalk |
PUBLISHED: January 15, 2015 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: August 29, 2018 at 12:00 am
https://www.thereporter.com/2015/01/15/embattled-vacaville-pastor-ends-trial-by-pleading-to-arson-stalking-charges/
Ex-Girlfriend of Pastor Charged With Arson: 'He Wants to Kill Me'
Mark Lewis' accused of hiring transients to throw a firebomb into his ex’s home.
By LYNN REDMOND, BROOKE STANGELAND and ALEXA VALIENTEApril 25, 2014— — Apr 24, 2014 11:19 AM ET
https://abcnews.go.com/US/girlfriend-pastor-charged-arson-kill/story?id=23456987
Former pastor takes plea deal to end arson, stalking trial
By Jess Sullivan
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/crime-solano-county-courts/former-pastor-takes-plea-deal-to-end-arson-stalking-trial/
Vacaville Congregation Selling Property To Pay Pastor’s Bail
By Derek Shore, February 21, 2014
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2014/02/21/vacaville-congregation-selling-property-to-pay-pastors-bail/
Former Vacaville pastor sentenced for arson, stalking ex
Mark Wayne Lewis pleaded no contest last month
Updated: 11:12 PM PST Feb 24, 2015
https://www.kcra.com/article/former-vacaville-pastor-sentenced-for-arson-stalking-ex/6420481
Pastor Accused of Repeated Vandalism Against Former Girlfriend
Posted 11:09 AM, January 12, 2014, by Sam Cohen, Updated at 11:13AM, January 12, 2014
https://fox40.com/2014/01/12/pastor-accused-of-repeated-vandalism-against-former-girlfriend/
Accusations Continue to Pile Up against Vacaville Pastor
Posted 10:05 PM, January 13, 2014, by Ian McDonald, Updated at 11:21PM, January 13, 2014
https://fox40.com/2014/01/13/accusations-continue-to-pile-up-against-vacaville-pastor/
Mystery in Vacaville, California–Who Killed Joanna Lynn Lewis?
Randolph Harris3508, February 23, 2015
https://randolphharris3508.wordpress.com/2015/02/23/mystery-in-vacaville-california-who-killed-joanna-lynn-lewis/
Calif. Pastor Exposed by Personal Drug Dealer in Midst of Allegations That He Firebombed Ex-Girlfriend's Home While Family Slept
By Jessica Martinez, CP Reporter, Thursday, January 16, 2014
https://www.christianpost.com/news/calif-pastor-exposed-by-personal-drug-dealer-in-midst-of-allegations-that-he-firebombed-ex-girlfriends-home-while-family-slept.html
California ‘firebomb’ pastor investigated for meth dealing: report
By Philip Caulfield | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | Jan 24, 2014
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/california-firebomb-pastor-investigated-meth-dealing-report-article-1.1590404
Records tie Vacaville pastor to meth probe
By Jess Sullivan
https://www.dailyrepublic.com/all-dr-news/solano-news/crime-solano-county-courts/records-link-vacaville-pastor-suspected-in-arson-case-to-undercover-meth-probe/
27. Email from Rev. Stephen R. Nichols, pastor of Regency Baptist Church, Orangevale, California. Received 31 January 2019
Repeated attempts were made to contact Roger Jimenez to afford him the opportunity to either confirm or deny that Mark Lewis actually ordained him and sent him out to start Verity. Jimenez has thus far ignored all requests. Therefore, we are left with two options. Either Mark Lewis, a meth-dealing, adulterous pastor ordained Jimenez and sent him out to start Verity (which would call into question such an ordination and sending considering Lewis was not qualified to be a pastor; or, Jimenez ordained and sent himself just as Steven Anderson did.
28. A search of real estate records revealed that Anderson's church is neighbors with a doctors office, an advertising firm, and a realty investment business.
29. Email from Steven Anderson to Victor Tey, dated 07 July 2017. Featured in Victor Tey's video series, “Response to Pastor Steven Anderson”:
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6OsfTpsNbk
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1amjz3lmOCU
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk6vi12tVts
30. www.faithfulwordbaptist.org Due to the false doctrine being taught on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
31. Paul Wittenberger IMDb page: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1509561/
32. sanderson1611 https://www.youtube.com/user/sanderson1611
Steven Anderson https://www.youtube.com/user/truebornsons
Steven Anderson https://www.youtube.com/user/faithfulwordbaptist
and his churches YouTube channel: faithful word baptist church https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTh8KEvQAwMuJI0_zwdqVIg
In addition to his four YouTube channels, Anderson has three Facebook pages, two blogs, two Twitter feeds, and three Instagram feeds. Anderson may have more social media accounts, as these ten were uncovered with only a brief cursory internet search.
https://www.facebook.com/pastorstevenanderson/
https://www.facebook.com/people/Steven-Anderson/100031639953162
https://www.facebook.com/Faithful-Word-Baptist-Church-183465927963/
http://sanderson1611.blogspot.com/
http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/page9.html
https://twitter.com/sanderson1611?lang=en
https://twitter.com/fwbclivestream
https://www.instagram.com/sanderson1611/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ84mkYh8HO/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/faithfulwordbaptist/?hl=en
Interestingly, Anderson wrote a blog article titled, The Green Grass of Social Media (http://sanderson1611.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-green-grass-of-social-media.html), where he outlines the deceptive nature of social media. With the massive social media presence he has, he should certainly know about that!
Due to the false doctrine being taught on these social media pages, visiting them is strongly discouraged.
33. https://teachallnations.net/ Due to the false doctrine being taught on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
34. kjvprophecy.com/ Due to the false doctrine being taught on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
35. www.hardpreaching.com/ Due to the false doctrine being taught on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
36. repentanceblacklist.com/ Due to the false doctrine being taught on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
37. https://www.truebornsons.com/ Due to the false doctrine being taught on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
38. www.wordoftruthbaptist.org/ Due to the false doctrine being contained in the statement of faith on this website, visiting it is strongly discouraged.
39. In light of his hate group status, and the messages of explicit hate which Anderson exports all around the world, PayPal and other online payment companies have refused to do business with Steven Anderson. This has not, however, dissuaded Anderson from doing business with them. He simply opens up another account in another name, with another address, and a different bank account. The company is none the wiser. Yes, it is deceitful, and therefore unbiblical, but as Mel Brooks said in History of the World, Part 1, “It's good to be the king.” Plus, this way Anderson continues to receive donations from around the world. According to one former employee who left Anderson's church in 2017, those online donations average, from a yearly perspective, approximately $20,000. Per week. Per week. That works out to $1,040,000 dollars in online donations (alone, not counting weekly offerings taken in at the church each week) coming in each year to the Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation, a non-profit, tax-exempt corporation, Steven L. Anderson, CEO; Steven L. Anderson, President; Steven L. Anderson, Chair and sole member of the Board of Directors thus granting Steven L. Anderson sole and complete authority over all aspects of this corporation, including all decision making authority, and all decision making authority with regard to the disbursement of all money coming into the his church. A donation to the church is really just a donation to Steven Anderson. Just so you know.
40. “Word of Truth Baptist Church, Prescott Valley, AZ” was initially started as a subsidiary church to Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church; started by his friend and protege David Berzins. Berzins later left to start his own church in Georgia, and Word of Truth reverted back to Steven Anderson who uses it as a sort of training academy for his cadre of up and coming protege pastors and evangelists. The church has very few attending according to neighboring business in its strip-mall location, though occasionally a few people are seen entering its doors, and they do have a sign up, so it must still be a church. Of sorts. However, when one visits the “church” website at http://www.wordoftruthbaptist.org/, all one sees is a front page with two buttons. One button to view a doctrinal statement virtually identical to Steven Anderson's doctrinal statement, and a second button marked “Donate” which redirects to a donation page. Those visiting are told they are actually donating to Steven Anderson's Faithful Word Baptist Church, rather than to Word of Truth Baptist Church. In fact, there is no option presented to donate to Word of Truth Baptist Church, even on its own website. On January 23, 2019, the Word of Truth Facebook page was updated reflect a change in the churches address, which is now simply, “Prescott Valley, Arizona” (no street address given), and the telephone number is now a “Google Voice” telephone number, which relays straight to a prerecorded message giving service times and nothing more. It is also interesting to note that although Word of Truth is a subsidiary church of Steven Anderson's church, it does not appear on the church directory of Steven Anderson's church website. Curious, eh?
Part 1B:
41. Telephonic interview #01 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Kris Byrne, 25 January 2019
Telephonic interview #02 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Kris Byrne, 30 January 2019
Telephonic interview #01 with Jonathan Shelley, pastor of Pure Words Baptist Church in Houston, Texas; Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas; Stedfast Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Stedfast Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Interview done on 27 February 2019
Telephonic interview #01 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 24 Jan 2019
Telephonic interview #02 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 09 Feb 2019
42. Telephonic interview #02 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Kris Byrne, 30 January 2019
43. The term “Love Bombing” was originally used by members of the Unification Church, and was coined by the cults founder, Sun Myung Moon (remember the “Moonies”?) back in the 1970's. Moon insisted his followers smile. All the time. Every waking moment. He believed if a person was full of love, then they would be smiling. He referred to the practice of always smiling, and thus exuding love, as “love bombing.” The practice is not limited to cults, and can be and has been employed by manipulators and abusers in many different areas of life. Cult leaders such as Jim Jones, David Koresh, Marshall Applewhite, and others often utilize a form of love bombing, where they provide for the needs and often the desires of their followers and recruits. In doing so, they would gain their trust, loyalty, and obedience. They knew of they could control the relationship between them and their followers, then they could control their followers. In many cults, when a potential member arrives as a visitor, they will go out of their way to express their happiness at the visitor being there. The goal is to attract them to the friendliness of the group, with the goal of getting them to return. On each successive visit, the group will begin to supply for the visitors needs and so forth. Once the visitor is a member, the love bombing will often continue until such a time as the new member is not longer needed, wanted, or tolerated – usually because they question the leader. The leader will also use the threat of shunning a member, by kicking them out of the group and manipulating the remaining followers to avoid the newly shunned person at all costs. This can be especially traumatic when the all of the newly shunned persons friends are in the group, and no shun them as well. Many groups emphasize a radical separation from the world, teaching the world outside the group is a foul wicked place full of evil ready to pounce and victimize the group members should they ever find themselves outside the group. It can be a very powerful manipulative technique. For more information on love bombing and cults in general, the following articles are recommended:
How Cults Work
https://www.cultwatch.com/howcultswork.html
What's 'Love Bombing' And How To Tell If You've Been A Victim Of It
From showering you with gifts to messaging you non-stop throughout the day, we delve into the worrying behaviours of a 'love bomber', who might have convinced you they're 'the one'.
By Katie O'Malley - Elle/August 2, 2017
https://culteducation.com/group/798-abusive-controlling-relationships/30262-what-s-love-bombing-and-how-to-tell-if-you-ve-been-a-victim-of-it.html
The Danger of Manipulative Love-Bombing in a Relationship
Spot the warning signs of love bombing early and recover faster with these tips.
Dale Archer M.D, Posted Mar 06, 2017
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/reading-between-the-headlines/201703/the-danger-manipulative-love-bombing-in-relationship
44. Article: “Hyles: I'm no dictator. First Baptist leader defends,” by Debra Gruszecki – North West Indiana Times, May 28, 1993, https://www.nwitimes.com/uncategorized/hyles-i-m-no-dictator-first-baptist-leaderdefends/article_fc79e105-a9e7-507e-bd03-d3834d335a1f.html accessed 17 March 2019
45. Telephonic interview #02 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Kris Byrne, 30 January 2019
46. Former members of Stedfast Fort Worth Steven Harper and his wife Jamie Harper, as well as a current Stedfast Fort Worth church member who has asked to remain anonymous, have reported such things as happening.
47. Telephonic interview #03 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 09 Feb 2019
48. Sermon Transcription: Bastard Barry" - Sermon about Barrack Hussein Obama (KJV Bible Preaching), delivered Steven Anderson at Faithful Word Baptist Church on 02 November 2014, http://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/transcript_bastard_barry.html accessed 17 March 2019
49. Article: Open Letter to the Person Protesting Verity Baptist Church, by Steven Anderson, Friday, July 1, 2016, http://sanderson1611.blogspot.com/2016/07/open-letter-to-person-protesting-verity.html accessed 17 March 2019
50. Email from Victor Tey to Steven Anderson, dated 06 July 2017. Featured in Victor Tey's video series, “Response to Pastor Steven Anderson”:
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6OsfTpsNbk
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1amjz3lmOCU
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk6vi12tVts
51. Email from Steven Anderson to Victor Tey, dated 07 July 2017. Featured in Victor Tey's video series, “Response to Pastor Steven Anderson”:
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 1) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6OsfTpsNbk
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1amjz3lmOCU
Response to Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 3) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk6vi12tVts
52. Facebook Messenger conversation with Pastor Gleb Glebov, Blessed Hope Church, Vancouver, BC Canada. 22 January 2019
53. Email received from Pastor Tyler Doka on 23 January 2019
54. Video: Resignation of Pastor Romero, with Steven Anderson, published by Stedfast Baptist Church Forth Worth, Texas on Wednesday night 02 January 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbWAhNxVcWo accessed 17 March 2019. This is the actual Wednesday night service where Donnie Romero resigns, and the Steven Anderson takes to the pulpit to field questions for the next 75 minutes.
55. Video: Pastor Donnie Romero Steps Down from Stedfast Baptist Church, with Steven Anderson, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on Thursday 03 January 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOkt4-gAkYc, accessed 17 March 2019. In this video Steven Anderson explains in detail why Donnie Romero resigned his pastorship at Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
56. Text message sent to Adam Fannin by Steven Anderson, dated 04 January 2019. Retrieved from Adam Fannin.
57. Telephonic interview #01 with Jonathan Shelley, pastor of Pure Words Baptist Church in Houston, Texas; Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas; Stedfast Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Stedfast Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Interview done on 27 February 2019
58. Video: Jonathan Shelley: Stedfast Jacksonville & Adam Fannin, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on Friday 04 January 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_cu3TfbBjM accessed 17 March 2019. In this video Shelley claims he has kept Fannin in the loop regarding Donnie Romero's resignation, and he claims that Fannin was supportive of Shelley taking over. Adam Fannin claims Shelley is lying, saying Shelley never spoke to him a single time.
59. Video: Update on Stedfast Baptist Church (Texas/Florida), with Steven Anderson, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) (early in the day) on 05 January 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqjMOgCV6kM&feature=youtu.be accessed 17 March 2019
60. IBID
61. IBID
62. Benjamin “Ben the Baptist” Naim explicitly stated “LESLEY CALLED PASTOR ANDERSON FOR HELP….LESLEY asked for his help” [Emphasis in original] in the comments section of a YouTube video: “Righteous Indignation - New IFB vs. Andersonites” published by Law of Liberty (Adam Fannin) on 21 February 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eftT8FFHDs&feature=youtu.be accessed 17 March 2019
63. Telephonic interview #04 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 12 February 2019
64. Telephonic interview with Faithful Word Baptist Church Pastor, Steven Anderson, 09 March 2019
65. Telephonic interview #01 with Jonathan Shelley, pastor of Pure Words Baptist Church in Houston, Texas; Stedfast Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas; Stedfast Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Stedfast Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Interview done on 27 February 2019
66. Video: 501c3 Tax Status: An Excuse for Not Going to Church, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 29 September 2013, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0l2EkAZwB8 accessed 17 March 2019
Sermon Transcript: 501c3 Churches, delivered by Steven Anderson at Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Arizona on 13 July 2014, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFqSUQNCx2A accessed 17 March 2019.
Article: Steven L Anderson: 501c3 Tax Status and False Accusers, by Steven Anderson, sanderson1611.blogspot.com/2014/07/501c3-tax-status-and-false-accusers.html accessed 17 March 2019
67. Faithful Word Baptist Church Articles of Incorporation, dated 04 January 2006
Faithful Word Baptist Church 2019 Annual Report, dated May 8, 2018
68. Telephonic interview #03 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 09 February 2019
Telephonic interview #05 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 27 February 2019
Amount based on one-twelfth of the average yearly total offerings to Faithful Word Baptist Church for 2017. Tyler Baker revealed in these telephone conversations that he was responsible for maintaining all financial records, filing taxes, paying employees, gathering, recording, and depositing all donations and offerings related to Faithful Word Baptist Church.
69. Video: Pastor Anderson kicking out an unrepentant trouble maker, published by Craig Dohner (member of Faithful Word Baptist Church) on 16 November 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBGxGKmLZgg accessed 17 March 2019
Telephonic interview #01 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Elliott Ray, 12 February 2019
70. New Independent Fundamental Baptist Movement website, “Events” page, https://www.thenewifb.com/events accessed 07 March 2019
71. Telephonic interview #04 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 12 February 2019
72. Video: Used to be "New IFB”, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 01 December 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCBAqSwGPY accessed 17 March 2019
73. Article: Over 300,000 Churches in America; Do We Really Need More Church Plants?, by Greg Stier, Christian Post Guest Columnist, https://www.christianpost.com/news/church-planting-growth-pastors-evangelicals-ministry-america.html accessed 17 March 2019
Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Research Center, http://www.pewforum.org/religious-landscape-study/ accessed 17 March 2019
74. KJV Churches
Find Independent Baptist Churches Near You!
https://www.kjvchurches.com/
75. Video: A Great And Effectual Door Has Opened Up For Canada 9-16-18, published by Sure Foundation Baptist Church (Aaron Thompson) on 17 September 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch8kX75QbGI accessed 17 March 2019
76. Video: Sam Gipp Obsessed with Steven Anderson (Part 1), published by Steven Anderson on 15 May 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arKuouWIyok accessed 17 March 2019
Video: Sam Gipp Is Obsessed with Pastor Steven Anderson (Part 2), published by “The New IFB” on 17 May 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bJ2bZbXKTw accessed 17 March 2019
77. Video: There's Hope! You CAN Escape Anderson!, published by Sam Gipp on 18 March 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5mHlfXS2c accessed 17 March 2019
78. Telephonic interview #01 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 24 January 2019
79. Video: There's Hope! You CAN Escape Anderson!, published by Sam Gipp on 18 March 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F5mHlfXS2c accessed 17 March 2019
80. Telephonic Interview #01 with Dr. Sam Gipp, 03 February 2019
81. Video: Sam Gipp acts like a child when called out, published by “KJV soulwinners” (Jeff Utzler) on 17 May 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kuUwWjg-1A accessed 17 March 2019
82. Video: Jeff Utzler- Championship Round Nogi absolute, published by “kruzer32” on 30 January 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QPDkJVLS0s accessed 17 March 2019
Article: Cuyahoga Falls drug team the oldest in county, by Jess Saunders – Reporter, February 22, 2018, https://www.mytownneo.com/news/20180222/cuyahoga-falls-drug-team-oldest-in-county accessed 17 March 2019
83. Video: Why the Old IFB is So Threatened by the New IFB, published by Liberty Baptist Church of Rock Falls, IL (New IFB pastor Tommy McMurtry) on 06 July 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAHBtWgY6Yo accessed 17 March 2019. In this video, “Ben the Baptist” (Benjamin Naim) interviews New IFB pastor, Patrick Boyle.
84. Telephonic interview with Faithful Word Baptist Church Pastor, Steven Anderson, 09 March 2019
85. Video: America's 'Hate' Preacher: Pastor Steven Anderson - BBC Documentary, published by “Truth In Genesis” on 13 November 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4PvxG2Kh4E accessed 17 March 2019
Article: Hell's gonna be pretty hot for you: My summer with a Christian hate preacher by Hannah Livingston, 24 July 2017, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/2e465c60-cdd3-48f5-8944-e9b2786e3ce9 accessed 17 March 2019
Part 1C:
86. Telephonic interview #03 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Kris Byrne, 06 January 2019
87. Paul Wittenberger IMDb page at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1509561/
88. https://store.framingtheworld.com/
https://store.framingtheworld.com/t/auromre
89. Article: Framing the World by Steven Anderson, Pastor Anderson's Blog, September 29, 2016, https://www.faithfulwordbaptist.org/bl_framing_the_world.html accessed 17 March 2019
Video: Paul Wittenberger is a Great Guy!, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 02 September 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcWGa01q4w0 accessed 17 March 2019
90. What are the Vedas? - Definition from Yogapedia, https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/5007/vedas accessed 17 March 2019
91. What Is Ayurveda? Treatments, Massage, Diet, and More - WebMD
https://www.webmd.com/balance/guide/ayurvedic-treatments accessed 17 March 2019
92. Integral Yoga page on the Auromere website, https://www.auromere.com/integral-yoga/ accessed 17 March 2019
93. Auromère “About” Website page, https://www.auromere.com/about/ accessed 17 March 2019
Auromère “Auroville” Website page, https://www.auromere.com/auroville/ accessed 17 March 2019
94. Auromère Ichapur School website page, https://www.auromere.com/ichhapur-school/ accessed 17 March 2019
95. Video: Hindu Moment #1 - Definition of Yoga, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 15 March 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ3oXmjfTBM accessed 17 March 2019
96. Video: The Lord" of Hinduism is Satan Himself! (The Devil), published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 23 January 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGwExJYuhI accessed 17 March 2019
97. "Having Fellowship With Devils" (Baptist Preaching), published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 06 March 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ShCUggWmFM accessed 17 March 2019
98. Article: Where Pastors Stand on the AIDS Sermon by Steven Anderson, December 15, 2014 http://sanderson1611.blogspot.com/2014/12/where-pastors-stand-on-aids-sermon.html accessed 17 March 2019
99. Email from Pastor Stephen Cox, pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Simpsonville, SC, dated 18 February 2019
100. Telephonic Interview with Pastor Bob Gray II, pastor of Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, TX, 22 February 2019
101. Video: Used to be "New IFB", published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 01 December 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrCBAqSwGPY accessed 17 March 2019
102. Telephonic interview #03 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 09 February 2019. During this interview, Baker revealed that while he was employed by Steven Anderson as a church deacon, one of his duties was to manage the financial books for Faithful Word Baptist Church Corporation. Baker stated he recorded the weekly tithes, offerings and donations brought into the church each week, as well as managing the online donations. He stated he did the payroll for all four employees which at that time included Steven Anderson, himself, Garrett Kirchway, and Chris Segura; and he also did the church's tax returns each year. When asked how much Faithful Word brought in each week, Baker stated, “If you look at it from a yearly perspective, the church averages about $10,000 per week in tithes and offerings at the actual church, and about twice that total per year from PayPal.” This would tally up to an average yearly total of $520,000 in tithes, offerings and donations taken in at the church itself, and another $1,040,000 taken in per year from online donation sources, for a total yearly income of approximately $1,560,000.
103. Email from Pastor Tim Coleman, pastor of 35th Avenue Baptist Church in Phoenix, AZ, dated February 24, 2019
104. Article: What Is a Statement of Information? - Rocket Lawyer
https://www.rocketlawyer.com/article/what-is-a-statement-of-information-cb.rl accessed 17 March 2019
Article: What is a Statement of Information (California)? - Zenefits Help Center
https://help.zenefits.com/Getting_Started_with_Zenefits/Company_Documents_Required_for_New_Insurance_Setup/What_is_a_Statement_of_Information_(California)/ accessed 17 March 2019
105. Email from Matthew Ryan Stucky dated 17 February 2019 confirming he lives in Manilla, 15 minutes away from the church he pastors there.
106. Telephonic Interview with Oliver Gonzales, Corporate Secretary for Verity Baptist Church of Sacramento, California, a New IFB church pastored by Roger Jimenez, 16 March 2019
107. California Penal Code 115 PC - Filing False Documents, Shouse Law Group, https://www.shouselaw.com/forging-deeds.html accessed 17 March 2019
108. California Penal Code 115 PC - Filing False Documents, Shouse Law Group, https://www.shouselaw.com/forging-deeds.html accessed 17 March 2019
109. Video: "Trinity 101" (Throwing Out Oneness Heretics), published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 27 May 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0ZxB8_VsrY&feature=youtu.be accessed 17 March 2019
110. Article: Cuyahoga Falls drug team the oldest in county by Jeff Saunders – Reporter, 22 February 2018, https://www.mytownneo.com/news/20180222/cuyahoga-falls-drug-team-oldest-in-county accessed 17 March 2019
111. http://www.amendmentavenger.com/vigilant/
112. https://unftv.com/fall-2017/
113. Telephonic Interview #01 with Benjamin Knight (aka: Ben the Baptist / Benjamin Naim), member of New IFB church Stedfast Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida, 23 February 2019
114. Such as his anti-Adam Fannin and anti-James White videos, for example:
I Will Have NO FELLOWSHIP With “Law Of Liberty” Cult Members https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtC0lB6dwAI
Stedfast Jax Reacts to Fannin Firing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR0J0LLsXZ8
James White Thinks He’s God https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIE00U6u2nw
115. https://linkedin.com/in/benjamin-naim
116. United Methodist Church (UMC) Bishop Karen Oliveto is openly homosexual, as are more than 150 other UMC clergy. The UMC accepts openly homosexual people in their membership, and there have been some UMC clergy who have performed same sex marriages. This is common knowledge within the UMC, and is easily validated with only a Google search.
117. The name “Benjamin” is of Hebrew origin, being found in the Old Testament as the name of Jacob's youngest son in Genesis 35:18. It is from the Hebrew “Binyamon” and literally means “Son of the Right Hand” or “Son of the South. See: Benjamin at Dictionary.com, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/benjamin
His middle name of “Elie” (pronounced Ay-Lee) is also a Hebrew name meaning “God is Great.” It is also a shortened version of Eliezar, a name familiar to readers of the Old Testament as belonging to Abraham's servant, the son of Moses and Zipporah, and also the name of the priest who helped move the Ark of the Covenant. See: https://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/elie/ and http://www.name-doctor.com/name-elie-meaning-of-elie-33089.html
His surname of “Naim” (pronounced Nay-EEM) is both a Muslim and a Jewish (Sephardic Jew) name meaning “bliss” or “happiness.” In a discussion with several Lebanese people, the general consensus is that while Naim is sometimes associated with Muslim families, it is far more commonly associated with Jewish families, specifically Jewish families living in Lebanon. See: Dictionary of American Family Names © 2013, Oxford University Press
118. original at: https://bennaimblog.wordpress.com/about/
Archived at: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:c8v_sZNW50gJ:https://bennaimblog.wordpress.com/about/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
119. Comments section on Adam Fannin's “Righteous Indignation” video, which can be found at:
Righteous Indignation - New IFB vs. Andersonites,
published by Law of Liberty (Adam Fannin) on 21 February 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eftT8FFHDs&feature=youtu.be accessed 17 March 2019
120. Telephonic interview #03 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member & Deacon Tyler Baker, 09 February 2019
121. Telephonic interview #01 with former Faithful Word Baptist Church member Elliott Ray, 12 February 2019
122. Video created by former Faithful Word Baptist Church member, Russell Bopst, titled, Russell Bopst says Pastor Anderson lies, Published on Jul 12, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zE1SbEvTonE, accessed February 1, 2019.
123. Video: Why I Left Faithful Word Baptist Church - Josh Hall, published by Whole Armour Ministries on 29 July 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE0d3Y4v4dc&feature=youtu.be accessed 17 March 2019
124. Video created by Steven Harper, titled, Stedfast Baptist Church Coverup Video #1 Donnie Romero 12-3-18, Published on Jan 13, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lON9TEvNLU, accessed February 1, 2019
125. Video: "Sheba the Son of Bichri" (Adam Fannin Exposed), published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on 09 January 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crCo4fYHSag accessed 17 March 2019
126. Telephonic Interview #01 with Benjamin Knight (aka: Ben the Baptist / Benjamin Naim), member of New IFB church Stedfast Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida, 23 February 2019
127. Telephonic interview with Faithful Word Baptist Church Pastor, Steven Anderson, 09 March 2019
128. Video: "God Hates a Lying Tongue" sermon by Pastor Steven Anderson, published by sanderson1611 (Steven Anderson) on May 5, 2009, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEKUcBo_vq8 accessed 17 March 2019
Links for Series Articles Posted Thus Far:
Part 1a
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-part-1a
Part 1b
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-part-1b
Part 1c
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-part-1c
Part 2a
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-part-2a
Part 2b
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-part-2b
Part 2c
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-part-2c
Steven Anderson and the New IFB Movement -- Update #1
https://reasonfiles.weebly.com/blog/steven-anderson-and-the-new-ifb-movement-update-1
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