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People may not realize that
#LinkYear
-including
#LinkAcademy
- is a program of Kanakuk Ministries, which is being sued for fraud in its cover up of
#csa
Visit for more info.
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#KampToo
Kanakuk still hasn’t informed its database of families that former staffer
#MattHarmon
was arrested on 5/28/24 for child sexual abuse…because it’s not about kids for them- it’s about salvaging their brand (still) and the money it makes.
the number of “unsubscribe” emails i had to send to get off all the email lists our mega church had us on every time they wanted our money for another conference!
YET whenever they had another Predator Pastor “resign” they couldn’t find my email address to let me know?
Pure evil
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Some important things for the public and parents to know about
#summercampsafety
: ● 8 states do not require overnight/residential camps to be licensed. ● 10 states do not require day camps to be licensed. ● 18 states do not require that camps run criminal background checks on
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Thank you
@kkdumez
: "Not every evangelical sex scandal made the national news, but a dedicated cadre of bloggers and local journalists worked to bring to light abuses that otherwise might have remained in the shadows. One of these involved
#JoeWhite
, president of
#KanakukKamps
,
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A moment of silence for another Kanakuk-related suicide. Please pray for the family.
#StopTheAbuse
#NoMoreVictims
#HoldKampAccountable
#InvestigateKanakuk
#JoeWhiteFright
#EnoughIsEnough
#ReleaseNDAs
#BelieveVictims
#SupportSurvivors
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@piper4missouri
Encouraging one-one-one trips to the bathroom with a child is just opening the door to CSA.
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Kanakuk has never even considered an independent investigation into decades of abuse allegation despite survivors’ and allies/many customers’ pleas. That’s why they’re being taken to court again and again (most recently, alleging fraud and civil conspiracy).
#facts
#KanakukAbuse
A common way that orgs skew investigation results is to choose investigators that survivors know are unsafe so they won't participate. Fewer survivors, less evidence of wrongdoing in the investigation. Meanwhile, many supporters are placated by the Very Caring Investigation Show.
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#MOleg
House committee OKs bill giving Kanakuk sexual abuse victims more time to file lawsuits:
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And that “Christian camp” is called
#Kanakuk
. Add to list of 60ish perps associated with Joe White and Kanakuk Ministries known to date.
Texas christian school teacher, coach & christian camp counselor, Matthew Harmon, has been arrested for the rape of a student.
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Kanakuk is a product of the SBC...there isn’t one without the other.
#JoeWhite
, current
#Kanakuk
CEO and his own board chair, was honorarily ordained by an SBC church and given an honorary doctorate by an SBC seminary. May justice fall like rain.
#ThisIsTheSBC
#KampToo
On the same day a former SBC presidential candidate accused abuse survivors of conspiracy, the DOJ indicts an SBC seminary leader for lying to the FBI about abuse
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We stand with Logan!
I paid for twitter premium so I could upload this entire video—
@JessMcMasterKC
from
@KSHB41
covering our story. To learn more please follow
@KanakukFacts
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This is what
#Kanakuk
loyalists fail to understand/acknowledge: Giving Kanakuk et al your business/donations is funding the silencing and suffering of child s*xualb abuse victims. Your dollars go to attorneys’ fees and coverup tactics, show your apathy and fuel the abuse (as
Stunning for lawsuit to cost victim's lawyers $6 million in hours before case even gets to trial. It's b/c SBC is massively-funded with seemingly endless $$ & engages all manner stonewalling, delays & victim-inflicting misery.
SBC's tactic: crush
#SBCtoo
survivors.
#ThisistheSBC
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BREAKING NEWS
@MissouriPress
awarded
@NancyAFrench
@gregoryholman
@AmosBridgesNL
@springfieldNL
1st place for “Best Investigative Journalism” for their series on
#KanakukAbuse
🏆
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Not shocking that the CEO of
@Lifeway
,
@BenMandrell
, is a
#Kanakuk
guy who met his wife at the infamous camp known to have abused children for decades and continuing to try to cover it up. The amicus brief filed was no mistake. The
#SBC
and its
#kanakult
friends don’t want
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Matt chandler the
#kanakuk
guy? Shocking 😱
💔 While I cannot imagine what Matt Chandler has had to grapple with concerning his father confessing to child sexual abuse, I am certain that he knew better than to allow him to be hired on a church staff.
Matt risked the well being of others by not having boundaries.
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#KanakukAbuse
survivors will join other
#CSA
survivors to provide testimony at the
#MoLeg
Judicial Committee hearing on
#HB367
tomorrow 2/13 at 4:30. Link to live stream: Thank you
@RepSeitz156
for authoring this bill and
@SarahUnsicker
for co-sponsoring!
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Thank you,
@WestPlainsFirst
, for listening to and standing with
#KanakukAbuse
survivors! We hope more pastors follow your example:
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“Dr.” Joe White holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from
@SMU
, which honored him with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2009. That same year,
#KanakukKamps
Director
#PeteNewman
was criminally charged and convicted of abusing dozens of campers. White did not pursue any postgraduate
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In the
#Duggar
documentary,
#ShinyHappyPeople
, the victims of
#BillGothard
exposed his crimes on , leading to Gothard's dismissal from the cult he had created and led. Similarly,
#KanakukAbuse
survivors have pooled their evidence and experiences across
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SO many victims out there.
@DallasPD
asks anyone with information regarding Harmon (former
#Kanakuk
#KLIFE
affiliations) to contact Dallas Police Child Exploitation Squad Detective Eric Seyl at 214-671-4473 or eric.seyl
@dallaspolice
.gov.
@CanISayRetarded
@DispatchAlerts
Matthew Harmon, 46, former teacher & coach at The Providence School & Trinity Christian Academy & Kanakuk christian camp counselor, has been charged w the sexual assault of a child.
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Survivors have joined hands and raised their voices to collectively draft an Open Letter to Joe White and Kanakuk. You can support their **NEW PETITION** here:
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Survivors have petitioned for three action steps from
#Kanakuk
: 1) Admit to Known Failures (This is finally being forced through the civil litigation process thanks to
@LoganYandell
and others). 2) Release NDAs (They say their word salad statement did this but it, in fact, did
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Abused at Christian Summer Camp, Survivors Say They’ve Been Kept Silent via
@YouTube
#Kanakuk
#KanakukKamps
#KanakukAbuse
#ReleaseNDAs
#KidsToo
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Kanakuk fired
#ChuckPrice
for child sexual abuse in 90s but didn't report him to authorities. He went on to work with kids in schools, sports and even Kanakuk's own
@urbanklife
til 11/21. Allowed on kamp property in 2017 as evidenced in this photo. What's wrong with this picture?
Kanakuk's much-touted Child Protection Plan purports to keep abusers off camp property and keep children safe. However, this photo taken in approximately 2017 shows
@Kanakuk
CEO Joe White smiling with Price on camp property. /5
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“Anybody who allows grown men to be naked with kids does not have the discernment nor the backbone to make tough decisions and do the right thing,” said Joe Alarcon. “Joe White and Doug Godwin are still on staff, and they refuse to step down.”
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Please support survivors' petition that asks for three things: 1) Admit known failures. 2) Release NDAs. 3) Invite an Independent Investigation.
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We join you in urging
@michaelwsmith
(along with
@StevenCurtis
and others platformed for years by
#JoeWhite
) to no longer stay silent on
@Kanakuk
abuse--but to revoke it publicly and show that they stand with survivors.
#IJustKantakuk
#StopTheAbuse
#ReleaseNDAs
#KampToo
#CampToo
@ThisMicahCarver
@AnnaCaudill4
@NancyAFrench
@ChunkyCraze
@michaelwsmith
Here’s the heartbreak.
@michaelwsmith
is one of a handful of men whose example encouraged me to study the Bible more carefully when I was a teenager. I’m dumbstruck over his public decisions in recent years. I hope he comes clean soon & very soon.
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Kanakuk’s
#PeteNewman
wasn’t the first (or latest) evangelical minister to abuse boys in hot tubs. The “textbook” was available and widespread in the
#SBC
by criminals like Paul Pressler decades prior:
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People don’t pay enough attention to the hidden cameras issue. If a camera sweep isn’t part of a youth-stewarding organization’s child protection plan and safeguarding measures, then 🚩
Florida baptist pastor, Jonathan Elwing, who was arrested last week for possessing images of children being sexually abused, took photos of himself raping a 2 year old toddler.
Authorities also found hidden cameras in his home & church office.
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@NancyAFrench
@R_Denhollander
@Kanakuk
@R_Denhollander
also astutely called for a proper investigation into
#KanakukAbuse
in an article
@NancyAFrench
published via
@thedispatch
: "'The level of abuse and cover-up that has taken place at Kanakuk is extreme and follows well-established patterns of organized trafficking
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Kanakuk survivors calling for support as Peter Newman’s parole hearing approaches
Yet
#Kanakuk
and its leadership remain silent. Tell us again how much they “care” about
#petenewman
victims?
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#ChiAlpha
also originated in Southern Missouri, just like Kanakuk, and has now also come to a point of reckoning:
Three men linked to Texas A&M’s Chi Alpha ministries, Assemblies of God, have been arrested for child sex crimes.
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We stand with Logan and the Yandell family!
Listen to
#KanakukAbuse
survivors in this
@TheBransonNews
article out today:
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Happening NOW in Austin,
#Texas
on the capitol steps.
#SOLreform
#StandWithSurvivors
We stand with Joe Alarcon and the other
#CSA
advocates and survivors speaking in support of
#HB206
and
#SB751
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🚨🚨🚨Pete Newman is up for parole 🚨🚨🚨 The hearing is scheduled for 9/25 and any concerned citizens can email statements to Julie.loveall
@doc
.mo.gov by 9/24.
Unbelievable that a serial child r*pist who was sentenced to two life terms + 30 years in 2010 could be up for parole
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@geoffbaron
@DavidDark
@NancyAFrench
And not just churches, but christian music artists such as
@michaelwsmith
@StevenCurtis
@amygrant
@lecrae
etc who have endorsed
@Kanakuk
/
@KAAKamps
for decades by performing there and at other
#JoeWhite
events around the country. Christians should REVOKE evil, not profit from it.
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You can’t tell me this place is safe for kids. Never has been.
#KampToo
#IJustKantakuk
#StopTheAbuse
#Kanakuk
#KanakukAbuse
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Just like “Dr.” Joe White, who remains the CEO and Board Chair of his very profitable nonprofit “church,” Kanakuk Ministries, to this day. Con men indeed.
The Gateway website used to claim that Robert Morris holds a “Doctorate of Literature”, he doesn’t. Morris has no formal theological education but he received an ‘honorary degree’ from The King’s University. The Kings Univ. is located at Gateway Church. 🤣 He’s a conman.
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"Daystar Television Network Is Removing All of Robert Morris Programming and Broadcasting." New TWW post. Things are happening quickly. Thank you to Daystar for doing the right thing.
@ThouArtTheMan
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Arrested Teacher and former Kanakuk staff member Matt Harmon Helped Foster Systemic Spiritual Abuse | Dallas Observer
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Her name is Nancy. And we stand with all of the competent journalists who are amplifying Kanakuk victims' voices and true stories at last. Read one brave survivor's statement and reaction to
#Kanakuk
and
#JoeWhite
's latest BS "statements" in the article below:
Check out how his Branson Tri Lakes News article describes
@DavidAFrench
and me, respectively:
'an investigation by former ACLJ and Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel and National Review author David French and his wife'
(My name is Nancy, btw.)
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This thread. Mike's story...one of the many reasons
#KanakukAbuse
survivors are furious and crying out for justice and accountability after years of cover ups.
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@DearTeslaDiary
@Kanakuk
...and the kamp is silencing
#childsexualabuse
survivors to this day, as recently as another NDA two weeks ago. That's what your money is supporting!
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As you consider sending children to summer camp next year, please review this Fact Sheet on Child Safeguarding and Summer Camps and
#KnowBeforeYouGo
:
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@lecrae
@NancyAFrench
So now you enter the chat? Where you been the last twelve years Kanakuk has been covering up child abuse? Yes there are KAA victims too. And no, they are not “separate entities.” Revoke your longstanding endorsement of Joe White and his evil empire! This is not hard. Stand with
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We stand with Evan and Keith. Listen to the survivors:
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If you ever experienced any
#KanakukAbuse
in the state of Arkansas, you now have until 2026 to file a claim, regardless of how long ago the abuse occurred and how old you may be now.
#SOLreform
#JusticeMatters
#StopTheAbuse
Arkansas opened a new 2-year window on 02/01. Adults of all ages can file lawsuits for CSA while the window is open, even if their claim was expired under the prior law. ⚖️
Click the link below to learn more about our delayed disclosure research🔗👇
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Yes!
#KanakukAbuse
survivors have called
@safeatallstar
out for hiring
#RickBraschler
who by his own admission has no background or expertise in child safeguarding (in fact, he was a
@pizzahut
manager and insurance broker to churches before
#Kanakuk
hired him as “director of risk
Is it time to talk about the links between Kanakuk & Safe @ Allstar yet? And why Varsity would choose to work with people deeply involved in decades of unreported abuse?
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Great! Now let's get this to apply to children who have been silenced by forced settlements after surviving
#csa
at institutions like
@Kanakuk
!
#ReleaseNDAs
#KanakukAbuse
#StopTheAbuse
#NDAfree
#StandWithSurvivors
@LiftOurVoicesUS
That blanket NDA you signed years ago to get severance? It's void now, according to the National Labor Relations Board.
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Survivors of
#KanakukAbuse
will be testifying in favor of HB1617 today 2pm. Tune in here, where you can also submit written testimony:
#SOLreform
#SOLreformNOW
#moleg
#MOisnotsafeforchildren
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One of the first celebrities to acknowledge and tweet about
#KanakukAbuse
:
Anyone who thinks drag queens and public school teachers are the biggest threats to our children needs to read the amazing
@NancyAFrench
great thread about the real groomers
#ShinyHappyPeopleDoc
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@SaraGonzalesTX
@NancyAFrench
@Kanakuk
@DavidAFrench
@CunningZachary
Nancy has no time for what you're insinuating...she's too busy holding child abusers accountable, which you say you're all about. Read the room; and this article:
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Did you know that
#JoeWhite
also started
#KanakukInternational
?
@Kanakuk
claims on reports and 990 forms to have a presence in over 40 countries abroad, and it's frightening to imagine the wake of
#KanakukAbuse
around the globe.
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The
#KanakukAbuse
survivor community is thrilled that
#HB367
passed the MO House today unopposed! 150-0. Now we continue the fight on the Senate side. Thank you to bill author
@RepSeitz156
and cosponsors
@SarahUnsicker
@RCProudie
and
@Ealy4MOHouse
for all of their efforts to
Urge your
#Missouri
state representatives to vote YES on
#HB367
to extend the civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse victims and other vulnerable persons
#SOLreform
#moleg
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@NYTimesPR
@DavidAFrench
@nytopinion
@NYTimes
is lucky to have
@DavidAFrench
on board. We are ever grateful to him and
@NancyAFrench
for so professionally and diligently exposing
#KanakukAbuse
over the last two years.
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#MOisnotsafeforchildren
, cont’d.
Missouri authorities jail owners of Christian boarding school on kidnapping charges
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The answer is because the statute of limitations in Missouri is 26 years old for civil cases against negligent or complicit institutions, and most victims don’t come forward until their 50s-70s if ever.
@endSOLnow
#SOLreformNOW
#moleg
@RepSeitz156
@NancyAFrench
@sdCincy
@Kanakuk
How is this camp still in business?Why has no regulating authority shut it down yet?
Are there statute limitations on civil cases?A class-action civil suit would be tremendous here.
Something must be done. Someone must have the authority to do something.Knowledge is not enough.
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Thank you
@amyfritz
and
@hoopersnook
for amplifying the
#KanakukAbuse
story in your 2022 recap podcast:
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Second Kanakuk Kamps victim sues camp for fraud:
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@_maddi__rose
@NancyAFrench
@TaviaHunt1
@Chiefs
@Kanakuk
Survivors are really over people talking about how it was great for them- congrats! It’s harder to endure r*pe by a spiritual mentor preaching then seeing Joe White and leadership cover it up while preaching
#ImThird
! The truth about that training, btw:
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ICYMI- Listen to
@Kanakuk
abuse survivor
#AshtonAlarcon
's interview with Tim of
@newvangelicals
that aired on Instagram LIVE this week. Link here:
#IJustKantakuk
#StopTheAbuse
#NoMoreVictims
#HoldKampAccountable
#KampToo
#ChurchToo
#KidsToo
#JoeWhiteFright
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When will celebrities like
@TimTebow
@lecrae
stand with the growing number of
#Kanakuk
victims coming forward and finally revoke their affiliation with
#JoeWhiteFright
who remains CEO/Board Chair of
@Kanakuk
Ministries to this day?
@amygrant
and
@michaelwsmith
also wrote the
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Read this comment, and sign the petition. My son’s faith has been destroyed not as much by the sexual abuse of his boss and senior pastor, but by the sick cover up of the rest of the senior leadership. This … via
@Change
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"Currently, the camp's website prices 4-week sessions at $4,800 per child. Kanakuk said in its most recent IRS filing revenues topped $31.6 million.
Kanakuk plays a key role in Branson, itself a homespun tourism hub and global bastion of American-style conservative Christianity"
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That would be
#Kanakuk
, and the documentary is forthcoming!
Kryssy and I took the boys to a big drive thru lights thing in Branson. We drove around before hand and saw some random ass camp that we both said “this shit looks like something you’d see in a documentary about the counselors being sketchy” looked it up and boy howdy…
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To say Kanakuk leadership was unaware of Newman's inappropriate behavior w/ boys years before his arrest would simply be false.
Current President of Kanakuk, Doug Goodwin, confirmed in deposition “over the years, Pete had been involved in situations that involved nakedness.”
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This whole page continues to infuriate, attack and gaslight victims whose only intentions have been and remain to tell the truth and expose darkness so others can be spared the trauma we've endured. What fraudulent evil
#Kanakuk
continues to spew and spin to sound "good:"
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"No concept of mandated reporter" would likely come up as a pattern in an independent investigation, which has been the plea of
#KanakukAbuse
survivors. That's why
#JoeWhite
and kamp leadership won't invite one. All we want is the truth.
@NancyAFrench
@Kanakuk
WHY... do none of these call police?
Do they have no concept of mandated reporter?
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"To address some of the earlier comments, yes, the camp knew, or should have known there were issues with Newman going back several years. My daughter returned from K-Kountry her last year reporting that there was something wrong with Newman."
#Kanakuk
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Speaking up about
#KanakukAbuse
is not “gossip,” it’s sharing truth.
So, what does this cursory on gossip study tell us? At the very least, it tells us that you cannot be accused of gossip (or slander for that matter) if you are telling the truth. Biblically speaking, gossip is speaking falsely and maliciously against someone in private.
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I don’t think we talk enough about how Kanakuk President
#DougGoodwin
is the registered agent on many of Joe White and Debbie Jo White’s for-profit entities.
#JohnJensen
as well. All of these men protect and fuel Joe White’s narcissism and position at the top of his profitable
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Survivors, ex-employees say Kanakuk Christian camp 'ministered' to its sexual predators via
@usatoday
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CALL TO ACTION
Please contact your district's representatives in
#Missouri
to advocate with
#KanakukAbuse
survivors for
#SOLreform
bills
#HB367
and
#SB416
.
@CHILDUSAdvocacy
provides MO-specific resources and info here:
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@kateshellnutt
@NancyAFrench
@MinistryWatch
@VICE
Thank you
@CTmagazine
@kateshellnutt
for amplifying survivors' voices in our pursuit of justice and accountability after decades of
#KanakukAbuse
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When are music artists like
@michaelwsmith
going to acknowledge the cries of
#KanakukAbuse
survivors and
#KAA
victims?!
#ReleaseNDAs
#StandWithSurvivors
In Branson playing golf with 2 of my favorite people in the world..Keith Chancey and Joe White.
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Tune in TONIGHT at 6et/5ct to hear
#KanakukAbuse
survivor Ashton Alarcon in conversation with Tim of
@newvangelicals
on Instagram LIVE.
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When a church is quicker to go into PR mode instead of protecting and coming alongside victims, you know that fear of man is their ultimate god.
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Affiliating with
#RickBraschler
is affiliating with
#Kanakuk
. Braschler did not have a CPP in place until after Newman's arrest in 2010, although he was "Director of Risk Management" since 2003. Monetizing "lessons learned" off of victims' backs is sick. His CPP has also failed.
Earlier this Week.
USASF Exclusive partner
@SafeAtAllstar
released a statement regarding their affiliations with the abused troubled Camp Kanakuk (due to shared advisors), after conversations surrounding the topic were discussed publicly.
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@NancyAFrench
@Kanakuk
#KanakukAbuse
survivors are so grateful for your advocacy and compassion! Don't let the haters get you down. We stand with you.
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#MissouriIsNotSafeForChildren
We stand with the survivors of
@AgapeBoysRanch
#ShutdownAgape
#StopTheAbuse
#EndInstitutionalAbuse
#NoMore
The allegations cover a period from 2007 to 2021 with many — including the sexual assault claim — from the past three years.
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Insurance company refutes Kanakuk claims of concealing info to sex abuse victims and families:
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