ICOCinvestigation.com

We all witnessed inappropriate things in the ICOC. We need witnesses who are willing to come forward about what they witnessed, putting it in writing in a sworn statement. While there is a great deal that could be shared, however, the scope of this website is limited to evidence of financial wrongdoing, including whatever lies, concealment, or misrepresentation might have been committed to keep a better-than-deserved reputation for the church among its members.

Other habitual financial wrongdoings that need to be documented are:

• Coercion to give. (Hell-threatening sermons, Bible talk leaders showing up at your house after you missed Midweek, embarrassing you for not making a SMC "multiple", etc.)
• Statements by leadership to the effect that they had given up very lucrative careers in the world, making great financial sacrifices.
• Statements by leadership to the effect that Special Missions Contribution is/was an "urgent" need.
• Statements about the impeccable way that ICOC finances were handled, such as "….never besmirched by sexual or financial scandal".
• Statements about what the regular weekly contribution was to be used for.
• Being forced to "volunteer" for HOPE.
• The local directions as to whether HOPE and the church were separate.

You can play a part in this effort to shine light on the ICOC by simply detailing what you witnessed over and over.

And there’s always room for the "smoking gun" type of witness, who witnessed extraordinary things. For instance, we have many reports of cover-ups of unconscionable immoral behavior on the part of ICOC leaders. This is very important because it shows that they were willing to excuse themselves from the "radical repentance" that was demanded from regular members if it meant protecting the reputation of the church.

Some of the not-so-routine things we need witnesses to document are:

• The Chuck Lucas homosexuality cover-up.
• Other concealed incidents of immoral behavior by leaders.
• Overheard statements by leaders regarding any sort of cover-up.
• The "missing" contribution for Russia.
• Money laundering in foreign countries.
• Lies told to gain access to foreign countries.
• The Software.com scandal.
• HOPE Worldwide extravagance.

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We need original ICOC/HOPE documents. Here are some examples of what we’re looking for:

• ICOC Administrative Guidelines from any year

• Any local Charter Affiliation Agreements.

• ICOC Salary Model for any year.

• ICOC World Financial Plan

• ICOC Six Year Plan

• Budgets and Actuals for any year, any congregation.

• Balance Sheets for any month/year, any congregation.

• Non-Disclosure Forms

• Severance Packages

• Bonuses paid to any employee or related party.

• Real Estate records for any ICOC holdings, or for properties owned by leaders

• Bylaws for any ICOC corporate entity, any year

• Corporate Charters for any ICOC entity, any year.

• ICOC Memos, Emails, Correspondence, whether from ICOC, Inc. or from any local congregation.

• Any HOPE publications, pamphlets, requests for donations, etc.

• Any hardcopies of any ICOC publication---books, magazines, flyers, etc.

Analysis is a big goal of our website. We need writers who can take a simple topic and write a concise and factual essay, providing frequent links to the facts listed on this site. (No, you don’t need to be a web developer, just a good writer! We can create the hyperlinks for you, but we want to you to be thinking like an Internet writer.)

We need a few team players who could coordinate writers and researchers. For instance, it would be great to have someone coordinating the church biographies. Or to have someone oversee developments concerning HOPE would be good.

Websites cost money. So do copies of documents ordered from the IRS and from the various state governments. So do scanners and postage and file cabinets and long distance and security systems. You get the idea!

Before this site ever launched, it was already supported by hundreds of hours of donated research. And we plan to keep growing until we have had the desired effect of bringing about full financial disclosure in the ICOC.

Chances are you gave many of your weekly "regular" contributions to help build the ICOC’s financial mess. What if you could shell out just one more contribution to help shine the light in the darkness?

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