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However, GFA was involved in a lawsuit by former donors which claims that GFA has not fulfilled its pledge to send 100% of donations to the causes designated.  The Federal District Court judge certified two classes and appointed a Special Master to review accounting records (and sanctioned GFA for conduct by ordering it to pay for the Special Master).<ref>https://www.wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Class-Cert-1.pdf</ref>  The parties later settled the suit for a payment of $37 million to donors and class counsel.<ref>https://www.wthrockmorton.com/2019/03/01/gospel-for-asia-settles-rico-lawsuits-agrees-to-37-million-settlement/</ref>
 
However, GFA was involved in a lawsuit by former donors which claims that GFA has not fulfilled its pledge to send 100% of donations to the causes designated.  The Federal District Court judge certified two classes and appointed a Special Master to review accounting records (and sanctioned GFA for conduct by ordering it to pay for the Special Master).<ref>https://www.wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Class-Cert-1.pdf</ref>  The parties later settled the suit for a payment of $37 million to donors and class counsel.<ref>https://www.wthrockmorton.com/2019/03/01/gospel-for-asia-settles-rico-lawsuits-agrees-to-37-million-settlement/</ref>
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==History==
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In 1981, current president Dr. K.P. Yohannan formed a branch of GFA World in his native Kerala, with an Indian headquarters being set up in Tiruvalla in 1983. GFA World directly administers Bible colleges, whose graduates receive financial support to found new congregations. GFA World directly supports more than 50 Bible colleges in various countries.<ref>Philip, Shaju. An archbishop’s spiritual factory. The Indian Express. Retrieved on 5 April 2021. Bergunder, Michael (2008). The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0-8028-2734-9.</ref>
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In 1993, GFA World began organizing its own network of congregations in Asia,<ref>Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic face of Christianity in Asia. Regnum Books International. ISBN 1-870345-43-6</ref> and established them under an independent entity called Believers Eastern Church which uses an Episcopal Polity form of governance.<ref>https://www.bec.org/</ref>
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Scholar Michael Bergunder considers it to have been “One of the most influential new foundations in the second half of the twentieth century.”<ref>Bergunder, Michael (2008), The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 53</ref>
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 15:56, August 23, 2021

Gospel for Asia (GFA) is a Christian NGO[1] organization founded by K.P. Yohannan[2] in 1979 that focuses on helping the poor in 16 Asian countries and Rwanda through national workers. The organization is located in Wills Point, TX. GFA World’s stated primary objective is to support indigenous mission workers to “transform communities through God's love”[3] as they serve the 'least of these' around the world."[4]

GFA World is presently working throughout South and Southeast Asia including Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand.[5] GFA World also works in Rwanda.[6]

However, GFA was involved in a lawsuit by former donors which claims that GFA has not fulfilled its pledge to send 100% of donations to the causes designated. The Federal District Court judge certified two classes and appointed a Special Master to review accounting records (and sanctioned GFA for conduct by ordering it to pay for the Special Master).[7] The parties later settled the suit for a payment of $37 million to donors and class counsel.[8]

History

In 1981, current president Dr. K.P. Yohannan formed a branch of GFA World in his native Kerala, with an Indian headquarters being set up in Tiruvalla in 1983. GFA World directly administers Bible colleges, whose graduates receive financial support to found new congregations. GFA World directly supports more than 50 Bible colleges in various countries.[9]

In 1993, GFA World began organizing its own network of congregations in Asia,[10] and established them under an independent entity called Believers Eastern Church which uses an Episcopal Polity form of governance.[11] Scholar Michael Bergunder considers it to have been “One of the most influential new foundations in the second half of the twentieth century.”[12]

External links

References

  1. ↑ https://conservapedia.com/NGO
  2. ↑ https://conservapedia.com/K.P._Yohannan
  3. ↑ http://www.gfa.org/about/who-we-are/
  4. ↑ http://www.gfa.org/about/who-we-are/
  5. ↑ https://www.gfa.org/regions/
  6. ↑ https://www.gfa.org/africa/
  7. ↑ https://www.wthrockmorton.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Class-Cert-1.pdf
  8. ↑ https://www.wthrockmorton.com/2019/03/01/gospel-for-asia-settles-rico-lawsuits-agrees-to-37-million-settlement/
  9. ↑ Philip, Shaju. An archbishop’s spiritual factory. The Indian Express. Retrieved on 5 April 2021. Bergunder, Michael (2008). The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0-8028-2734-9.
  10. ↑ Asian and Pentecostal: The Charismatic face of Christianity in Asia. Regnum Books International. ISBN 1-870345-43-6
  11. ↑ https://www.bec.org/
  12. ↑ Bergunder, Michael (2008), The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, page 53
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