{"id":2135,"date":"2020-11-06T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T08:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innsiktbccprod.wpengine.com\/?page_id=2135"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:15:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:15:49","slug":"savings-from-the-local-churches","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/en\/savings-from-the-local-churches\/","title":{"rendered":"Savings from the local churches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1847464133\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"scroll-for-more z-5 icon absolute bottom h-center\" aria-label=\"Scroll for more\"><i class=\"icon-angle-down\" style=\"font-size:42px;\" ><\/i><\/button>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1342947919\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-src=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/201707008_Brunstad_Sommerstevne_dag1_-57-scaled.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2560\/1707;\" \/>                        <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-1370608201\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y95 md-y90 lg-y85 res-text\">\n                     <div data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">           <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n<h3 data-show=\"show-for-small\"><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a;\"><strong>\u00a0Where are\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 data-show=\"show-for-small\"><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a;\"><strong>\u00a0the savings\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 data-show=\"show-for-small\"><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a;\"><strong>\u00a0from the local <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 data-show=\"show-for-small\"><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a;\"><strong>churches?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h2 data-show=\"hide-for-small\"><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a;\"><strong>\u00a0Where are the savings from <\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 data-show=\"hide-for-small\"><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a;\"><strong>the local churches?\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1586306440\" class=\"gap-element clearfix hide-for-small\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1586306440 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\">A person who has admitted to committing fraud in the amount of 80 million NOK claims that the savings of the BCC local churches have disappeared. Accounts and documentation prove this to be a lie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 110%;\"><strong>What is the truth?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n       <\/div>                     \n<style>\n#text-box-1370608201 .text-inner {\n  padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;\n}\n#text-box-1370608201 {\n  width: 91%;\n}\n#text-box-1370608201 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 147%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-1370608201 {\n    width: 84%;\n  }\n  #text-box-1370608201 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #text-box-1370608201 {\n    width: 75%;\n  }\n  #text-box-1370608201 .text-box-content {\n    font-size: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1342947919 {\n  padding-top: 600px;\n}\n#banner-1342947919 .overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.37);\n}\n#banner-1342947919 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 50% 40%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1342947919 {\n    padding-top: 48%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-1342947919 {\n    padding-top: 40%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1847464133 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_515631422\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\" style=\"max-width:1000px\" id=\"row-220450645\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-912801254\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 75%;\"><em>Text\/photo: BCC<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Fundraising in the local churches<\/h1>\n<p>During the past 10 years BCC\u2019s local churches have built up capital for the future using fundraising drives. This fall, NRK Brennpunkt sent questions to at least 15 of these churches, asking for documentation on where their savings are.<\/p>\n<p>According to their source, Jonathan van der Linden, who is charged with fraud, the money has ended up in church leaders\u2019 pockets.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:3.0em;margin-bottom:3.0em;max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-27530806\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-27530806 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-right\"  id=\"row-888298073\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1928072473\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1>The local churches have clear oversight of their bookkeeping<\/h1>\n<p>In both BCC and the local churches, the accounting records are familiar to the local boards, management teams and annual meetings. Funds from BCC Financial were paid back with interest, and members have voted on where the savings are currently placed. In addition, the accounts have been audited by reputable companies. In other words, there is clear oversight of the money raised over several years.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1707491832\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2><em>&#8220;In other words, there is clear oversight of the money raised over several years.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-912801254 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0;\n  margin: 35px 0px -2px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-912801254 > .col-inner {\n    margin: 35px 0px 50px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_515631422 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1816602617\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-186927916\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-991959036\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover is-full-height\" id=\"banner-1693550109\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/BRMA-819x1024.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 819px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 819\/1024;\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1693550109 {\n  padding-top: 81%;\n}\n#banner-1693550109 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 6% 70%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1693550109 {\n    padding-top: 100%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-1693550109 {\n    padding-top: 100%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-947194589\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  data-animate=\"fadeInUp\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner dark\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1><span style=\"background-color: #ce584a; color: #fcfcfc;\"><strong>\u00a0Facts of the case\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>After the financial crisis in 2008, BCC\u2019s Representative Assembly took measures to strengthen the finances of its local churches.<\/li>\n<li>The Assembly recommended building up equity for future local projects. Forecasts showed growth in both membership and activity, thus creating a need for building extensions in most local churches.<\/li>\n<li>This recommendation developed into a fundraising campaign with its own TV program, the Brunstad Magazine, which announced the monthly fundraising status. Local churches began competing to help achieve their goals.<\/li>\n<li>It became an international competition when local churches from countries with high GDP became involved, wanting to participate in the endeavor.<\/li>\n<li>Soon a considerable amount of capital was raised in the many local church branches, and the funds placed in Norwegian banks for a few years.<\/li>\n<li>Fundraising leaders from various local churches exchanged experiences, and one of the ideas that came out of this led to the establishment of a cash pooling arrangement, BCC Financial Ltd.<\/li>\n<li>Various jurisdictions for cash pooling were considered. Cyprus had a functioning regulatory framework and was the most cost-effective.<\/li>\n<li>The company was liquidated in 2014, as most churches wanted to withdraw their funds and lend them to the construction project at Brunstad instead.<\/li>\n<li>The liquidation process was completed in 2016. By then all local churches had received their money back, and the profits from the cash pooling business were distributed to projects that benefited our community.<\/li>\n<li>Today most of the local churches have lent their money to the Brunstad Foundation as financing for the building project. Some churches have chosen to use their funds for their own local projects instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-947194589 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 30px 20px 0px 20px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-947194589 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 50px 0px 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1816602617 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(16, 23, 37);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2029782574\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\" style=\"max-width:1000px\" id=\"row-1883595709\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1915261798\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1>Allegations repeated<\/h1>\n<p>The allegation that money intended for the construction project instead \u201clanded in leaders\u2019 pockets\u201d has been carefully fabricated. Since 2016 it has been spread on many platforms, in both Norway and the Netherlands, as part of the influence operation\u2019s distorted reality.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, while Jonathan van der Linden sat in a Dutch prison, he handwrote a 40-page indictment. In it, he presented an alternative reality about many different people and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>One of the concrete points van der Linden raised in his written indictment was that BCC\u2019s members were deceived, and their money was gone.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-832531594\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-832531594 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1251448824\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1000360373\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-475947974\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"398\" height=\"502\" data-src=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/40sidernotat6.png\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 398px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 398\/502;\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-475947974 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-475947974 {\n    padding-top: 410px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 80%;\">The 40-page indictment describes an alternative reality about BCC and its members.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-919463789\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">From van der Linden&#8217;s notes (our translation from the original Dutch):<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>In recent years, money has been raised worldwide through BCC Financial Ltd. In peak years, the company managed more than \u20ac100 million. Members were deceived and made to believe this was used to finance the enormous construction project at Brunstad.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Original text:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Wereldwijd zamelde men over de afgelopen jaren geld in via BCC Financial Ltd. Deze beheert in de topjaren meer dan \u20ac 100 mln. Aan de leden werd\u00a0wijsgemaakt dat dit werd gebruikt ter financiering van het immense bouwproject op\u00a0Brunstad.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:3.0em;margin-bottom:3.0em;max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n<h1>E-mails used as proof<\/h1>\n<p>All allegations in the operation lead back to the same evidence: thousands of e-mails and documents from van der Linden\u2019s seized laptop, which are between 5 and 10 years old. These e-mails are mentioned in the purchase order of the influence operation, and again in Psy-Group\u2019s 2017 report, designed by Emmanuel Rosen in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1835633521\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1835633521 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1111724378\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2037139079\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-572990385\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"381\" height=\"488\" data-src=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/emails.png\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 381px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 381\/488;\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-1074880585\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y25 md-y25 lg-y25 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n<h3 class=\"uppercase\"><strong>TIL SALGS<\/strong><\/h3>\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-1074880585 .text-box-content {\n  background-color: rgb(199, 36, 73);\n  font-size: 129%;\n  transform: rotate(-2deg);\n}\n#text-box-1074880585 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-572990385 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-572990385 {\n    padding-top: 500px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-599041941\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Since the influence operation against BCC started, these e-mails have also been used for extortion. In addition, material from the same source has proved to have been tampered with in connection with legal proceedings in the Netherlands. The e-mails have been for sale on the black market for \u20ac850,000. The e-mails were also received by the newspapers Dagens N\u00e6ringsliv in Norway and NRC Handelsblad in the Netherlands. After this, the e-mails were a part of \u00d8kokrim\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In this investigation, van der Linden\u2019s 40-page indictment was a key piece of evidence in the first phase of the investigation. \u00d8kokrim spent a lot of time and resources investigating the allegations in this document and related e-mails, collecting huge amounts of bank statements, accounting records, and questioned witnesses.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;The e-mails have been for sale on the black market for \u20ac850,000.&#8221;<\/em><\/h3>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:3.0em;margin-bottom:3.0em;max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-835877067\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-495136699\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-755897542\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/brennpunkt-v3-752x1024.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 752px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 752\/1024;\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-755897542 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n}\n#banner-755897542 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 51% 49%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-755897542 {\n    padding-top: 548px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1459347973\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h1>Four years later: NRK Brennpunkt makes the same allegations<\/h1>\n<p>Several years later, NRK Brennpunkt takes an interest in making a program about BCC. They quickly get in touch with Jonathan van der Linden as a central source. Psy-Group describes him as a main player in the influence operation and Ben van Wijhe as the client.<\/p>\n<p>Dialogue from NRK Brennpunkt\u2019s research phase shows the journalist received help from a group called Ben van Wijhe\u2019s \u201cnetwork\u201d, or his \u201cteam\u201d, to retrieve evidence from the same e-mail account. Oscar Floor is described as part of this team.<\/p>\n<p>This material then forms the basis for the allegations made by NRK Brennpunkt against BCC one and half years after the operation was exposed in American media.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2020, BCC receives the first specific questions from NRK Brennpunkt. The questions contain precisely the statements Jonathan van der Linden has repeated and tried to establish as truth for several years.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h4>NRK writes to BCC and to K\u00e5re J. Smith:<\/h4>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 95%;\"><em>\u00ab\u2026we have documentation showing that all the churches in Norway (except for the one in Oslo\/Follo), in the year after, in June 2015, made agreements with BCC Financial to write off their savings in BCC Financial.\u00bb<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 95%;\"><em>\u00abIn connection with the ongoing case against Jonathan van der Linden, his lawyer says that members of BCC expected the money donated would go to the expansion project at Brunstad, but instead large amounts of the money disappeared \u2018in the pockets\u2019 of church leaders. He bases this on the fact that leaders received loans for millions of euros from BCC Financial which were never repaid. Jonathan van der Linden, for his part, says that no money from BCCF went to the development of Brunstad as long as he was director of BCCF.<\/em><em>\u00bb<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 120%;\">These are very serious allegations that have been proven to be incorrect with documentation, and stem precisely from van der Linden\u2019s and Psy-Group\u2019s alternative reality.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:3.0em;margin-bottom:3.0em;max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n<h1>Documentation provided, but not good enough for NRK<\/h1>\n<p>BCC wants an organized and open process to explain to NRK that it is not using credible documentation about the case, and to give caution against using these sources. BCC therefore immediately contacts NRK\u2019s ethics editor and requests a meeting.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1465732602\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1465732602 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-325104108\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1429035722\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1426601493\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1966\" height=\"1132\" data-src=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Presentasjon-til-NRK.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Presentasjon-til-NRK.png 1966w, https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Presentasjon-til-NRK-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Presentasjon-til-NRK-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Presentasjon-til-NRK-768x442.png 768w, https:\/\/innsikt.bcc.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Presentasjon-til-NRK-1536x884.png 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1966px) 100vw, 1966px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1966px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1966\/1132;\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1426601493 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1592400612\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Despite documentation BCC presents in the meeting, that audited accounts prove BCC Financial repaid all the churches\u2019 loans with interest and the business was liquidated with a profit, NRK Brennpunkt chooses not to trust the documentation from BCC\u2019s chairwoman. Ten days later, NRK Brennpunkt sends e-mails to BCC\u2019s Norwegian churches, requiring them to prove that what BCC chairwoman Berit Hustad Nilsen presented is actually true.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<p>The local church boards have solid documentation of this, and continuously answer the questions asked by NRK Brennpunkt. Many volunteers spend dozens of hours retrieving old documents, so NRK Brennpunkt will see that the churches know where the money is. The various churches also have made their annual account records publicly available on their websites.<\/p>\n<p>Van der Linden and his e-mails are thus given greater credibility than accounting records, documentations and the boards in both BCC and its local church branches. And this despite the fact that van der Linden has acknowledged fraud in the approximate amount of 80 million NOK from the mission foundation he worked for, and he is being named as the central player in the design of the alternative reality intended to end BCC\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:3.0em;margin-bottom:3.0em;max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n<h1>NRK will not withdraw the allegations before publication<\/h1>\n<p>Even though BCC has repeatedly asked, NRK Brennpunkt refuses to withdraw the gross allegations it has conveyed about BCC\u2019s local churches and leaders. The program has not yet been broadcasted, and it is unclear whether NRK Brennpunkt will include the claims in the program itself.<\/p>\n<p>NRK refers to the fact that it is the journalistic result that counts, but for BCC and its members it is extremely serious to allow such claims to remain unresolved. BCC considers NRK as dishonest when it says it is not able to give a clear answer as to whether the allegations are withdrawn, or if it still believes them to be true.<\/p>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:3.0em;margin-bottom:3.0em;max-width:1600px;height:1px;background-color:rgba(97, 97, 97, 0.51);\"><\/div>\n<h1><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\">Visible proof: Here is the money<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Most of the local churches chose to lend all or part of their savings to the ongoing construction project at Oslofjord Convention Center. The total cost is estimated to be approximately 3.6 billion NOK and the project is now in its final phase. It is itself \u00a0a visible evidence of the fact that the enthusiasm from local churches and BCC members have yielded results. 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