should Mark Chappell an Admitted Molester still be a Pastor

[Away-From-The-Umbrella]

(05-15-2012 05:12 PM)believerinHIM Wrote:  Well he has done it again Mark Chappell has gave a pity poor me story to the folks at Freeway and he is so repentant and look at all the good he has done and God called him here he is sure of that. They all want to keep him. Well I am so proud of my husband the only Deacon with any Spirtual discernment to stand up for what is God's word in Titus as qualifications for a pastor. How do they allow this? They are 100% out of the will of God and now following a man. Praying still that Mark will be held accountable for his crimes in Wallingford CT against young girls. But as far as Freeway Baptist in Phoenix AZ write ICHABOD across the doors!!!

How hard it must be to watch people who you used to like and even respect mindlessly and blindly follow after a golden calf. They have been suckered and it is sad.

May God open their eyes and bring them to repentance.

I said it earlier and I will say it again: I hope your husband is eventually involved in church leadership elsewhere. Brave elders with intact spines who follow God and do not bow to man are worth their weight in gold.

[Truth Preserver]

I also want to thank the one deacon who was not afraid to stand up FOR THE TRUTH at Freeway Baptist in Arizona. You will find that men like Mark Chappell and his father are very adept at "twisting" Scripture, as well as anything that is said against them. They are very adept at manipulating people. Also very adept at "hiding the truth" as evidenced in their former churches.
We continue to pray for the women who are STILL in counselling in CT. that were in Mark Chappell's youth group. We pray for all the other women and children who were violated.
May God help those who stand for the truth, and open the eyes of those who are still blinded!!!!!!!

[Truth Preserver]

Well, the posts on Topix have been deleted again. Trying very hard to keep the "truth" from getting out regarding Mark's history at the church in Connecticut, also in Long Beach, and now in Phoenix, Arizona.
Can the deacons in Arizona PROVE that the allegations made against Mark are false?????? I'd like to see them even try. Instead they just take Mark's word for it.
Why not get out and check things out for yourself, like the one deacon who stood for the truth did. Think if you will make some calls on your own and check things out you will find much more information that you need to know in order for the "whole truth" to get out.

[Mommy2Kids]

(05-15-2012 05:12 PM)believerinHIM Wrote:  Well he has done it again Mark Chappell has gave a pity poor me story to the folks at Freeway and he is so repentant and look at all the good he has done and God called him here he is sure of that. They all want to keep him. Well I am so proud of my husband the only Deacon with any Spirtual discernment to stand up for what is God's word in Titus as qualifications for a pastor. How do they allow this? They are 100% out of the will of God and now following a man. Praying still that Mark will be held accountable for his crimes in Wallingford CT against young girls. But as far as Freeway Baptist in Phoenix AZ write ICHABOD across the doors!!!

His repentance has NOTHING to do with his disqualification to be a pastor! A pastor is to be BLAMELESS.

[believerinHIM]

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|Report Abuse |Judge it! |#2 Saturday May 26
Email from current pastor at Heritage Baptist Church

Dear Brother xxxxxxx

I am deeply grieved with the situation you are currently dealing with concerning Mark Chappell. I have only been the pastor here since 1998. As I mentioned to the other man from your church, I have had the sad duty to counsel with two of the teen girls, who are now grown and married, who were affected by the abuse. As of 5 years ago, the one lady was still cutting her arms with a razor as a result of the deeper wounds the abuse inflicted upon her. The former pastor was a close friend of Mark's father. It appears that in an effort to be kind to his friend, they decided to hush up the matter rather than deal with it properly. I am not even sure what the legal requirements were in 1989.

Sadly, I inherited the mess that the former pastor left behind in his wake as he too had some issues with a secretary. Most of the people from that era are gone. As far as I can ascertain, the church in general was kept in the dark about the extent of the abuse and were told to trust the pastor which they did. There do not seem to be any written records of the matter in any of the minutes of the church or in any other file.

I am not sure if any of the family members involved would be willing to talk about it. The parents of the one young lady have both passed away and the father of the other is so very private that I doubt if he will talk. Those two are the only ones that I have direct knowledge of.

I am praying for the Lord's wisdom for you and your church. I have spent the past 14 years picking up the pieces and I have seen the Lord's grace and mercy at work in rebuilding His church here.

If you would like to call me, my cell phone number is xxxxxxxxx

In His Care,

Pastor Thomas E. Bish

[Away-From-The-Umbrella]

(05-29-2012 08:08 PM)believerinHIM Wrote:  Reply »
|Report Abuse |Judge it! |#2 Saturday May 26
Email from current pastor at Heritage Baptist Church

Dear Brother xxxxxxx

I am deeply grieved with the situation you are currently dealing with concerning Mark Chappell. I have only been the pastor here since 1998. As I mentioned to the other man from your church, I have had the sad duty to counsel with two of the teen girls, who are now grown and married, who were affected by the abuse. As of 5 years ago, the one lady was still cutting her arms with a razor as a result of the deeper wounds the abuse inflicted upon her. The former pastor was a close friend of Mark's father. It appears that in an effort to be kind to his friend, they decided to hush up the matter rather than deal with it properly. I am not even sure what the legal requirements were in 1989.

Sadly, I inherited the mess that the former pastor left behind in his wake as he too had some issues with a secretary. Most of the people from that era are gone. As far as I can ascertain, the church in general was kept in the dark about the extent of the abuse and were told to trust the pastor which they did. There do not seem to be any written records of the matter in any of the minutes of the church or in any other file.

I am not sure if any of the family members involved would be willing to talk about it. The parents of the one young lady have both passed away and the father of the other is so very private that I doubt if he will talk. Those two are the only ones that I have direct knowledge of.

I am praying for the Lord's wisdom for you and your church. I have spent the past 14 years picking up the pieces and I have seen the Lord's grace and mercy at work in rebuilding His church here.

If you would like to call me, my cell phone number is xxxxxxxxx

In His Care,

Pastor Thomas E. Bish

Instead of making assumptions about what the victims might do, perhaps the police should just go ask if they will testify against Pastor Mark Chappell.

[True Believer]

(05-29-2012 08:08 PM)believerinHIM Wrote:  Reply » Dear believerinHIM, I have been following these posts on Mark Chappell and am deeply grieved that your husband has become another casualty of Mark Chappell's sin and deceit. Your husband did his due diligence as a deacon at Freeway Baptist by trying to warn the church about the truth about Mark Chappell that he researched and investigated. Your husband interviewed credible witnesses with first hand knowledge of Mark's sexual preditory habits/sins. Based upon Mark's history, it would indicate a pattern of unrepentant habitual sin that follows him from every church he has pastored in.
Unfortunately, your husband underestimated the power of deceit that Mark Chappell inherited from his spiritual father the devil. It is safe to say this because according to the sacred Word of God, we all know that Mark's ongoing sin is not of our heavenly Father. Mark slanders anyone who is a credible witness to the truth of his history. The list of victims of Mark Chappell's slander includes his sweet ex-wife who knows more true=th about him than anyone, his former good friend and associate pastor John Ludka from First Baptist
Long Beach now pastoring in CT, the man from his current church who accused Mark of having an affair with his wife while "counceling" her, his former youth pastor at Freeway who tried to warn one of the deacons about an affair with a single woman (very long blondish hair) in the church, and now your husband. Lord knows if he has begun slandering Pastor Thomas Bish at Herritage Baptist in CT for the honest email response that you posted here. Lets be praying for the power of Christ to over come the lies of the devil and Mark Chappell as well as the satanic hold over Freeway Baptist in AZ.








|Report Abuse |Judge it! |#2 Saturday May 26
Email from current pastor at Heritage Baptist Church

Dear Brother xxxxxxx

I am deeply grieved with the situation you are currently dealing with concerning Mark Chappell. I have only been the pastor here since 1998. As I mentioned to the other man from your church, I have had the sad duty to counsel with two of the teen girls, who are now grown and married, who were affected by the abuse. As of 5 years ago, the one lady was still cutting her arms with a razor as a result of the deeper wounds the abuse inflicted upon her. The former pastor was a close friend of Mark's father. It appears that in an effort to be kind to his friend, they decided to hush up the matter rather than deal with it properly. I am not even sure what the legal requirements were in 1989.

Sadly, I inherited the mess that the former pastor left behind in his wake as he too had some issues with a secretary. Most of the people from that era are gone. As far as I can ascertain, the church in general was kept in the dark about the extent of the abuse and were told to trust the pastor which they did. There do not seem to be any written records of the matter in any of the minutes of the church or in any other file.

I am not sure if any of the family members involved would be willing to talk about it. The parents of the one young lady have both passed away and the father of the other is so very private that I doubt if he will talk. Those two are the only ones that I have direct knowledge of.

I am praying for the Lord's wisdom for you and your church. I have spent the past 14 years picking up the pieces and I have seen the Lord's grace and mercy at work in rebuilding His church here.

If you would like to call me, my cell phone number is xxxxxxxxx

In His Care,

Pastor Thomas E. Bish

[Away-From-The-Umbrella]

Oh my...

I knew there had to be more...but wow.

And those idiot deacons at Freeway Baptist Church simply refuse to see the big, bad wolf who is standing right in front of them.

[believerinHIM]

Yes that is my prayer that his vicitms will come forward. We did what we should. God will not be mocked. I heard him say he prayed and fasted about becoming pastor here at Freeway. We spoke with several pastors here will visiting churches and the response we got is Really??? The Bible is clear on the requirements of a Pastor what was he praying and fasting for? Did he think God was going to rewrite the Bible for him? That's like praying if I should kill someone, duh alrealy know the answer for that!!! Wow that makes sense!!!

[TonyDeVoe]

Hello. My name is Anthony DeVoe. My username and email are legitimate and I have nothing to hide here.

My mother has attended Freeway Baptish Church for the last seven or eight years. I've found Mark Chappell to be a vile human being even before I knew of these ghosts from his past. I will refrain from venting my personal issues with him at this time, but may elaborate on them later. I feel this case is much more important to discuss though.

I don't believe the church members are being given any of the legitimate information. The few people I've informed were shocked. I'd like to get this information to them, but in all my searches online the information is very scattered and varying in facts. I've got a few pieces of solid evidence that I will keep to myself for now, but what I'd like to do is this... I'd like to get a packet of information together and go to the church on some random day and hand it out to the people. I am local in Phoenix, so it won't be an issue to make that happen. I have other plans of action at play, but I don't really want to discuss them openly as to give him any chance to stop me. I've already emailed him personally and told him that I'll do what it takes to expose him.

While I am certain that what I have already is enough to open people's eyes to who he is, I would like to gather more solid info before doing this. He has political powers supporting him (Trent Franks, Arizona Congressman) and a legal service that deals with internet content suppression and legal things of the sort. I will get kicked back. Personally, I don't care... I would rather spend my days chasing my tail then knowing about such a vile man and not saying anything as he continues to mentor children and families about how they should live their life... When clearly, he is not a man of God as I know Him to be.

Please email me or respond publicly or anything. Advice, information, anything to help keep this man from ruining another family. He didn't physically rape anybody in my family that I'm aware of, but he's torn it to pieces, and I don't want that to happen to anybody else.

Thank you.

Anthony DeVoe
tonydevoe2@gmail.com