A lengthier article has been posted at theSouthern.com by the Southern Illinoisian:
"Tommy Shelton accused of sex abuse"
If anyone gets a copy of 3ABN's statement, please send me a copy.
What do you think of some of the statements in this article? It sounds like 3ABN is uncomfortable admitting that Tommy had an important position at 3ABN, doesn't it?
One thing the article says is: "While there is no formal affiliation, 3ABN supports the Seventh-day Adventist denomination."
What happened? Does this mean that 3ABN is no longer a member of ASI?
In order to become a member of ASI, you have to fill out an application and get recommendations from your pastor and elder, as I recall. That's kind of formal, isn't it? And ASI's headquarters are in the GC building. Yet the article indicates that 3ABN has no formal affiliation to the Adventist church. Are they no longer members of ASI, then?
According to Schedule O of
3ABN's 2009 Form 990, "All officer remuneration is set by action of the Board of Trustees and falls within the remuneration guidelines of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists."
So if 3ABN has severed all formal ties with the Adventist Church, it seems that that must have happened after 2009.