KHBA Celebrates 20 Years
He’s Alive Broadcasting

(KHBA), the 20-year-old
Christian television station in
Spokane, Wash., held a gala
dinner with a record turnout on
Nov. 11, 2012. Dan Matthews
and Linda Shelton hosted
the dinner, which kicked off
a two-evening Sharathon.

These events raised more than
$39,000 towards the station’s
yearly operating costs. Matthews
and Shelton also shared
confirming stories that KHBA
is on the move.

Thanks to a Catholic gentleman
in Kalispell, Mont., the
Hope TV signal from KHBA’s
channel 39.1 is heading to
Flathead County, Mont. With
a population of 90,000, this
valley holds a potential for
sharing hope in Jesus with
many new friends.

Making new contacts
throughout North America
is a new ingredient in the
mix for KHBA. The board
voted to ask Shelton to be the
development director for He’s
Alive Television. Shelton has
a background in broadcasting
and fundraising and says,
“I am excited to partner with
KHBA to help strengthen and
advance their ministry.”

Moving forward with a
production vehicle has begun.
A van was purchased and will
be equipped for regional remote
productions. The KHBA
production van will facilitate
A live feed where there is high-speed
Internet access. “We
estimate it will cost $25,000 to
$30,000 to put the equipment
together,” says Joe Stanfill, station
manager. “We are grateful
to our founder, Marlo Fralick,
for his financial assistance to
begin this project.”

KHBA unveiled exciting
new programming during
the Sharathon. These shows
include Travel With Spirit,
a travel show with a noticeable
Christian angle; Babbie’s
House, a music and talk show;
Mark Gungor, a show on
“love, marriage and stinking
thinking” that gives viewers
a frank, humorous marriage counseling
approach; Dare
to Love, about how to make
friends of Muslim neighbors
and be a positive witness; and
Friends and Neighbors, with
Christian women discussing
current issues, similar to The
View. Time slots for these
programs are available at
KHBATV.com.

The KHBA board is pursuing
ways to introduce Spokane’s
secular population to
Jesus. “We don’t need to travel
the world to find a mission
field,” says Stanfill. “We have
thousands of people throughout
Spokane who need to hear
and see a witness for Jesus.
This is what drives me and
our volunteers to sacrifice
time, money and energy.”

KHBA is the only local
Christian broadcaster in
Spokane bringing light to a
community the needs to know
Jesus. Viewers can watch at
UHF Channel 39 or via the
Internet at KHBATV.COM.

Kathy Marson, Upper Columbia
Conference communication
administrative assistant
J a n u a r y 2 0 1 3 • G L E A N E R 2

Praise the Lord! I hope Linda is able to use her talents to their fullest capacity in this new work.

We can pray that her former pastor where she was disfellowshipped near 3ABN and who is now working at Upper Columbia Conference does not get promoted to the presidential position there (Elder Folkenberg is leaving for Hong Kong the first of the year) and/or does not choose to interfere.

Linda has always been such an inspiration to me.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Actually Linda requested that her membership be dropped because she already knew that she would not receive a fair treatment by the 3ABN church which was fully under the control of Danny Shelton. At the same time she was accepted as a member of another church on her profession of faith.

This doesn't seem to be in harmony with the Church Manual (p. 51).

That is true, this was not the normal way of doing things. In this case the matter was discussed with church leaders who came to the conclusion that this was the only way this particular case could be handled because here Linda was being falsely accused of something she had not done without giving her a single opportunity to clear herself.

Just to conclude a long story, Linda was finally fully vindicated by the North American Division.

I guess I got some of the details wrong. The thing was that she went to the Springfield church, and the pastor interviewed by that church to be their new pastor promised not to interfere with Linda's participation there. In the end, that pastor was hired, and immediately afterward forbad Linda from participating up front in church or in any church position. This is the man Folkenberg recruited to the Upper Columbia Conference.

It is good to know that the NAD has vindicated her and that she is now apparently under the NAD more directly.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

That pastor came directly from 3ABN to Springfield. I met him both places. But he was not the pastor of the 3ABN church.

The CHURCH MANUAL serves to advise, It is not always followed.

E.G. A few weeks ago, church official who is well known called the person leading out in a congregation in another State and pled with that person not to disfellowshilp a member who was attending a church that this church official attended.

That congregation acted and disfellowshiped the person on Wednesday. On Saturday the local congregation voted the disfellowshiped person onto membership by Profession of Faith.

NOTE: According to the Chruch Manual, the person leading out in that other congregation did NOT have the authority to preside at a meeting held to disfellowship a member. But, he did.

It should be noted that I was deeply involved in the transfer of Linda'smembership. As had been said, she asked that her membership be dropped, which was what happened. Immediately she was voted into membership by Profession of Faith, in another SDA congregation. Church officials were well aware of this. They did not intervene to stop it. A President, whom I will not name, personally expressed appreciation to me for the role that I played in bringing this about.

I will say again: The CHURCH MANUAL serves to advise. It is not always followed.

But it should. There is no purpose in making rules that won't be followed. In my opinion she shouldn't have requested her removal from membership, and in case she was unduly removed, her reinstatement should have been done via the conference (p. 67), or even union conference, or division.