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Sarah Starr teaches fifth grade English at Diadem Christian Academy in the desert town of Crane City, California. Adam, her husband, is pursuing a masters in biblical studies when both learn troubling news. Chelsea, their daughter, claims Dr. Roger Bunyan, Jr, founder of Diadem Baptist College and pastor of their church, has molested her.

Sarah and Adam want to do the right thing by scripture. Instead of withdrawing her from Diadem Christian Academy, they keep Chelsea at DCA to teach her that Christians can resolve their conflicts in a godly manner.

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from:  http://www.fundamentalforums.com/trinity-baptist-college/3176-why-did-dr-gray-leave-trinity.html

Here are some highlights:

3/10/2006, Tlange: He left Trinity to go to the mission field and realized that his time was done at Trinity. He served honorably for 38 years. He wasn’t perfect but he did his best.

3/10/2006, Escapee: Doesnt need to be discussed on this board!!

4/06/2006, misscouche: Dr. Gray did NOT leave Trinity just to become a missionary to Germany. Tom Messer and the Deacons are fully aware of the truth behind his leaving. They, however, in their arrogancy think that they can thumb their nose at the victims and do business as usual. When things aren’t handled scripturally, they have a way of coming up again and again. Once again, another discrepancy has surfaced. The excuse that Dr. Gray’s good outweighs the bad is not in my Bible. Isaiah 5:20 says, “Woe unto them that call evil good and good evil…” It’s a sad day when integrity, credibility and accountability no longer matter in the church.

4/21/2006,  radioactivoconfitar: Yo ho, you are talking about a ninty something year old warrior of the Lord. Move along child, move along, this is yesterday’s news. It’s a sad day when gossip like yours is spread around a public forum for all to read.

4/29/2006, tlange: It is easy for you to come on here, post what you have posted above and provide absolutely NO SUBSTANTIAL PROOF whatsoever. So either provide proof or go away!

5/20/2006, funnomore: To all of you who jumped on the originator of this thread, you owe this individual an apology. Like so many “defenders”, when an accusation is made, you immediately jump to the defense of the accused without giving the accusation any consideration.

Bob Gray (FLA) has been arrested on child molestation charges against ELEMENTARY school girls. Now that it is public, you can publicly apologize as well.

5/20/2006, tlange: Does that mean he is guilty???

The person who originated this thread never provided any proof, but rather did what most do in such cases what Rush Limbaugh calls “drive bys”

It is sad to see something like this happen, but remember everyone is innocent until PROVEN guilty. He was arrested, it does not mean he is guilty…

Someone did provide some strong enough evidence for an arrest, but he has not been tried and convicted…

Trinity’s goldenboy deacon did not hesitate to start a 527 that allows him to raise unlimited amounts of cash!

He was also named as co-chair of Mitt Romney’s Social Conservative Steering Committee.  Hmmm, guess Trinity no longer considers Mormonism a cult? Guess they learned the wisdom behind Ben Franklin’s quote about ‘if we don’t hang together we’ll surely hang separately.’

All that aside, what do I find the most scandalous behavior for an IFB deacon on his way to the Governor’s Mansion? His warm up for Jacksonville’s Dancing With The Stars!  And he’s still a deacon?  Of course, anyone who knew Trinity less than 20 years ago know how IFBs have always been #1 in swing dancing!  Or maybe that’s just swinging? Okay, kidding.  We all know it’s not the dancing Baptists swear off, it’s the sex since it always leads to dancing.

It doesn’t quite make sense when you consider that a cheerleader from TCA was suspended for singing ‘Heaven’ on American Idol in 2002.

Daniel Davis and Mitt Romney:

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/matt-dixon/2011-11-14/daniel-davis-named-co-chair-mitt-romneys-social

Daniel Davis in State Legislature:

http://jacksonville.com/opinion/blog/403455/abel-harding/2010-09-08/daniel-davis-will-take-jennifer-carrolls-seat

Daniel Davis at Trinity Baptist College wiki:

http://www.corporationwiki.com/Florida/Jacksonville/daniel-davis-P6014532.aspx

Daniel Davis and Dancing with the Stars:

http://www.asocialaffair.net/boselli/dancingwiththestars-ddavis.html

TCA Cheerleader suspended for singing on ‘American Idol’:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/759077/posts

Well, if Bob Tebow decided to speak at Trinity Baptist College yesterday, he must have decided there is absolutely no moral conflict with him owning and running an orphanage and speaking at an institution known for not reporting abusers to the police.

Article: http://www.790business.com/rssItem.asp?feedid=116&itemid=29799593

ABC On-Line Article: Billy Baldwin Film Targeted by Sex Abuse Victims Over Locale

Lizzie Grubman Public Relations,

I graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida in 1980. This is the same school your client, Billy Baldwin, will be shooting the movie ‘Blind Faith’. It should be brought to Mr. Baldwin’s attention that Trinity Christian Academy was the site of a notorious child sex scandal involving the former (now deceased) pastor, Bob Gray. For over 20 years, Pastor Bob Gray was alleged to have molested children in his sound proof office on the campus of Trinity Christian Academy.

Gray left the country, allegedly to avoid arrest, but returned during his eighties. Victims came together and he was arrested. Gray died within days of his trial. Miami attorney, Adam Horowitz, filed civil suits and, to this day, two of those cases have not been resolved so they are not closed. Mr. Baldwin showed great compassion towards Mackenzie Phillips when she opened up about her abuse. Considering that at least two of the claims against TCA have not been resolved, I strongly encourage your client to use his influence to shoot this movie elsewhere or withdraw from the project.

You can find documentation of the Gray cases at my blog, Christian School Confidential. I’m also including a direct link to cases against Bob Gray for your information.

Please call if you have any questions.

Thanks for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Dwayne Walker

http://christianschoolconfidential.com

Cases related to Bob Gray: http://christianschoolconfidential.blogspot.com/2009/10/cases-related-to-bob-gray-and-trinity.html

What I looked for was any reference to Trinity Christian Academy, which turned out to be missing. Tim Tebow, for those who, like me, live under a rock, played for Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida, for one season. Tebow the Chosen left because the coach would not let Rudolph play the reindeer game his way.

This was truly Trinity’s darkest moment. As I watched The Chosen One (via YouTube through my Roku on the big screen, the way the TV Gods now demand), I realized if he had continued at TCA, it would have been ‘TCA’ being showcased during that entire ESPN special and not Nease. They would have loved that publicity.

Oh, yeah! Something else happened at Trinity that could also be considered its darkest moment. Give me a few and I might remember. I think it was that time the hippie girl sang in front of childrens church and compared the mother ship in Close Encounters of the Third Kind with the New Jerusalem. Whatever that moment was, it couldn’t have been that bad since I hear Jerry Falwell referred to it as a ‘bump in the road’. But, never mind that. . .back to Tebow!

Another documentary on Tim Tebow has been released called Everything in Between. It is directed by Chase Heavener, the son of Tebow’s ‘Uncle Bill’ Heavener, who is also the brother of Mac Heavener, president of Trinity Baptist College, a ministry of the already mentioned scandalized Trinity Baptist Church.

Trinity is not mentioned in Everything in Between, except for a brief ‘gotcha’ moment where Tebow says, “They said I couldn’t play quarterback in high school.”

Care to elaborate, Tebow?

TCA’s days in the limelight aren’t over, though. Billy Baldwin has agreed to shoot his movie, Blind Faith, on the campus of Trinity Christian Academy, where Trinity Baptist Church is also located.

Billy Baldwin shooting at Trinity Baptist Church: Actor William Baldwin Promotes Faith Based Movie.

Chase Heavener movie: Everything In Between.

Bob Tebow, Tim’s father, continues to run the orphanage, Uncle Dick’s House in Mindanao, Phillipines, which, with a name like that, we can only hope won’t have a scandal brewing similar to Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky’s Second Mile charity.

There’s no doubt Tim Tebow’s mother, Pamela, was a trendsetter in the homeschool movement. In fact, I was aware of her work before I even knew anything about her son. TCA alums in North Florida, who also homeschooled, told me about a program in the area where homeschooling parents get together with other homeschooling parents and take their kids on field trips. That way, they won’t miss out on socializing with others.

Well, Tebow’s mom was behind that! Tebow mentions this in his book and, although I am a critic of homeschooling, I must admit if more homeschooling parents were like Pamela Tebow, it would definitely break the stereotype of bigoted parents who only rely on PACE or ACE workbooks.

Example: Tim needed Latin in order to enter the University of Florida. Pamela contacts a Latin teacher and brings her to the house to tutor Tim. Now how many homeschooling parents have the dollars to just hire teachers to come to their house? Like I said, prosperous missionaries.

Florida passed a law in 1996 that allowed homeschooled kids to play athletics in public or private schools. Tebow choose Trinity and based on informal questions to other alums, it doesn’t appear like he took a single class beyond phys ed.

Tebow did not last long at Trinity. The Coach refused to let him play Quarterback. Tim Tebow believes in teamwork as long as he gets his way, obviously. It’s tempting to write that Trinity’s coach was trying to teach Tebow the meaning of ‘teamwork’, but TCA’s football history shows they’re not above doing whatever takes to get their team at number one.

I was at TCA in 1980 and as the picture from my yearbook shows (see below), we lost every single game that year. Why? Well, I guess if I had the reverse ego of Tebow I could blame myself. No, I didn’t play football but I was responsible for organizing lunch time prayer meetings so revival would come to TCA.

We were very concerned about a double standard regarding the rules that were enforced. If I were to moon someone in a mall (never did), I would have been expelled. A player mooned someone on a bus trip and got a slap on the wrist. Today, this does not strike me as behavior worthy of expulsion. In those days, however, I thought it was sign of the end!

Mooning? In a Christian school? By a football player? Perish the thought.

As a result of the prayer meetings and ‘revival’, some of our better football players were removed from the team. We lost and had no one but ourselves to blame for praying instead of practicing.

TCA wised up over the years and was accused of recruiting players. Specifically, Chirod Williams who went on to play for Georgia Tech. Ed White contested Chirod’s eligibility but it doesn’t appear to have gone anywhere. When Tebow left TCA, someone at TCA also contested Tebow’s eligibility. Sour grapes?

This might seem like the end of Tebow’s connection with Trinity, but it is not.

He writes about his ‘Uncle Bill’ Heavener, a wealthy individual who purchased tickets to the Heisman award for Tebow’s family. Uncle Bill also has a box at the Gator Bowl. Tebow does not mention that ‘Uncle Bill’ is James “Bill” W. Heavener, the brother of Jacksonville real estate mogul, Mac Heavener. Mac Heavener is the president of Trinity Baptist College and served as deacon of Trinity Baptist Church.

Mac was a deacon at Trinity Baptist Church when I attended from 1977-1980. There’s a good possibility he was a deacon during the era when pastor Bob Gray left for the mission field to allegedly avoid having the whistle blown on him for child molestation. At least, according to one of the depositions.

Tim Tebow was at Trinity circa 2003, based on informal communiques with various alums. Gray was arrested in 2006, so Tebow missed that drama by 3 years. In a sense, it seems inappropriate to even mention this except for the fact that Tebow’s major in college was family, youth, and community sciences and Tebow’s family operates an orphanage. Don’t you think someone in the business might have some thoughts on protecting children?

Tebow ponders the idea that after playing with the NFL he might want to go into Christian services dealing with youth and orphans. If that is the case, I think Tim Tebow would do well to take matters into his own hands and address the following questions:

How can Christian schools deal with sex predators in their midst?

Would you recommend some preventative sex education that tells the youngsters the difference between ‘safe touching’ and ‘unsafe touching’ and teaches them what to do and how to contact the police when they are approached by a predator?

Is Tim Tebow willing to use his name to get such a curriculum started in private religious schools like Trinity Christian Academy?

Just a thought.

Chirod Williams:

TCA accused of recruiting Chirod Williams.

Chirod Williams at Georgia Tech.

Heavener related:

TBC welcomes Mac Heavener.

Trinity Baptist College wiki.

Heavener wiki.

James ‘Uncle Bill’ Heavener’s Sail University.

Tebow:

Uncle Dick’s Orphanage.

Tim Tebow Foundation.

Through My Eyes by Tim Tebow.

1980, BCT (Before Chirod/Tebow):

I just found out this is available on YouTube. Even though it has a 1985 date, I saw this in 1980 at Trinity Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida. Therefore, there might be some material in this video that wasn’t in the version I saw. It was originally a multi-media experience. Jerry Falwell brought performers with him and there were ‘stage movements’ (a BJU term for ‘dancing’). I wrote about this presentation in my book, Spring Break Missionaries, which is now out of print but still has an amazon page.

Excerpt:

The Moral Majority once again came to Trinity Baptist Church.

Our first period class had been cancelled due to the presentation, AMERICA, YOU’RE TOO YOUNG TO DIE. It was difficult to tell who was meant to be converted. The students were already on Falwell’s side, after all, we wrote letters for him twice that year!

We gathered to watch a multi-media presentation complete with singing, dancing (fundamentalists called them ‘stage movements’), and video clips of senators, congressmen, aborted fetuses, and grind houses. The feeling received after such a presentation was, “I’m glad I go to a Christian school where drugs and violence are not a part of everyday life!”

After the presentation, we returned to our homerooms waiting to be dismissed to our second period class. A student expressed disgust over a photo of two homosexuals.

“In my day, we knew how to deal with faggots.” a teacher said, “They used to gather at Friendship Fountain. When I was going to high school, a bunch of my friends used to go over and pick on them. We once knocked a guy’s head into the side of the fountain! He was bleeding like a squashed tomato.”

“That’s awful!” said a girl.

“They were queer!”

The boys nodded their heads.

“They’re still hanging out at Friendship Fountain.” One guy said, “I would have done the same thing.”

Something about my teacher bragging about violence bothered me.

“There’s a teacher at Trinity who brags about beating up gays. Do you think we should tell Brother Gray?” I asked a youth leader.

“Why should it concern you?”

I asked a teacher his opinion.

“Are you thinking of turning gay, Dwayne?”

“A gay person cannot be saved.” It was explained to me, “The Book of Romans teaches that God gave men up to unclean lusts. When God gives men up and withdraws His Spirit from them, nothing will stop them from perverting God’s plan. Once they step over the boundary into homosexuality, they cannot be saved—even if they want to! As far as God is concerned, their souls are dead. God looks upon them as animals.”

“I know they can’t be saved.” I argued, “But what about public relations? Wouldn’t it hurt our testimony if people knew we were beating up gays? It might keep them unsaved.”

“Why should we worry about what the world thinks?” another friend shrugged, “God does not want us to be cruel to animals, but if it happens God won’t send anyone to Hell for being cruel.“