To: Current independent board members of Gospel For Asia, David Mains, Francis Chan, Chuck Zink, and Bob Felder.

Recently it has come to light that the "Gospel For Asia" (GFA) missionary organization lost its "Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability" (ECFA) seal of approval and accreditation, due to numerous violations of the financial standards that the ECFA requires of its member organizations.  The ECFA is regarded as the "gold standard" in the Evangelical Christian community for non-profit organizations, that attests to the fidelity of its member organizations faithfully handling the charity of its donors, acting as wise stewards, in keeping with Christian conduct and the highest of financial accounting standards.

As a result of these violations and the losing of its ECFA accreditation, GFA has suffered severe public reproach, not only in Evangelical Christian circles, but also in the secular media.  The level of reproach brought upon GFA undermines the ability of the organization to carry out its mission, which is to ultimately spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout all of Asia, by training, equipping, and financially supporting native missionaries within each country that GFA operates.

Due to the release of the ECFA report, the report from former board member Gayle Erwin, as well as other coverage provided by numerous media sources about GFA, we have learned that the current leadership team of GFA is either incompetent to run a multi-million dollar mission, or has possibly committed fraudulent and deceptive acts of a historical magnitude.

We have learned that K.P. Yohannan (the head of GFA) and former board members suppressed the results of Gayle Erwin's investigation, actually altering a board report before it was released to aggrieved former staff.

We have learned that funds have been diverted from their intended use on a massive scale.  

We have learned that a quarter of a billion dollars was idle and eventually used to fund for profit businesses in India and construction of headquarters in Texas.

We have learned that the current leadership team failed to honor the promise to send 100% of donor funds to the field.

We have learned that the current leadership failed to keep the board of directors informed of material facts and failed to get board approval for important decisions about organizational policy.

Under these circumstances, GFA has breached the trust of the public, with the result that numerous former supporting churches and individual donors have stopped contributing to GFA.  

Under these circumstances, severe doubt has been raised as to whether or not GFA can be trusted and the organization remain viable.

In order to save GFA, we the undersigned call on the independent board of directors to either fire or place on leave the current leadership team of K.P. Yohannan, David Carroll, John Beers, and Danny Yohannan.

We urge the board to take control of the daily operations of GFA. 

We urge the board to involve the GFA Diaspora leadership in helping to bring credibility to GFA.  If they cannot or will not get involved, then we urge you to involve an independent consulting group with no ties to any of the current leaders or the board of directors.  

Time is running out and the credibility and future of GFA and its mission depends on the board of directors taking swift, decisive, and transparent action, so as to restore the former credibility of GFA, and to regain its ECFA accreditation.  

Apologies are no longer enough.

Sincerely,

The undersigned donors, former donors, staff, former staff, and members of the general public and body of Christ.