2021 Update: Aside from the closure in 2015, the board has changed a bit over the years. The link points to the Wayback Machine and redirects to different lists of staff from the list below. According to the Teen Mania website, there are only 2 members of the Board of Directors other than Ron and Katie Luce: […]
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This afternoon, after the local news reported on ESOAL, Teen Mania removed their response website and instead forwarded the link to the website hosted at www.hastories.com. Here is a link to their original response site. Teen Mania, what are you afraid of? UPDATE: 24 hours later, 3 of the original letters from the original response
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Surprisingly, going against everything Mark said in this phone call, the Recovering Alumni Response website was put up less than a month after he promised a thorough investigation. Its also interesting to note that they put it up on the Friday of Memorial Day Weekend. This is the conversation that transpired when I called Mark
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As many of you know, back in January, I contacted the Board of Directors by certified letter. In about 20 pages, I outlined the major abuses going on at the Honor Academy, including quotes from many of you. To my surprise, they actually responded to me and solicited stories from you in an attempt to
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UPDATE: I suggest sending your questions in ahead of time to make sure they get answered. The email address is confcall@recoveringalumniresponse.com. In case you haven’t heard, Honor Academy leadership is hosting a conference call tonight at 8pm Central Time. I’d like to make a few suggestions. (If you can’t make it, they’ve announced they will publish an audio
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I recently received a copy of a letter that an alumnus wrote to the Board of Directors. Although the Board knows his identity, for the purposes of the blog, he wishes to remain anonymous as he said, “I do not want any honor coming to me for what I wrote and such – I’d rather
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The last time I spoke with the Board of Directors, they assured me that, based on our letters, a panel would be convened to investigate several key areas of the Honor Academy. They would seek out members of the panel from the fields of medicine, psychology and theology. As part of their investigation, the panel would interview
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Several weeks ago, I sent the Board of Directors a list detailing my concerns about the Honor Academy. I will be satisfied when everything on the list is adequately addressed. I’ve reprinted the majority of that list here. Is there anything you would add? Spiritual Abuse How does the Honor Academy stack up to the
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I should hear back from the board of directors sometime today, so check back later for an update. In the meantime, why don’t you go check out the forums? We’ve only been open a month and already have over 2400 posts! Just click the orange button on the right. 2 comments: Jacquelinesays:April 30, 2010 at
I just got off the phone with my contact from the board of directors. Before attempting to make changes, they would like to do a detailed discovery of the facts by interviewing both current and former participants and staff members of the Honor Academy. As my contact said, Teen Mania did not get into this
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I spoke with Dr. Mark Lewandowski on Friday. He has compiled all the stories that you sent in and passed them on to the rest of the Board of Directors (a total of 60 pages). In order to protect your identity, he first removed your names and any identifying details. The Board has a meeting
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As many of you know, the Board of Directors is looking into the allegations made on this blog and want former interns to contact them to share their story. I know many of you have already sent in your story, but if you are a new reader or if you haven’t had a chance yet,
Here is the 2nd part of Ellen’s letter to the board. If you plan to send your story in, but haven’t yet, please consider doing so by the end of the week. The board hasn’t set a deadline, but I know they need enough information to be able to decide how and if they will convene
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Ellen (not her real name) recently sent me a copy of the letter that she sent to the Board of Directors. I’ve left out her remarks addressing the Board specifically, but here is the rest of her story in its entirety:I left the internship feeling completely chewed up and spit out into a cold and
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I was put on probation at one point during the year for not having enough money. My honor ring was taken away, which was an important outward sign; not to be allowed to wear the honor ring was something to be ashamed of. The part that seemed most unjust to me was that I was
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I was assigned to the International Operations department, (moderator note: this dept. is now Global Expeditions) as a recruiter for Team Leaders. Apparently this was one of the higher level work assignments, in the informal ranking system of jobs, where grounds and kitchen are on the bottom, Acquire the Fire calling somewhere in the middle,
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(Moderator’s Note: Katie (yes, her real name!) recently sent me the letter that she sent to the Board of Directors. If you are just now joining us, the Board of Directors is looking into the allegations of spiritual abuse made on this blog. They are looking for former interns to tell their story so they
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I recently sent each member of the Teen Mania Board of Directors a certified letter outlining my main concerns with the Honor Academy. I am pleased to report that the Board has just contacted me regarding that letter. I spoke with their point person and we had a very positive and warm conversation. The Board
