A Few Committed a Crime, But Many Conspired To Keep the Crime Concealed from You.
Starting in 1994 while meeting in a tennis club and schools.
In less than 10 years this group of people were able to move to a 34 acre prime piece of property.
in the Roseville area though they kept the community's name of Granite Bay. Which was a very smart business move since the area of Granite Bay had become known as the elite and upscale community of the Sacramento Valley.
Was Ray Johnston following the pattern and formula of other successful mega churches in America? It would appear so.
What all of these mega churches have forgotten was the very simple scripture that states this:
“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands,"
Knowing this truth, why would any child of God set out to spend many millions of dollars on a massive edifice such as Bayside?
Why?
Because Bayside represents the glory of men rather than the
Glory of God Almighty.
Jesus commands us to proclaim the Gospel,
nowhere in scripture are we told to build a building.
The Ray Johnston and Bayside Challenge. Very Simple to Anyone, "Prove us Wrong"
There was a $100,000 reward for anyone who could disprove
Charles Nordby's success story at Raley's and their subsequent crimes against him.
No one could do it!
Even Bill Coyne with access to all of Raley's financial records at his disposal, could not disprove anything that was being claimed by Charles Nordby.
That would have been an easy $100,000 donation to Bayside, had Bill Coyne been able to do it.
He knew he couldn't do it, because nobody could do it!
That should tell you everything!
Ray Johnston Over the Years has Created a Very Big Business
He has fooled a lot of people over the years. But 16 years ago, his faith was tested.
He was asked to call a member of Bayside Church into a meeting to discuss the crime of Raley's against Charles Nordby.
The member was Bill Coyne, who at the time was Raley's President and CEO. but was previously Raley's legal counsel.
We thought for sure that if both of these men are men of God,
then they would want to do the right thing.
Sadly, neither of them did the right thing.
They both failed the test of faith.
By every measure of the scriptures, Ray Johnston is not a man of faith,
he is a businessman. Anybody who is able to read, can get up on stage and read from the Bible, put on a great facade, tell a few fun and relevant stories and convince people he is doing the will of God so they will give money to the Ray Johnston religious business agenda.
At this same time God revealed to us a "money scheme" that Ray was using that he hijacked from Saddleback's Rick Warren.
A scheme that Ray Johnston said was his own.
"But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out." Numbers 32:23
In Matthew 18:15-17, Jesus gives us the highest counsel on dealing with a sinning brother.
"Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.
If he hears you, you have gained your brother. "But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, that 'by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. "And if he refuses to hear them, tell it to the church.
But if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen and a tax collector.
Why didn't Ray Johnston follow this basic instruction of Jesus?
As a Follower of Jesus Christ, if anyone wrote a letter like this to me, I would be on the phone to them before I finished reading it.
