Incomplete list of U.S. Christian shutdowns and layoffs 2nd Half 2016.
Alaska: A former Birchwood Christian School teacher sentenced to 15 years after having sexual contact with a 15 years old student.
Arizona: The LDS (Mormon) Church being sued by Navajo who were forced into a Mormon education program from 1947 to the 1990s. The plaintiffs accuse the christians of physically and sexually assaulting them. The Lamanite (Mormon word for Native Americans) Student Placement Program (aka Indian Student Placement Program) took Navajo children from their parents in Arizona and placed them with Mormon families in Utah.
Arkansas: Bentonville based, and United Church of Christ Sam Walton founded, Walmart decided to kill 7-thousand accounting jobs by the end of the year!
California: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Young Mens Christian Association (YMCA) from shutting down a location in Los Angeles, by January 2017. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Adventist Health from laying off 16 employees due to escalating costs of operations and reduced reimbursements caused by ObamaCare.
Connecticut: God was powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Saint Mary School in Newington, right before the 2016-17 school year. It’s blamed on $500-thousand USD of debt. God powerless to stop the British empire based Salvation Army from shutting down four thrift stores in The Constitution State. Perhaps the not-so recovered economy is what Salvation Army admin was refereing to in this statement: “…current circumstances have made supporting these programs through these store locations impossible.”
Florida: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Adventist Health System-Florida Hospital Medical Group from eliminating 67 positions by outsourcing (contracting out) the jobs. ‘Christian’ Agnostic Warren Buffett eliminated 72 jobs with his Berkshire Hathaway Concierge in Fort Lauderdale. Baptist Health South Florida bribing employees to quit (voluntary buyouts) in order to free-up cash for investments into “growth areas”.
Idaho: In the overwhelmingly christian dominated south eastern part of The Gem State, christians failed to support a new christian founded (and much needed due to increasing homelessness in the area) homeless shelter, prompting a local Muslim to come to the rescue. Pastor Jacqualine ‘Big Momma’ Thomas needed at least $30-thousand USD for the homeless shelter but got only $7-thousand from fellow christians, a local Muslim doctor heard the news and said he felt compelled to make up the difference. He promised $23-thousand for the Big Momma’s House project. (UPDATE: TV station KPVI reported that after the initial report of a Muslim saving Big Momma’s House at least two more large donations were made, however, KPVI was careful not to mention the religious affiliation of the donors. JANUARY 2017 UPDATE: TV station KIFI reporting that Bingham Memorial Hospital made a significant donation and admitted they were motivated by the Muslim doctor’s donation.)
Cassia County Joint School District decided not to fight a ACLU lawsuit accusing it of discriminating against non-Mormon students. Details of the settlement were not disclosed but the taxpayer funded Mormon dominated school district claims it will make changes to its official policies of favoring Mormon students. What happened was a non-Mormon student wanted to run for student body president but was denied on the grounds of not having the required classes completed. But it turns out the only candidate, a Mormon, also did not meet the requirements to campaign for president yet was allowed to run! The Mormon dominated district was counting Mormon seminary as credit towards the class requirement. School District 321, based in ‘Mormonsville’ Rexburg, has declared a teacher shortage emergency and is now hiring anybody who wants to teach, regardless of certification, starting pay $30-thousand (which is damn good for rural Idaho)!
In Nampa, Holly Lane Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center (owned by ‘christian’ for-profit Tennessee based Orianna Health Systems-Covenant Dove) continues to violate Medicare and Medicaid rules for patient safety. State inspectors accuse Holly Lane of repeatedly putting patients in “immediate jeopardy”. The Nampa nursing home has until January to get its act together or lose all federal funding. Local news media interviewed former patients who say the mistreatment started years ago due to lack of employees. One patient told a state inspector “If I have to piss and shit on myself, I would rather be dead!”
Indiana: On Xmas day Forks Mennonite Church shutdown after 159 years. Apparently its being replaced by a church that’s more ‘hip’ with the times. 150 years old christian book publisher Saint Meinrad Archabbey Press shutdown, 70 jobs lost due to skyrocketing costs of operation and crashing sales.
Iowa: In Des Moines, the treasurer of Unity Lutheran Church now charged with stealing $70-thousand USD from the church, the church is now threatened with shutdown: “It is embarrassing to say that this went on for seven years, and nobody caught it.”-Marlon Mormann, upset church-member
Kentucky: University of Louisville claims ‘christian’ owned KentuckyOne Health owes $46-million USD in back due payments! In 2012, U of L contracted with Colorado based ‘christian’ KentuckyOne to manage its hospital and cancer treatment center. Instead of making the U of L health care operations profitable KentuckyOne ended up eliminating more than 5-hundred jobs. ‘Christian’ administrators of KentuckyOne countered by demanding to know what U of L is doing with the money it already got!
Louisiana: God powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Pius Child Development Center from shutting down sometime in 2017, claiming the church cannot afford to make needed repairs to the facility.
Massachusetts: God powerless to stop the last of ‘his’ Catholic high schools in Berkshire County from shutting down, Saint Joseph Central High will shutdown in June 2017. Framingham based Mormon christian Mitt Romney co-founded Staples plans on shutting down at least 50 stores by the end of the year, due to losing $766-million USD in its 2nd quarter of 2016! In Framingham, members of The Plymouth Church admitted to The Boston Globe that the election of Donald Trump was tearing their congregation apart.
Minnesota: After 103 years God powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Crossroads College (International Christian Bible College), after the Fall Semester! ‘Christian’ administrators blame it on what I call Disappearing Students Syndrome (DSS, it’s The Rapture eyes tells ya).
Missouri: God can’t stop ‘his’ Our Lady of Sorrows and Saint James schools from shutting down due to The Rapture (I mean massive DSS), local news reports say the Saint Louis Archdiocese has suffered a net loss of 12-thousand 5-hundred students over the past decade (that sounds like The Rapture numbers to me)!
Montana: In Billings, Saint Vincent Healthcare effectively eliminated 84 jobs, and shutting down their Shirley’s Place Child Care Center, blaming changes in the healthcare industry (like ObamaCare pushing people out of inpatient care) which is causing their revenues to crash. “…Montana residents, who call themselves pain refugees, boarded an airplane from Missoula to Los Angeles. They say that finding doctors willing to treat chronic pain in Montana is almost impossible… In the past several years, the Montana Board of Medical Examiners has taken on several high-profile cases of doctors it suspects of overprescribing opioids.”-Kaiser Health News
New Jersey: In Atlantic City, the Carl Icahn-Donald Trump (Presbyterian christian) owned Trump Taj Mahal Casino officially shutdown, 3-thousand jobs gone!
New York: God powerless to stop ‘his’ College of Saint Rose from possibly eliminating 23 jobs due to a $9-million shortfall, despite boasting of a record number of enrollments this school year! It should be noted that the College of Saint Rose is deeply involved/connected with U.S. attorneys and court judges, unAmerican corporate America and the main stream news media. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Catholic Charities Neighborhood Services from issuing a layoff WARN for their ops in Brooklyn. The layoffs take place right before Xmas. God’s Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Elmira eliminated 83 jobs. In Troy, god couldn’t stop ‘his’ Samaritan Hospital from eliminating 22 nursing positions.
North Carolina: In Lumberton, god powerless to stop ‘his’ 39 years old Christian Book Store from shutting down right after Xmas. The owner basically said it was because they couldn’t find a ‘christian’ buyer willing to take over the business.
Ohio: God powerless to stop christian agnostic Warren Buffett owned NetJets from eliminating 80 jobs at its Lunken Repair Station, right before Xmas. In Little Hocking, Stahl’s Christmas Shop shutdown: “I didn’t want to have to do this but with the downturn in the economy, things just haven’t been as good the last few years so we just thought it was time. We’ve been here 36 years so we’ve had a long run.”-Sharon Stahl
Oregon: God powerless to stop ‘his’ non-profit Saint Charles Health System from already shutting down their new Center for Women’s Health in Bend, blaming “staffing-related issues”! When asked for specifics John Weinsheim, president of the Saint Charles Medical Group, insisted “I really can’t.” Facebook posts indicate the year and a half old clinic is losing doctors early next year.
Pennsylvania: In Zelienople, Grace Run Lutheran Services suddenly laid off 97 people. An employee at god’s Bishop Carroll Catholic High School is charged with sexually assaulting an international exchange student. Archdiocese of Philadelphia announced the shutdown of four churches by the end of January 2017. Reverend Alyn Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church admitted that “This is a business. We are presenting Jesus Christ and the product is faith in Jesus Christ….. ….there is a financial component to everything we do.”
Rhode Island: God powerless to stop massive layoffs at ‘his’ Our Lady of Fatima Hospital and Roger Williams Medical Center. Union reps say at least 30 people are being let go, and 20 vacant positions are being eliminated.
South Carolina: The Unity United Methodist Church in Lugoff began openly celebrating Kwanzaa.
South Dakota: In Sioux Falls, god powerless to stop ‘his’ YMCA from shutting down the Wise Buys thrift store, 37 jobs lost. YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) administrators blame “market conditions”.
Tennessee: God can’t stop ‘his’ Baptist Memorial from eliminating 83 jobs right before Xmas. Administrators directly blame ObamaCare for reduced costs reimbursements: “Healthcare is going through unprecedented change, and we’ll all have to do more with less. These changes will help position Baptist to provide the very best care for all of the mid-South.”-Jason Little, executive vice president and COO
Texas: In Grapevine, 23 years old Merry’s Christmas and Clowns shutting down when the inventory is gone. God powerless to stop ‘his’ Good Shepherd Health System from laying off 50 people. CEO Steve Altmiller blamed ObamaCare saying “Like many other healthcare systems across the country, Good Shepherd Health System has been facing challenging times, resulting in lower overall patient census and financial losses.” NATO member Turkey is accusing Houston based Harmony Public Schools, which operates hundreds of campuses across the U.S. (under different names), of not only employment discrimination against Turkish immigrants, but of supporting Islamic Extremism. However, the ‘christian’ dominated Texas Education Agency declared the accusations against Harmony to be “unfounded”. Saint Mark’s Medical laid off nine people and then sold their La Grange office building to Rainier Realty Investments. Administrators directly blame ObamaCare for the layoffs saying “The layoffs were…..an adjustment to our current healthcare environment. As penalties increase and volumes decrease, it’s critical each hospital/physician office adapt to the new landscape.”
Baptist Hospital shutting down its emergency room ops in Orange, by the end of January 2017. Administrators blame the Texas version of ObamaCare. In Lubbuck, god powerless to stop Covenant Health from laying off 49 employees, administrators directly blame ObamaCare: “Covenant Health is financially stable, but the changes we’ve experienced thus far and will continue to undergo are the direct result of reduced reimbursements….”-Richard Parks, executive vice president and CEO
Utah: In Utah County two Mormons, a local politician and a local businessman, were both accused of pretending to be high ranking Mormon officials in an attempt to scam $1-million from fellow Mormons. The business man pled guilty while the politician pled not-guilty. In Ogden, as a sign ‘christians’ are getting paranoid the Washington Heights Church gave enough money to local police to buy 79 bullet proof vests!
Vermont: God refuses to stop ‘his’ British empire based Salvation Army from shutting down their thrift store in Burlington. Local news said an unnamed employee blamed crashing sales and skyrocketing costs of operation. Christian founded gravestone maker Rock of Ages Corporation began eliminating jobs at its granite quarry after selling out to a British empire company based in Canada.
Virginia: After surviving The Great Depression and numerous recessions, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ Lutheran Memorial School in Richmond: “It is with deep regret that the LMS Foundation Board announces that the school does not have the funds to open for the 2016-17 school year.”-official statement
Washington: The ‘christian’ god powerless to stop ‘his’ Saint Joseph Medical Center laying off 44 people right before Xmas. The so called christian administrators of the hospital boasted that they’re advertising that they have 6-hundred vacant positions, so why the layoffs?
West Virginia: On Xmas day about $2-thousand worth of cash and items (including a surveillance system) were stolen from the Gallagher Church of the Nazarene.
Wisconsin: In Appleton, god powerless to stop the shutdown of ‘his’ nearly 1-hundred years old Trinity Lutheran Church due to church members not being able to pay for the upkeep of the property. God can’t stop ‘his’ employees from blowing the whistle on massive layoffs at Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and Columbia Saint Mary’s. When confronted by news media the administrators of the ‘christian’ hospitals refused to give numbers, but admitted its part of parent company Ascention Health’s consolidation plans.
2nd Q 2016 U.S. Christianity: “ALL THE CHURCHES ARE EXPERIENCING THIS DECLINE IN ATTENDANCE.” THE RAPTURE?
“But the root of all these evils is the love of money, and there are some who have desired it and have erred from the faith and have brought themselves many miseries.”-1 Timothy 6:10 Aramaic Bible
“And Yeshua entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. And he said to them, It is written: ‘My house will be called the House of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.’ “-Matthew 21:12-13 Aramaic Bible
“Yeshua said to them, ‘Give what is Caesar’s to Caesar and what is God’s to God.’ And they marveled at him.”-Mark 12:17 Aramaic Bible
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.-1st Amendment, U.S. Constitution
WARN=Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification
Employees of religious non-profits might not qualify for unemployment assistance: “If the non-profit organization is a church, you may or may not be entitled to unemployment. It all depends upon state regulations for church employers. In many cases, churches are allowed to set their own rules regarding unemployment benefits, meaning the church can choose whether to offer benefits to former employees.”