OPEN REQUESTS TO LEE RAY
REGARDING HIS REPENTANCE
LETTER ONE
January 21, 2000
Brother Ray,
I have hesitated to write
because I tried to talk to you years ago and you turned away from me then. I
did all the scriptural steps to try and make things right with Lloyd Goodwin
and he would not hear me. My hands are free from his blood.
I would like to make
"one last plea" to you to do the right thing. My heart
felt prayer is that there is one "spark" of conscience left in
you that would cause you to turn and do what is right. I know that this has to
be extremely hard for you and that is as it should be since you have made it
hard for so many others. I am not writing this to intimidate or harass you but
as a sincere attempt to make you fall on your knees before God and then repent
to all those that you have harmed. I do not ask for your repentance to me but
to these young people whose lives have been shredded and torn.
My children did not spend as
much time there as some of these others but their lives were affected in such a
way that they will never forget it. Abuse in the name of God is something that
a person never gets over. Your trust is gone forever in church because you gave
"everything." Glenn remembers the "beatings" that he got
and didn't understand. Pam remembers being molested during the school day by
one of the teenage boys, time after time and threatened if she ever told.
Jeremie was hurt so badly that last year of school that he will never get over
it. The rejection was almost unbearable for him. You probably don't even
remember because you had your mind on too many other things but he will always
remember. Andrew Verwers will never get over what happened to him. I won't even
mention other's lives that you could have helped but instead you followed the
leader, Lloyd Goodwin.
YOU are responsible for these
things and I know that you have never made things right with them. I am
responsible to a certain extent because I did not have enough discernment to
know better. I just thought I was doing the right thing. I was an obedient
little Christian. I'm ashamed and sorry and I have asked my children many times
to forgive me. Even with all of the problems that they've had in this life, I
have three of the most honest hearted kids that ever lived and I have some
wonderful stepchildren. They are going to make it. The kids who had a strong
will and a mind of their own were the ones who suffered the most. Some suffered in silence because of fear.
I've heard all the ones who
say that Brother Ray has changed and he's repented and etc... But what about
these young people that I've heard and talked to since Michael put up this web site who say
that you never repented to them? Don't they deserve it because they don't go to
your church? I know you have a whole lot to lose and truth be known, you
deserve to lose it all but if you would make things right, NOW, it would be a
lot easier in the long run. At least you would have a chance with God and you
might not have to go to jail. But ignoring Michael and hanging up on him was
not the right thing to do. He came to you and gave you that chance and you
didn't take it. You need to tell your wife and your daughter the truth and
repent with all your heart before it is too late. What if we were taught wrong
and there really is a hell? Just a question.
You have no right to be in
the ministry and in the position as principle of a school. Haven't you learned
anything by what happened to Tom Jolly and Lloyd Goodwin? This just blows my mind. How can
people who sat there and heard Lloyd Goodwin say that I was going to die in a
horrible fiery crash and be burned and charred beyond recognition and IF that
didn't happen then "GOD NEVER CALLED ME TO THE MINISTRY!" He said
this was going to happen within a very short time frame. He's dead and almost
nine years later, I'm still alive. I thank God for life and breath. He told us
that if a person didn't live past 70 or 80 years old then they died under that
judgment of God. He was 67! What does that say? He died a liar. Am I happy about
that? Absolutely not! It is one of the saddest things I have ever seen because
God warned him for five years.
Once again, I am pleading
with you to make things right. I felt that I had to do it just one more time. I
could forgive you and I believe others could too. Selah.....
In Christ Jesus,
Wanda Mason
I am attaching a message that
I sent to <…..>. Can you "really" imagine <…..> doing
what he is doing? Whether he knows it or not, God gave him this mission. I know
that he believes in God, it's just not the God he learned about at GAC.
At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me: [17] "Son
of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word I
speak and give them warning from me. [18] When I say to a wicked man, 'You will
surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his evil
ways in order to save his life, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I
will hold you accountable for his blood. [19] But if you do warn the wicked man
and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his evil ways, he will die for
his sin; but you will have saved yourself.
[20] "Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and
does evil, and I put a stumbling block before him, he will die. Since you did
not warn him, he will die for his sin. The righteous things he did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.
[21] But if you do warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he
will surely live because he took warning, and you will have saved
yourself."
Ezekiel 33:1-9 The word of the LORD came
to me: [2] "Son of man, speak to your countrymen and say to them: 'When I
bring the sword against a land, and the people of the land choose one of their
men and make him their watchman, [3] and he sees the sword coming against the
land and blows the trumpet to warn the people, [4] then if anyone hears the
trumpet but does not take warning and the sword comes and takes his life, his
blood will be on his own head. [5] Since he heard the sound of the trumpet but
did not take warning, his blood will be on his own head. If he had taken
warning, he would have saved himself. [6] But if the watchman sees the sword
coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people and the sword comes and
takes the life of one of them, that man will be taken away because of his sin,
but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.'
[7] "Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel;
so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. [8] When I say to the
wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak out to
dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will
hold you accountable for his blood. [9] But if you do warn the wicked man to
turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will
have saved yourself.
SECOND MESSAGE TO LEE RAY REQUESTING REPENTANCE
March 3, 2000
I am making an open
request to Lee Ray. We have heard that he went to the altar and repented this
past week. We have also heard that he has repented over the pulpit publicly.
But I have a few questions that need to be answered:
I think that is a good start
Lee, I'm very glad to hear this report but what I am wondering is what about
all the people here that have not heard this repentance? What about all
the young people that have been mentally and
physically abused at your hands? Do we have to come all the way to Kingsport to
get an I'm truly sorry, please forgive me?
I have heard no one here tell me that you have repented to them. Do you
have any idea the damage that has been done in people's lives and minds by you
and Lloyd Goodwin in the name of God?
Do you remember when you
publicly called me Jezebel and said that I was a liar and was going to be judged like Jezebel in the Bible? Do you
remember standing back and agreeing with Lloyd Goodwin when he publicly threatened
my life? Do you remember ignoring me when I came to you for help? You
were an elder and pastor but you would not listen to a child of God's pleas for
help. You may not believe this but nothing in this world would make me happier
right now than to hear true repentance on your part. I would be the
first one to shake your hand and Praise God in Heaven for another victory from Satan!
However, I will know
that it is true when I hear it publicly with my own ears or even
read it publicly, perhaps on Mike's message board. But even that would not be
enough. I'm sorry, Lee, but after what you have done to God's people, you would
have to step down from the ministry at least until you get some counseling and
help for yourself. You have had a problem with pedophilia in the past and it's
a known fact that pedophiles do not just get over it. A pedophile is any
man or woman who molests a young child or teen. We have proof that you have
done this, Lee. It's too late to deny it and the best thing in the world that
you can do now is to come clean and let the blood of Jesus set you free and
give you life and liberty in Him.
I've been told that you don't
read your email, you just delete it. Why? If you have nothing to hide, why not
just read it? That makes more of a question than it does answers. But I know
that Lloyd Goodwin used to tell people that he didn't read my letters and that
he just tore them up and threw them away. Then he would preach his entire
sermon on what was in my last letter. All he was doing was trying to keep other
people from reading them. It was a tactic.
I do hope you either read this or
someone prints it off and gives it to you. Otherwise, all we who are up here can
believe is that you are a coward and are just sticking your head in the sand.
My prayers are with you today Lee and Alice. Please think about this.
Sincerely,
Wanda Mason
RESPONSE TO GLENN
GOODWINS RESPONSE TO GOSSIP