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Rev.Lloyd L. Goodwin April 6, 1987 7135 Meredith Des Moines, IA 50324 Dear Bro. Goodwin: Several years have rolled by now since you
told me to never show my face in your church again. Since then I have waited
very patiently for a friendly relationship with my son and daughter, [names
withheld] whom I love very much. However, I know from where their
instructions come not to have anything to do with me. They come from you. So
the time has come for me to write you concerning this matter. First of all, I have a question for you.
As you know, the reason you kicked me out of your church was because I moved
my other daughter, [name withheld], out of her mothers home and into an
apartment without your consent. Now if my doing that was so bad that you
would kick me clear out of the church, my question is this; Why was your
Asst. Pastor, Lee Ray, not kicked out of the church for commiting adultery
with [name withheld] and getting her pregnant with her third child, [name
withheld], thus causing the divorce of [names withheld]? As you know, that is
why [she] had to leave [him] and why she left Des Moines - she was pregnant
with Lee Ray's baby. And before she left town you tried to force her to have
an abortion and she refused you, didn't she? You preach, profess and print
literature of being against abortion except in a life or death choice between
mother and child. This one was no life or death choice, was it? So why did
you want rid of this child so bad that you would resort to demanding [she]
have an abortion? Because it was a pregnancy you wished to abort in order to
hide this whole affair of Lee's, that is why. I am ever so thankful that
[she] refused your demand as I see little [name withheld] quite often down
here in Arkansas and we dearly love the little fellow. He calls me
"Grandpa". You, myself, [name withheld], [name
withheld], Lee and many others know this is all true, don't we, Bro. Goodwin?
My, my, here we have an Asst. Pastor who commits adultery, gets a sister
pregnant, fathers a child causing a divorce, and a Pastor who would resort to
abortion in order to hide and cover up the affair. What a pair to represent
the gospel and the name of Jesus Christ. For those that can remember the particular
church service, your only public admonition to Lee Ray for this affair, Bro.
Goodwin, was when you shuffled the Elders seating around during that church
service moving Lee to the side while moving another Elder to the seat on your
right. Then you started rotating the Elders every thirty days to sit on your
right. That was your sly way of slapping Lee on the wrist for this affair
while no one was suppose to know what you two were up to. I wonder if Lee and another certain
married sister still leave notes for each other in a book in the church
library? Notes like that lead to meeting and having an affair, don't they? How
many other affairs and attempted affairs has Lee Ray had in the church
since he married Alice? And yet Lee sits up there by you, Bro. Goodwin, like
a peacock. What a sham. So here, Lee Ray, your Asst. Pastor, can
commit adultery, get a sister pregnant, cause a divorce, have other affairs
with other sisters, yet stay in the church, yet stay seated on the platform,
yet stay Asst. Pastor, and yet be ordained, while having all his affairs hid
by you when I only moved my daughter to an apartment and got kicked clear out
of the church with you shouting to the rafters how no-good I was. What a
comparison. What sense of values you have. But that is the kind of man you
are. And that's not all about you: Back in 1982, I moved from Des Moines to
Springfield, Missouri. Just two days after I arrived in Springfield, by
coincidence, I found Sharon Dotson living there (Wanda Hall's sister). We
hardly believed our eyes when we first saw each other. During the three years
I lived in Springfield that first and again a second time, I had many, many
long talks with Sharon. I saw her frequently and talked to her frequently on
the phone. We still keep in touch and I see her whenever I take a drive over
to Springfield now. So I have heard her side of the story many times, Bro.
Goodwin, concerning your sexual advances toward her and everything you did to
her. The following paragraph proves her side of the story to be true,
contrary to what you said about her from the pulpit. As it so happened, back when Sharon and
her family lived in Des Moines and attended your church, so did I. And after
Sharon was forced to leave Des Moines by you because you feared exposure, we
heard you go into a rampage several times from the pulpit concerning her and
warning her sister, Wanda, not to write or talk to her. We actually heard you
lie about Sharon from the pulpit, didn't we? To confirm that you lied, when
Bro. & Sis. Baker confronted you about this affair, you admitted to them
it was true what you did and true what they heard. And that is why Bakers
broke fellowship with you. You thought admitting the truth to them would hold
them, but you were wrong, weren't you? By this admission to Bakers, you also
actually admitted you lied to your congregation from the pulpit about Sharon. Thank God there is at least one minister
who will not stand behind the corruption and immorality of another minister.
What story did you tell your congregation as to why Bakers broke fellowship
with you? In addition to Sharon, Bro. Goodwin, I
must mention [name withheld] whom at her young age of 16, you made advances
to. Yes, she was only 16. That makes you a child molester, doesn't it? Here's
you.. a married man, Pastor of a church and claiming to be "THE"
man of God, while having these kind of affairs and backing your Asst. Pastor
while he has his. Again I say, what a pair to represent the Gospel and the
name of Jesus Christ. So these are the leaders and examples of
my two children and grandchildren? These are the ones pointing their finger
at me telling my kids and others how no-good I am - ministers that think
nothing of seducing sisters and committing adultery, that think nothing of
child molesting, abortions, lying, destroying lives, homes, and marriages,
that think nothing of instilling hate in children's hearts against their
parents while instructing them to break the very laws and commandments of
God. I ask you God, is this all you have to offer in a minister representing
you and your word? I think not. I remind you, Bro. Goodwin, that you, yes
you, destroyed my marriage, you destroyed the love of two of my children for
me, you destroyed my friendship with friends of mine, and once you nearly
cost me my life. That's quiet enough to do to one man, isn't it? But I assure
you that you will not get away with all this. Someday you'll get yours,
That's a promise from God and a promise from Paul Simpson. I will also remind
you that you are not above God's law and that you are not God nor the ruler
of this universe. When you kicked me out of your church you
said these words to me; "never show your face in "MY" church
again". You certainly told me whose church it is, didn't you? For
"MY" church is not God's church, that's for sure. Thanks so much
for kicking me out of "YOUR" church, for knowing what I now know,
my standards and ideals of a real man of God far exceeds what you demonstrate
or possess. I just hope and pray that someday my two kids and their families
find their way out of your clutches and into a church where they can serve
God instead of man as they now do. As Rev. Jerry Falwell recently said
concerning evangelist Jim Baker's sexual encounter with his secretary,
"it doesn't really matter whether someone seduced you or you raped
someone, if you're a man of God and a leader of the flock, and you yield, as
far as I'm concerned, you're out of the ministry". There is no doubt in my mind that Rev.
Jerry Falwell as well as the Assemblies of God have much higher moral
standards then you, Bro. Goodwin, and Lee Ray. For when Rev. David Crabtree,
previous Pastor of the First Assemblies of God church there in Des Moines,
was caught having a sexual relationship with his secretary, the Assemblies of
God ousted him as Pastor of that church. But you and Lee Ray try to cover up
and hide your sexual encounters with women pretending they didn't happen
expecting your congregation to accept anything you do or say without
question. Again I say, Rev. Jerry Falwell and the Assemblies of God have much
higher moral standards than you and you're the one claiming to be
"THE" man of God and to be the one and only church whereby anyone
can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. If that is true after what I know about you
and your Asst. Pastor, Lee Ray, God help us all. Ministers have a special obligation to
order their lives in ways that do not reflect poorly on their primary task.
The apostle Paul told Timothy that the first character quality of a minister
is that he be "above reproach." The past affairs of yours and Lee
Ray's certainly demonstrates that neither of you are above reproach. Both of
you should get out of the ministry. Your congregation deserves better. II Cor. 11:20, is a perfect description of
you, Bro. Goodwin; "For ye suffer, if a man bring you
into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man takeof you, if a man exalt
himself, if a man smite you on the face." That description fits you to a "T". Just remember, you can fool some of the people some of the time, but not all of the
people all of the time. You and Lee Ray are a shame and a disgrace to the
name of Jesus. Most Sincerely, Paul Simpson |
