After months of insisting that Teen Mania NEVER missed a mortgage payment (including in an hour long conference call with alumni shortly after the announcement), Ron Luce has finally admitted that they in fact did miss one payment. Remember, just last month, Ron wrote: Teen Mania has never been in default at any time. But […]
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Dear Incoming Class of August 2014 Interns, You were probably told that when you arrived at Teen Mania in only two months, your total yearly cost would be $8,400 and that would include you living in a furnished dorm and eating all your meals in the cafeteria. And just two weeks ago, Ron Luce himself announced
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After Ron Luce accused World Magazine of making false statements in their last article, World Magazine has responded by releasing a scathing report by independent auditors. Of particular note, in the wake of the original article, Board member and former intern, Nathan Moody, resigned his position. The auditors report can be found here and is full of sound advice
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Update 5/11/2014 8 COMMENTS Eric | April 22, 2014 at 4:57 pm | ReplyAnd for the bonus round, can anyone find a suitable quote from TM about the importance of good stewardship?This again raises questions about ECFA accreditation– if $4.1m in debt counted (till last month) as “good standing,” then we probably have to conclude that the ECFA badge
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World Magazine just published an in depth report on some of the circumstances that have led to Teen Mania’s foreclosure. The entire article is fascinating and covers both things mentioned here as well as some new facts. One item that was news to me: for the past two years, Ron Luce has used the Dallas marathon
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The Great & Powerful Oz: Behind the Curtain of Teen Mania Ministries It was February 2008 and I was standing in an expansive crowd at the New York City BattleCry. I was surrounded by thousands upon thousands of young people lifting up the name of God in worship. It should have been the very pinnacle
February 10, 2014 Reaction to Teen Mania International Alumni Conference Call 2/10/2014 Recovering Alumni 6 comments Teen Mania International setup a conference call for Ron Luce to explain why the ministry is in foreclosure and what their future plans are. The call lasted about an hour and can be heard here: I will share a
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Teen Mania announced today that they can no longer afford their compound in East Texas and are entering a “friendly foreclosure” with the bank, which allows them to take less of a hit on their credit than full blown foreclosure proceedings. (Which would have likely been inevitable.) Anyone who has been watching their trajectory over
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I’ve been deficient in blogging the last few months…but not for lack of things to blog about. Teen Mania continues to do crazy things, interns continue to reach out to me with the SAME stories as always and Ron Luce continues his unethical and unbiblical ways… But today, I’d like to talk specifically about Teen
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I don’t know, but I’d like to find out! Interns who’ve been financially dismissed tell me that they often have to sign a paper promising to pay back their account since they’ve falled behind on their “donations.” In some cases, I’m told that Teen Mania even threatens them with sending their account to a collections
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Today we continue the bombshell revelations from Teen Mania’s former head of Marketing. This comes from a Facebook conversation on a public wall just after the Mind Over Mania documentary aired in November 2011. The entire conversation was over 60 comments and I’ve edited it down to what is most relevant and newsworthy. (As you
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As we discussed in the last post, first year Honor Academy interns are required to raise $8,400 to complete their program. If an intern fails to stay on the required financial “donation” schedule, they are sent on a fundraising trip. If they are still unable to come up with the funds, they are sent home.
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