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Additionally, we are always grateful to readers who bring new (or old) materials to our attention. Especially copies of those that are hard to find.
Special thanks to Diane, a former LA Committee member, for reaching out and making her archive available to Recovering Grace.
1. Brief news clip in Eternity regarding IBYC resignations (July-August 1980)
2. The Bill Gothard Tragedy (Plains Baptist Challenger, August 1980)
3. ‘Sexual misconduct’ rocks Chicago-based ministry (The Dallas Morning News, 8/2/80)
4. Bill Gothard Steps Down During Institute Shakeup (Christianity Today, 8/8/80)
5. Evangelicals Feel Strain as Churches Adjust to Marriage Failures (Los Angeles Times, 8/16/80)
6. Shaking the Gothard Chain (Eternity, September 1980)
7. The Bill Gothard Institute Shakeup in the Light of the Word of God (Plains Baptist Challenger, September 1980)
8. Gothard’s Fast Comeback Overrides Calls for Reform (Christianity Today, 9/19/80)
9. Sex Case Jolts Oak Brook Preacher (Sun-Times, 9/28/80)
10. Religious Group Founders on Sex Scandal (The Cleveland Press, 9/29/80)
11. Sex Scandal Shakes Strict Christian Group (Los Angeles Times, 10/4/80)
12. Iowa-Bound Evangelical Group Touched by Scandal (Des Moines Sunday Register, 11/23/80)
13. Doubts on Credibility Haunt Traveling Preacher (Los Angeles Times, 1/31/81)
16. Ex-Employees Sue Evangelist in Sex Scandal (Chicago Tribune, 4/1/81)
17. Misconduct charges rock ministry campus (Chicago Tribune, 4/4/82
18. Moral, Morale Questions Rock Gothard Ministry (Los Angeles Times, 4/5/82)
19. Gothard suit (Christian Century, Chicago, IL, 4/21/82)
20. Gothard Sued by Ex-Employees (Christianity Today, 4/23/82)
21. Suits Charge Misconduct at Institute (The Arizona Republic, 5/1/82)
22. Potluck (The Dallas Morning News, 5/1/82)
23. Newsclip from Dallas Morning News regarding two class-action lawsuits filed by former employees (Dallas Morning News, 5/1/82)
24. “Responding to a class action suit filed by former staff members…” (Christianity Today, 5/7/82)
25. Gothard aides sue him in federal court; ask judge to name trustee (Gospel Herald, 5/25/82)
26. Gothard Employees File Suit Against Institute (Church Herald, 5/28/82)
27. Gothard’s Institute Faces Lawsuits (The Denver Post, 6/4/82)
28. Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts Evaluated (Source unknown, undated)
29. Public Disclosure: Accountability Before a Higher Court (Christianity Today, undated)
30. Sexual Misconduct Charges Linked to Gothard Shakeup (The Church Herald, undated)
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