In a prior article called “Bill and the Beautiful Ones” we explored reasons why Bill Gothard has at times focused on attractive young people, especially young women, in the counseling ministry. As we discussed these things with him at length he gave us his perspectives on this, and just this week wrote out an article […]
A persistent complaint against Bill Gothard over the span of his entire ministry is the extra attention and honor he provides to “beautiful people”, especially young women. Many have noted that, out of a group he will invariably single out the most attractive and focus considerable time and effort on them. In our modern day […]
Last Monday Bill Gothard went down to Texas to the 2018 annual Big Sandy ATI conference. Bill is currently estranged from IBLP, the ministry he founded, as the Board of Directors received accusations made against him four years ago by disgruntled former students in his ATI (Advanced Training Institute) The $8 million dollar, 17 […]
Recovering Grace, the website forum founded by disgruntled former ATI students 6 or so years ago recently released a statement on the dismissal of the 17 lawsuits which their fervent efforts represented a culmination of. Since many of the members of this team were banned from commenting there by way of response, we will make […]
One of the “Jane Doe’s” in the recently dismissed lawsuit, Emily Jaeger, posted a personal statement on Spiritual Sounding Board besides the general statement presented by all the former plaintiffs. Bill contacted us and asked if we would post his response. It is provided below: Response to Emily Jaeger Dear Emily, After reading your […]
And, just like that . . . It is over. On February 26th, 2018 at 9:00am the final gavel fell on the lawsuit against Bill Gothard and IBLP that has consumed the attention of so many of us for the past 2 years. All remaining plaintiffs – 12 at this point – filed paperwork to […]
Bill and his ministry have relaunched his personal website, BillGothard.com. It features many of the over 20 books he has written over the past four years. He continues traveling from time to time to speak. At 82 he shows no signs of slowing down. A new focus in a number of his books is the […]
The action today in Dupage County Circuit Court in the ongoing lawsuits against IBLP and Bill Gothard was not what we wanted, but know the Lord is firmly in control. 1). The judge denied the motions brought by IBLP and Bill to dismiss the lawsuit “with prejudice” based on statute of limitation barriers and other […]
Bill Gothard has always had an interest in and love for the “juvenile delinquent”, young people that have been consumed in sin and rebellion, seeing them brought to Jesus and their lives reclaimed. His early ministry was focused on the gangs he encountered in Chicago and resulted in the “Basic Youth Conflicts” seminar. With a […]
In “Questions” a poster called “Incredulous” expressed her grief with the “Umbrella of Authority” teaching that Bill is well known for. The “umbrella” concept is an analogy for the way that he believes God’s authority functions, fundamentally to protect us from forces or temptation greater than we can bear. And we must be so clear […]
