"Jason Gastrich" <usenetspam1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:zleXd.43002$xX3.28205@twister.socal.rr.com...
<a bunch of nonsense designed to drive up traffic to his website>
I see you're still promoting your, <ahem>, 'honorary' doctorate on your
web site (http://tinyurl.com/4d78b, http://tinyurl.com/53fz2)
For those not familiar with "Dr." Jason Gastrich, here is a little
information. See also http://tinyurl.com/65olj.
Jason used to post as "Dr. Jason Gastrich" on USENET (see
http://tinyurl.com/3qm6z for one randomly selected example). He was
called out on it and finally dropped the title. It turns out that his
Doctorate was "honorary" (see http://tinyurl.com/6luoq for a thread
where he first introduced himself to A.T.C. and his ThD was challenged).
Jason is the founder and president of the "Online Christ Centered
Ministries" web site (http://www.occm.org). In his words, this site is
"a professional, membership association for individuals and ministries
proclaiming the true gospel of Jesus Christ".
Jason was awarded his honorary doctorate from the Shepherd Bible College
in Largo Florida (http://www.sbcollege.net). At one time, OCCM was
listed by Shepherd Bible College as an accrediting organization.
However, it this has been corrected on the accreditations page
(http://www.sbcollege.net/Accreditation.htm) to reflect that OCCM is
strictly a professional association only, not an accrediting
organization.
Shepherd College's only remaining claim to accreditaion is from the WWAC
(Worldwide Accreditation Commission of Christian Educational
Institutions (WWAC), overseen by Dr. Paul Richardson). Please note that
this page states plainly that the WWAC is not recognized by the U.S.
Department of Education (nor by any other credible source from what I
can tell). The website for WWAC is http://fgcfi.tripod.com/wwac.htm.
So in a nutshell, Jason promotes himself on his website has a "Dr.".
However, he fails to mention that his doctorate is honorary and was
awarded from a bible college that at one time was accredited by an
organization he founded. Further, this college now only claims to be
accredited by an accrediting organization that is not recognized by any
credible organization. Or in other words, his title of "Dr." is a sham.
Ralf
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