Letter From Linda Shelton @ Www.lindashelton.org - Feb. '07, Linda Shelton demands the evidence be made public Options

[sonshineonme]

NOTE: Her letter of demand, posted March 2nd, 2007 now on her website. To go right there, click here Linda's website



In keeping with Linda Shelton requiring an open and transparent ASI sponsored hearing, Linda has now published a letter that includes a clear demand that 3ABN and Danny Shelton produce the evidence they claim to have for inspection and verification to the entire church membership and to the stockholders in the pews. Danny Shelton in various forms and under various alias has repeatedly referenced evidence that he claims to have thereby giving him a basis for divorce and remarriage. The chairman of 3ABN on AToday has made it clear they have no proof of an adulterous affair. Linda Shelton and Arild Abrahamsen have repeatedly asserted that there is no basis for divorce, that no inappropriate relationship occurred and that there is no evidence to support the Danny Shelton claims.

We have repeatedly asserted that if there is no proof, then a remarriage would constitute an adulterous relationship. Danny Shelton was married at 3ABN in March 2006 to a Brandy Murray, a 3ABN employee that reportedly arrived at 3ABN of Thompsonville in July of 2004.

Here is the letter from Linda in its entirety and is also available at www.LindaShelton.org and on www.save3ABN.com . I believe it reflects the same Linda, a bit stronger and less naive than in the past, but as deeply committed to her relationship with the Lord as we all remember so well on that porch at 3ABN.

Linda Shelton does respond to e-mail and will be happy to have a concert or a deeply spiritual service at your location, wherever you may be.

February, 2007

My warmest greetings,

A couple approached me, with tears in their eyes, and said, "We have just missed you and we wanted to see you to make sure you were okay." As I saw the pain in their eyes, over the events that have transpired in my life in the last few years, it was as if my heart was pierced again. "We are just so happy to see you smiling, in church and still serving God." Our meeting took place a few months ago at the Bible Chapel Seventh-day Adventist Church, where I am a member. I enjoyed my visit with this caring Christian couple and the compassion and love they showed toward me.

Some people act surprised that I am still a member of the SDA church. But why? God is still the same awesome God that He always has been, the incredible Bible truths embraced by the Seventh-day Adventists are still just as true today as they ever were and although a "thousand shall fall on my right and a thousand fall on my left" nothing will ever change these facts. We must hold firm to our faith during troubled times!

Many have written to me over the past many months asking me to update my website. This I have prayerfully considered for quite some time, nearly a year. Quite frankly, I just have not known what to say. I feel that this scandal has made a large, festering open wound in my Church. Perhaps the truth revealed will ultimately bring the healing that everyone needs. Then we can grieve together and move on. I am certain, in essence, I have died a thousand deaths over the events of the last couple of years. But, with the Lords blessing, I will try to address issues which have been brought to my attention in the kindest manner possible.

For the first time in nearly three years I will not simply deny the accusations, but will directly address certain issues. I do not take pleasure in speaking of these things. I think I have always been the one who would rather receive hurt, than be the one to inflict hurt upon others. But during the course of this last year I learned some valuable lessons through Dr. Mable Dunbar of Pollys Place Network, she has been an incredible support and help to me. Mable is a woman who truly loves the Lord and is not afraid to stand up for what she believes is right, even if a whole army would stand against her.

Pollys Place Network is a ministry which empowers abused lives and aids them through their difficult circumstances. It is a marvelous organization and so needed for this age when Satan has focused his wrath upon breaking up the security and circle of love God intended for our families. I videotaped some interviews, for Pollys Place, at the SDA Conference office in Spokane, Washington with several individuals who had been through incredibly painful situations. Each of them, in essence, had the same healing story. It was when they were able to come forward and expressed the truth about what happened to them, that their healing came. Inspired by these individuals, now I can accept and believe it is Gods job to protect the ministry I have loved and co-founded, and its my right and my healing to tell the truth about what has occurred.

I am co-authoring a book and its purpose is to share the silver lining of the amazing lessons the Lord has taught me through this crisis. I feel the Lord has lifted a veil and allowed me to see the world that He sees, a world far different than we see. I see that the darts of false allegations that Satan has thrown toward me and my ministry were not directed solely for my downfall, but the aim was much wider. Although I was the apparent target, Satan was attempting to destroy the ministry I loved and co-founded and cripple the witness of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. My perspective has been forever changed through my experiences and my book will give me the opportunity to share these lessons more fully with all of you. (I will keep you posted as to the release date of this book.)

John Knox once said, "Kings (or leaders) have not an absolute power to do in their government what pleases them, but their power is limited by Gods Word; so that if they strike where God has not commanded, they are but murderers; and if they spare where God has commanded to strike, they and their thrones are criminal and guilty of the wickedness which abounds upon the face of the earth, for lack of punishment." John knew his Bible. It is a Biblical principle that if we see a wrong and only look the other way or feebly say, "I will let the Lord deal with that one," then that wickedness is applied to our slate, plain and simple.

The most devastating blow a televangelist can get is the false accusation of adultery. Although I have already made this statement on my website I want to address those of you who have loved and valued my Christianity, integrity and my ministry for the 19 years that I was at 3ABN. I want to clearly emphasize that I was 100% faithful to my husband. I loved, trusted and believed in him to a fault. Imagine my shock when I realized that the false allegations in the form of libel, slander and defamation directed my way were initiated by two of the closest people to me on planet earth; one was my beloved partner and the other was my closest lady friend. I loved them both and trusted them both to the point that their close communication did not bother me in the least. I know that sounds naive, but I did not believe that Dan would do anything that would harm the ministry we had built together.

In 2004 there was a tremendous outcry at my departure. There was suspicion over how swiftly I was fired from my position and divorced. There was suspicion over the fact that I never had the opportunity to talk to the Board and defend myself. There was suspicion over the fact that every trace of my presence was completely cleared out of the campus of 3ABN, even before my termination, as well as the website, television and radio broadcasts. I was made a sacrificial lamb in a scheme calculated to remove me from both my home and my ministry through an orchestrated campaign of malicious lies circulated around the globe. No words can begin to describe the absolute agony this has brought to my life, but there are other victims as well, and may God bless and spare the young lives and tender souls who have also felt the stinging thrust of this sword of scandal.

It has completely broken my heart to see the emails and letters which have come from the Chairman of the Board, Dan and others at 3ABN, to hear of the television and radio programs where erroneous references have been made to the situation, to watch the ministry that I helped build with much devotion used to destroy me and also to hear of the reports of what is being said on the SDA chat sites about me today by those bent on my destruction...nearly three years later.

It was the false accusation of adultery which caused the loss of my marriage, my reputation, my employment, and everything else. I challenge the 3ABN Board to produce the "irrefutable evidence" which caused a co-founder, a life-time Board member, Vice-President and Secretary of the Board to be removed in that May, 2004 meeting! I am asking, no demanding, that the information is made public, at my request! Cast aside these pretended desires to "spare me"! The world is waiting with baited breath!

The stakes are high. I, as well as others, have personally experienced electronic surveillance, email theft, interception of cell phone calls, post divorce entry into my private residence to the point where charges were filed with the police. It is not easy to live your life when you feel that you can never know for sure if you are being followed, watched or recorded...even now. I have had invitations to do ministry thwarted because of continued allegations by those, who, like wolves in sheeps clothing, attempted to stop my ministry.

I want to make this absolutely clear: I left my home because I was not safe, I was not welcome. I was witnessing the murder of my reputation and ministry day by day. I stayed as long as I felt I could. I hoped, believed and prayed that things would change but they only got worse. The statements made that I left my husband for another man are absolutely and totally false. Any thinking person would realize that I had everything a Christian woman could have wanted in this life: a husband I loved and the opportunity to minister to millions of people about the tremendous love of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, though the ministry that we spent so many years building together. Although two of the people who I loved best have called me "Gomer", yet a more accurate term would be "Hosea", which I would only discover later. But I prefer simply, Linda, "SAVED by the Blood of the Lamb!"

I do not visit the chat sites. This has been a mega-trial for me and my way of coping has been to try and focus on other things. I realize that the individuals which make up our Church need healing from this disaster too. And perhaps the chat sites have served to help people give expression to their frustrations and hurts in this situation. I am grateful to each of you who have prayed and interceded for me. It has meant so much during my dark days. You’ll never know just how much!

Now my kids are grown and I am alone...but not really alone, although I have not husband. Now I belong to everyone and everyone belongs to me! And I still sing, "Thank you for being my family, thank you for being my friends: May God bless and keep you in all that you may do until we meet again!"

It is my goal to just make your journey and mine a little lighter and brighter. I have faith that the Lord still has a work for me to do, a new ministry. I am ready and available for church services, week of prayer, concerts, etc. as the Lord opens the doors. I do not know what my future holds, but God does and that's enough for me.

Just in closing I want to make an appeal to you to get out your binoculars, dust them off, bring them into focus and then search... Love your neighbor enough to be a Good Samaritan. When he is broken and bleeding in the middle of the road, focus your binoculars with the love of Christ, but don't stop there, reach out and meet his need in his time of crisis. Christianity is not something that "just happens". True Christianity occurs when a decided action is taken...when we search, when we fill a need, when we mend a broken heart and when we are just "there" for hurting people. There is a lot of them. But there are too few Christians who focus their binoculars with love.

Thank you for being my family! Stay close to the Shepherd!

Blessings to you and yours

Linda Shelton


Additional info to be considered before responding (this is also post #27.....

Folks, in regard to Linda's letter, I have the word:

Linda was working in connection with some other people to develop a letter that she could post on her website. That letter had NOT yet reached its final form.

The letter that was posted was a working draft. It had been extensively revised by another person working with Linda on its preparation. Some of Linda's comments were removed from that letter, and some comments from another person were added to it.

It was sent to Linda with the intention that she review it to see what changes, if any, she would make to that draft. Linda did not consider it to be in the final form that she wanted to post on her website.

She was not asked if she would permit it to be posted on the Internet prior to her posting it on her website. She would have denied permission if she had been asked. When Linda first learned that it was posted on the Internet, she asked that it be removed. She has been informed that it is to late to remove anything. So, the letter stands, and will remain posted on the Internet.

While the letter posted was not the final version of what Linda would have posted, she is clear that she was working with other people to prepare a letter to be posted on her website.

She plans to later post such on her website. She is considering her options in view of the fact that this draft was posted. She will probably make some revisions in the letter that she posts on her site. But, that will be done in the context of what has been posted here.

This post has been edited by sonshineonme: Mar 2 2007, 11:58 PM

[Fran]

Shall we all rise as we sing the Doxology!

[PeacefulBe]

Our prayers are with you, Linda. Keep leaning on those Everlasting Arms!

[erik]

TO linda,

I realize you do not come here, but if you ever do, I have been praying that the Lord would open a Door to end this whole mess, and your courage I believe has openned that door.

Praise God whom controls all things in the end.


YOur story reminded me of some of my feeling after my baby son died, I learned to walk by faith for the first time and i can say that God Does work all things for good for those that Trust him.


Erik

[Fran]

Linda;

One day I would like to meet you if it the Lord's will. I would like to tell you what your silent witness has done for me.

However, your walk has been so public, thanks to your ex-spouse, and I see that it took a miracle of love and grace for you to stand today. "You have been broken and spilled out for the love of You, Jesus."

Have you ever had a foam throw pillow that got buried under a heavy pile of blankets? Then one day you find it, but it is flatter than a pancake? Yet you take it out to give it room to expand and eventually it does!

We are like that pillow. Some of us have been under a heavy load for years, however, 3 years ago someone (God) took you away from your oppression and has given you room to grow. Just like that pillow, you can now stand tall and bring this travesty to an end.

May your "pillow" grow even larger than it ever was before.

We are family.

Much love,
Fran

[Grace]

Praise the Lord for Linda's letter!!! I have been blessed reading it. It's very encouraging to see the Lord at work in her life. I'm so glad to see that though she's gone through the fire of terrible tribulations she's stayed firm in the Lord. Alleluia!!!
I'll be praying even more now. I imagine that the devil will do everything in his power to annul Linda's strong witness for truth. I pray for protection for Linda and for the Holy Spirit to work in peoples hearts so truth can shine. And, if possible, I would like for the 3ABN ministry to be spared through confession and repentance. Oh, Lord, hear our prayers! Amen!



This post has been edited by Grace: Feb 15 2007, 04:57 AM

[Observer]

Linda's letter is not yet posted on her website. It is expected to be posted there shortly.

NOTE: Linda's reputation has been so trashed that she believes that she has nothing to lsoe by making everything public. So, 3-ABN, Danny, Dr. Thompson: Bring it on.

As stated, the issue of making it all public was a major factor in the failure of ASI to mediate a resolution to the issues. LInda wanted a public record for the world to see, where each perosn could make up their own mind. ASI (apparently 3-ABN, Danny ?) did not.

[Aletheia]

In my opinion, this has no substance, for the most part it is just: and I think all this talk of lawsuits, is what stirred this rally the troops letter.

What did she really say?

1. "I'm persecuted" -- No proof or evidence

2. "I don't visit the chat sites... " -- This is a bit much if you are aquainted with any of the behind the scenes garbage. In any case all her friends and supporters do, and her representatives have a website, slandering 3ABN and this letter will appear in both ...

3. Prove I committed Adultery!

Calling what you think is a bluff is not always good. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it...



I know..




All I can say is THANK GOD THIS IS ALMOST OVER.

This post has been edited by Aletheia: Feb 15 2007, 06:22 AM

[Aletheia]

As stated, the issue of making it all public was a major factor in the failure of ASI to mediate a resolution to the issues. LInda wanted a public record for the world to see, where each perosn could make up their own mind. ASI (apparently 3-ABN, Danny ?) did not.

The facts are ASI was to consider the issue of Linda and Danny's divorce and his remarriage with evidence submitted by both sides, and witnesses for each. Their findings and the reasons for them were to be made PUBLIC.

Danny and 3 ABN agreed. Linda's side, including you, did not. You wanted to discuss other thiings...

Yet here comes Linda and all that she demands now to be made public is proof that she committed adultery??? That could have already been done had she agreed.


She must think people are stupid.

This post has been edited by Aletheia: Feb 15 2007, 06:40 AM

[Uncle Sam]

Linda says she was 100% faithful to Danny. Was that only during the marriage? Was there ever a time she was with the Dr, romantically? What about when Danny's people say he took her to the airport so she could be with the Dr?

[awesumtenor]

In my opinion, this has no substance, for the most part it is just: and I think all this talk of lawsuits, is what stirred this rally the troops letter.

IMO, since glenetta was invited to leave you have taken up the mantle to trash Linda again... and you dont even have the benefit of being cute or fluffy

What did she really say?

1. "I'm persecuted" -- No proof or evidence

"No proof or evidence" that you are willing to acknowledge != no proof or evidence

2. "I don't visit the chat sites... " -- This is a bit much if you are aquainted with any of the behind the scenes garbage. In any case all her friends and supporters do, and her representatives have a website, slandering 3ABN and this letter will appear in both ...

Funny how when the same is alleged of Danny you dont have this response

3. Prove I committed Adultery!

Calling what you think is a bluff is not always good. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it...
I know..

You're projecting again, Cindy... her situation is not your situation... so you know nothing

All I can say is THANK GOD THIS IS ALMOST OVER.

and when it is over, who will you turn your vitriol on, Cindy? You are still not over your own divorce; your continued projection issues and the obvious displaced anger in your posts shows that...that is what you should be concentrating on bringing to an end... seek professional help, Cindy... unless you actually want to die bitter and alone... if that is your intent then just keep doing what you're doing...

In His service,
Mr. J

[PeacefulBe]

The facts are ASI was to consider the issue of Linda and Danny's divorce and his remarriage with evidence submitted by both sides, and witnesses for each. Their findings and the reasons for them were to be made PUBLIC.

Danny and 3 ABN agreed. Linda's side, including you, did not. You wanted to discuss other thiings...

Yet here comes Linda and all that she demands now to be made public is proof that she committed adultery??? That could have already been done had she agreed.
She must think people are stupid.

Al_etheia, your posts this morning certainly show the true spirit at work in you. All pretense has been dropped and the bitter pus is oozing.

I'll be praying for you, sister.

[Clay]

good letter..... let's pin it to the top for awhile....

[Richard Sherwin]

Not only is it a great letter but it's a chance for the appologist to show their true colors and advance Linda's cause by posting on this thread. As we've already seen this morning. (They just don't get it....)

Richard

good letter..... let's pin it to the top for awhile....

[watchbird]

Calling what you think is a bluff is not always good. Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it...
I know..


All I can say is THANK GOD THIS IS ALMOST OVER.

Good advice, Cindy.

Not only is it a great letter but it's a chance for the appologist to show their true colors and advance Linda's cause by posting on this thread. As we've already seen this morning. (They just don't get it....)

Richard

Yes, it does seem as though not only does Linda reveal the same spirit which she has shown since "the beginning" of her ordeal, but that Cindy has also (and dramatically) revealed the spirit with which she has posted on this topic since "the beginning" of her time with us.

Scripture gives us the principle that when one judges others without sufficient cause, one reveals one's own self by the type of judgment one passes. But seldom does one so clearly portray their own inner attitude as Cindy as done for us here.... including her own execution and plea for it to be speedy.

Very interesting. Very interesting indeed.

God the Righteous Judge will continue guiding in the process of bringing both good and evil to the light of day........ ........