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Spring, 2004—Morning Star International requires that all local churches offer VLI as a condition of remaining in Morning Star International (this had already been strongly encouraged in MSI’s pastoral Guidelines document). All local members are highly encouraged to attend VLI, both by local pastors and visiting Morning Star International leaders. Videos produced in MSI Nashville are shipped to local churches. These videos are also available through VLI Online. Note: all campus ministers had already been required to attend VLI’s Graduate School for Campus Ministry, based in Los Angeles under Leo Lawson.
March 24, 2004—Brett Fuller’s church changes its name to Metro Morning Star, Inc.
Summer, 2004—Metro Morning Star in Northern Virginia is meeting in a local high school. The building fund appears to have been dropped, despite having raised $2.7 million by April 2002 (there is no data showing how much was raised since then) and also making an additional $575,000 on the sale of its property.
March, 2004—Newsboys, Inc. places the “Have You Done the Purple Book Yet” logo on its home page. Both Newsboys’ lead singer (Peter Furler) and long time manager (Wes Campbell) are active members of Bethel World Outreach Center.
May 19, 2004—Greg Ball is removed from his board/leadership positions with the Morning Star Church in Austin, Champions for Christ, and Executives for Christ.
June, 2004—Morning Star International changes its website to a more closed, restricted access format. The church directory is no longer listed for text download, and searches by pastor name are no longer possible. The website is also moved to a Missouri hosting location—the same ISP hosting the local Morning Star church’s (Life Christian Church) web site.
July, 2004—Morning Star International announces at its annual conference that it is changing its name to Every Nation, because of confusion with other ministries bearing the Morning Star name, and because God led them to change it just as God renamed Abram, Abraham. The rationales presented were essentially the same as those published in the 1990 Maranatha newsletter announcing the name change from Maranatha Campus Ministries to Campus Ministries International. It was also at this time that a reorganization effort began under the leadership of Steve Murrell, according to his blog dated 10/30/2005.
July – August 2004—Victory Leadership Institute is renamed Every Nation Leadership institute in some of the top churches, including Bethel World Outreach Center in Nashville and Kings Park International Church in Durham, NC.
August 2004—MSI Nashville begins videotaping revised VLI (now named Every Nation Leadership Institute) classes at Bethel World Outreach Center.
August 25, 2004—Alpha Iota Omega, a three-person fraternity at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, files suit against the university in U.S. District Court for religious discrimination. Alpha Iota Omega had refused to sign UNC’s non-discrimination statement and was subsequently removed as a registered student group on campus. AIO can still meet on campus but no longer has access to student fees, to priority scheduling of facilities, and access to/ability to solicit from other student groups. AIO’s bylaws and manual filed with the original complaint show that the fraternity is actually a front for UNC’s Victory Campus Ministries and King’s Park International Church. All of AIO’s members and its Board of Directors are also VCM/MSI/EN members. AIO recruits prospective secular Greeks into VCM/KPIC—which would be one reason why maintaining registered student group status would be so important to the success of the organization. In addition, the “accountability” and “demerit” system, in which members’ dress, attendance at meetings, etc. are micromanaged, indicates hard core Shepherding, which Maranatha/Morning Star leaders supposedly abandoned 15 years earlier. AIO is represented in part by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian defense fund whose founders were cosigners on the 1985 Coalition on Revival covenant with former Maranatha leaders Bob Weiner and Bob Martin.
Fall 2004—Paul Barker, a former Maranatha pastor, is made an associate pastor of Life Christian Church in St. Louis. This native Missourian was previously based in MSI’s Nashville headquarters. There are no indications that he had also stepped down as dean of VLI/ENLI when he was relocated. There are now two loyal MSI/EN pastors on staff at this church (Barker and Morgan Bates, out of Kings Park International Church); one a former Maranatha pastor.
September 2004—“Bethel Community Church” (actually Bethel World Outreach Center/MSI Nashville) files plans to build a new church on a historic property in Franklin TN owned by Wes Campbell, Newsboys’ manager. These plans are initially rejected due to the feared impact the construction might have on the historic building located on the property. Note that the land has not yet been formally transferred or sold to Bethel or to MSI.
October 2004—His People Church in London, England is officially renamed Every Nation Church. It announces on its website that it is possibly the first church in Morning Star International/Every Nation to officially change its name in response to the organization’s name change: www.hispeoplelondon.org
October 3, 2004—MSI/Every Nation takes over Chapel of Glory International Ministries/Triumphant Faith Ministries, a G-12, apostolic/prophetic charismatic ministry organization based in Lagos, Nigeria: www.realmofglory.org/the%20word.htm
October 11, 2004—This Day Sunday online newspaper (based in Nigeria) states that Wes Campbell, Newsboys’ manager/producer and president of CCM label InPop Records, is also Every Nation Productions president. However, Every Nation Productions is not a separately incorporated entity in the US but is rather operating wholly out of Every Nation’s headquarters at Bethel World Outreach Center (www.thisdayonline.com/news/sunday/20041010rel01.html ).
October 28, 2004—Greg Ball incorporates a new ministry, named Bridge International Ministries, in Austin, TX. This does not appear to be a Morning Star International/Every Nation ministry and signals his final break with the organization.
November 2, 2004—Newsboys, Inc. begins selling Biblical Foundations (the “Purple Book”) through its website. They are also giving free copies away at concerts and are encouraging concert goers, particularly the unchurched, to go to Every Nation churches.
November 4, 2004—Greg Ball’s former church, Morning Star Christian Church of Austin, Inc. (TX), now pastored by Ray McCollum, files a new assumed (fictitious) DBA name with the Texas Secretary of State: Community Christian Church. However, Ray McCollum is not made the legal registered agent or president of this church at this time, unlike most other MSI/EN churches in the US where the senior pastor is also the president and/or registered agent.
November 2004—“Every Nation” is posted as the official logo on this Morning Star corporate website: 64.47.91.38/scouting/. In addition, Morning Star International more broadly uses the “Every Nation” name rather than “Morning Star International.”
November 15, 2004—InPop Records, Inc., a CCM label owned by Peter Furler and Wes Campbell, change its corporate charter, bylaws, and common stock filings with the Tennessee Secretary of State. It had previously been a subsidiary of 1-2-3 Entertainment, which administratively dissolved in September, 2004. While Furler and Campbell remain majority stockholders, the revised charter allowed for Rice Broocks, Tony Boselli and Mark Brunell to purchase significant amounts of stock in the company through a private stock offering (see 12-9-2004 EDGAR filings). In addition. Broocks, Boselli, and Brunell are named to InPop's Board of Directors. Since the revised charter allows a quorum (simple majority) of the Board to vote on and conduct business for the company, it is technically possible for Broocks, Boselli, and Brunell to meet as the Board without Campbell and Furler if they so choose... and as a unified voting bloc, they also have the power to remove or replace them as officers of the corporation if they so choose.
November 18, 2004: “Bethel Community Church” (actually Bethel World Outreach Center/MSI Nashville) files revised plans to build a new church on a historic property in Franklin, TN owned by Wes Campbell, Newsboys’ manager. Former His People administrator, Michael Swain, was to represent the church before the Franklin planning commission, according to the meeting agenda. Note that the land has not yet been formally transferred or sold to Bethel or to MSI.
November 22, 2004: The VCM chapter based at MIT removes the reference to its Maranatha history from its website: web.mit.edu/vcm/www/about.html.
November 29, 2004: Global Café LA incorporates in California. David Polus, pastor of Morning Star of the Valley (Studio City), is the registered agent.
December 9, 2004—Rice Broocks, Tony Boselli, and Mark Brunell purchase $1.4 million in common stock from InPop Records, Inc., according to SEC/EDGAR filings.
December 16, 2004—The Missouri Certificate of Authority for Morning Star International, Inc. lapses for failure to submit an annual report.
March 24, 2004—Brett Fuller’s church changes its name to Metro Morning Star, Inc.
Summer, 2004—Metro Morning Star in Northern Virginia is meeting in a local high school. The building fund appears to have been dropped, despite having raised $2.7 million by April 2002 (there is no data showing how much was raised since then) and also making an additional $575,000 on the sale of its property.
March, 2004—Newsboys, Inc. places the “Have You Done the Purple Book Yet” logo on its home page. Both Newsboys’ lead singer (Peter Furler) and long time manager (Wes Campbell) are active members of Bethel World Outreach Center.
May 19, 2004—Greg Ball is removed from his board/leadership positions with the Morning Star Church in Austin, Champions for Christ, and Executives for Christ.
June, 2004—Morning Star International changes its website to a more closed, restricted access format. The church directory is no longer listed for text download, and searches by pastor name are no longer possible. The website is also moved to a Missouri hosting location—the same ISP hosting the local Morning Star church’s (Life Christian Church) web site.
July, 2004—Morning Star International announces at its annual conference that it is changing its name to Every Nation, because of confusion with other ministries bearing the Morning Star name, and because God led them to change it just as God renamed Abram, Abraham. The rationales presented were essentially the same as those published in the 1990 Maranatha newsletter announcing the name change from Maranatha Campus Ministries to Campus Ministries International. It was also at this time that a reorganization effort began under the leadership of Steve Murrell, according to his blog dated 10/30/2005.
July – August 2004—Victory Leadership Institute is renamed Every Nation Leadership institute in some of the top churches, including Bethel World Outreach Center in Nashville and Kings Park International Church in Durham, NC.
August 2004—MSI Nashville begins videotaping revised VLI (now named Every Nation Leadership Institute) classes at Bethel World Outreach Center.
August 25, 2004—Alpha Iota Omega, a three-person fraternity at the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill, files suit against the university in U.S. District Court for religious discrimination. Alpha Iota Omega had refused to sign UNC’s non-discrimination statement and was subsequently removed as a registered student group on campus. AIO can still meet on campus but no longer has access to student fees, to priority scheduling of facilities, and access to/ability to solicit from other student groups. AIO’s bylaws and manual filed with the original complaint show that the fraternity is actually a front for UNC’s Victory Campus Ministries and King’s Park International Church. All of AIO’s members and its Board of Directors are also VCM/MSI/EN members. AIO recruits prospective secular Greeks into VCM/KPIC—which would be one reason why maintaining registered student group status would be so important to the success of the organization. In addition, the “accountability” and “demerit” system, in which members’ dress, attendance at meetings, etc. are micromanaged, indicates hard core Shepherding, which Maranatha/Morning Star leaders supposedly abandoned 15 years earlier. AIO is represented in part by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian defense fund whose founders were cosigners on the 1985 Coalition on Revival covenant with former Maranatha leaders Bob Weiner and Bob Martin.
Fall 2004—Paul Barker, a former Maranatha pastor, is made an associate pastor of Life Christian Church in St. Louis. This native Missourian was previously based in MSI’s Nashville headquarters. There are no indications that he had also stepped down as dean of VLI/ENLI when he was relocated. There are now two loyal MSI/EN pastors on staff at this church (Barker and Morgan Bates, out of Kings Park International Church); one a former Maranatha pastor.
September 2004—“Bethel Community Church” (actually Bethel World Outreach Center/MSI Nashville) files plans to build a new church on a historic property in Franklin TN owned by Wes Campbell, Newsboys’ manager. These plans are initially rejected due to the feared impact the construction might have on the historic building located on the property. Note that the land has not yet been formally transferred or sold to Bethel or to MSI.
October 2004—His People Church in London, England is officially renamed Every Nation Church. It announces on its website that it is possibly the first church in Morning Star International/Every Nation to officially change its name in response to the organization’s name change: www.hispeoplelondon.org
October 3, 2004—MSI/Every Nation takes over Chapel of Glory International Ministries/Triumphant Faith Ministries, a G-12, apostolic/prophetic charismatic ministry organization based in Lagos, Nigeria: www.realmofglory.org/the%20word.htm
October 11, 2004—This Day Sunday online newspaper (based in Nigeria) states that Wes Campbell, Newsboys’ manager/producer and president of CCM label InPop Records, is also Every Nation Productions president. However, Every Nation Productions is not a separately incorporated entity in the US but is rather operating wholly out of Every Nation’s headquarters at Bethel World Outreach Center (www.thisdayonline.com/news/sunday/20041010rel01.html ).
October 28, 2004—Greg Ball incorporates a new ministry, named Bridge International Ministries, in Austin, TX. This does not appear to be a Morning Star International/Every Nation ministry and signals his final break with the organization.
November 2, 2004—Newsboys, Inc. begins selling Biblical Foundations (the “Purple Book”) through its website. They are also giving free copies away at concerts and are encouraging concert goers, particularly the unchurched, to go to Every Nation churches.
November 4, 2004—Greg Ball’s former church, Morning Star Christian Church of Austin, Inc. (TX), now pastored by Ray McCollum, files a new assumed (fictitious) DBA name with the Texas Secretary of State: Community Christian Church. However, Ray McCollum is not made the legal registered agent or president of this church at this time, unlike most other MSI/EN churches in the US where the senior pastor is also the president and/or registered agent.
November 2004—“Every Nation” is posted as the official logo on this Morning Star corporate website: 64.47.91.38/scouting/. In addition, Morning Star International more broadly uses the “Every Nation” name rather than “Morning Star International.”
November 15, 2004—InPop Records, Inc., a CCM label owned by Peter Furler and Wes Campbell, change its corporate charter, bylaws, and common stock filings with the Tennessee Secretary of State. It had previously been a subsidiary of 1-2-3 Entertainment, which administratively dissolved in September, 2004. While Furler and Campbell remain majority stockholders, the revised charter allowed for Rice Broocks, Tony Boselli and Mark Brunell to purchase significant amounts of stock in the company through a private stock offering (see 12-9-2004 EDGAR filings). In addition. Broocks, Boselli, and Brunell are named to InPop's Board of Directors. Since the revised charter allows a quorum (simple majority) of the Board to vote on and conduct business for the company, it is technically possible for Broocks, Boselli, and Brunell to meet as the Board without Campbell and Furler if they so choose... and as a unified voting bloc, they also have the power to remove or replace them as officers of the corporation if they so choose.
November 18, 2004: “Bethel Community Church” (actually Bethel World Outreach Center/MSI Nashville) files revised plans to build a new church on a historic property in Franklin, TN owned by Wes Campbell, Newsboys’ manager. Former His People administrator, Michael Swain, was to represent the church before the Franklin planning commission, according to the meeting agenda. Note that the land has not yet been formally transferred or sold to Bethel or to MSI.
November 22, 2004: The VCM chapter based at MIT removes the reference to its Maranatha history from its website: web.mit.edu/vcm/www/about.html.
November 29, 2004: Global Café LA incorporates in California. David Polus, pastor of Morning Star of the Valley (Studio City), is the registered agent.
December 9, 2004—Rice Broocks, Tony Boselli, and Mark Brunell purchase $1.4 million in common stock from InPop Records, Inc., according to SEC/EDGAR filings.
December 16, 2004—The Missouri Certificate of Authority for Morning Star International, Inc. lapses for failure to submit an annual report.