I imagine Kubic is NOT happy about being called a liar! Remember UCG is now controlled by the worlds most converted men since they kicked out all the reprobates.
From: Kambani Banda [mailto:kbanda@zamnet.zm]
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 5:41 PM
To: ‘vic@kubik.org‘ ; ‘bev@kubik.org‘
Subject: Your false Allegations
Dear Mr. Kubik:
It is disappointing that I am being
drawn away from necessary preparation for the Day of Atonement and the
Feast of Tabernacles to respond to the public message which you have
disseminated on the Internet and among God’s people. Based on the level
of upset and division you are causing within the Body of Christ, you
leave me with little choice but to personally respond to your false
claims and set the record straight. This is an open letter, and it may
be shared with others. While I would normally try to avoid a public
response to false allegations such as these, it is necessary to give an answer to your outrageous charges.
Let me note at the outset, it is with
much regret that I write this letter; however, after the many months of
your concerted efforts to drag me through the courts of this world,
along with the actions of two of your ministers (one local, and one from
the United States) in August, I feel that I must now address the
postings and public “prayer requests” that you have spread abroad
accusing myself and other members here in Zambia of theft.
Such accusations are patently false,
yet you have never once tried to discuss the matter (or complaints)
about such with me or the other members you have slandered (as the
Scripture would require of you). Rather, you have pursued spreading
false accusations, and total mis-information about the alleged
“rustling” of cattle in Zambia .
Your public statement, which has been
questionably dubbed a “prayer request,” has the effect of making me and
unspecified members of my congregations appear to be criminals without
conscience. This is slander, and you have violated the ninth commandment
(Exodus 20:16) by disseminating this false testimony against your
brethren. I implore you to retract your false accusations and issue a
public apology for the benefit of those whose reputations have been
damaged by your actions. You are also doing a great disservice to your
own members by manipulating their emotions with these false statements
on the eve of the Feast of Tabernacles
To be clear, nobody in my
congregations has stolen any cattle. Not from your fellowship, not from
anybody. We have not taken a single animal from your members. Such an
action would be a crime, and more importantly, this would be a sin
before God.
If you truly believe this has
happened, then you believe that crimes have happened. Cattle rustling is
a serious offence in Zambia , an offence for which one can be
imprisoned. Since you have already shown yourself more than willing to
resort to the legal process by filing lawsuits against a brother, why
aren’t you willing to go to the police with these allegations? Why
haven’t your informants in Zambia taken this story to law enforcement?
Let the truth come out, and I
challenge you to back up these allegations with strict proof if you are
serious. You know Haben and Winter to be faithful members of the church;
however, you should understand, that if these men are falsely
imprisoned as a result of fabricated and slanderous accusations, there
will be a price for you or others to pay based under Zambian law.
While you are personally aware of how
the Church of God has operated in Zambia in recent memory, due to your
Internet propaganda, perhaps a few reminders are in order. First, the
Church of God in Zambia runs a nongovernmental organization, and the
nongovernmental organization shepherds assets for the benefit of the
brethren. Among the organization’s assets are a few head of oxen. The
organization is responsible for caring for these oxen and ensuring that
our church brethren get equitable access to the animals. No single
individual owns the animals in question; your allegation to the contrary
is a false statement. These animals are a community resource, and
brethren are allowed to use them on a rotational basis for a limited
period of time. While one or more people may have suddenly claimed a
baseless personal property interest in some of the oxen, you should know
better.
As you might recall, under the
policies of our NGO entity in Zambia , two heifers per family are
initially given as a loan to members of our organization, and
eventually, these animals may or may not become personal property. You
should recall that the heifers become personal property only when a member family repays their loan,
and loan repayment is in the form of one calf per heifer. Since each
family is given two heifers, each family must then “pay back” two
calves. However, unless that condition is satisfied, the loaned animals
must be returned.
The facts in this matter make one
wonder how you came up with the specific allegation that our members
“rustled” seven animals. This is a complete fabrication.
On the other hand, our organization
did recently receive back one overdue ox from an individual who appears
to be associated with your church and who has been openly hostile our
fellowship. This individual was legally bound to return the animal
loaned to him when the loan period expired. There was no mistake about
this. With this in mind, we had a responsibility to ask for the return
of the ox in an orderly manner, so that it could be loaned to another
family. The individual in question was given notice of our desire to
have the animal returned. While we sensed that the individual was not
happy about being required to return our brethren’s property, this did
not deter us from seeking to act in the best interest of the brethren,
and according to well-established rules regarding the ox pool’s
permitted uses.
Fortunately, two responsible
representatives of the local NGO visited this individual and cooperated
with him in effecting an orderly, consensual, and peaceful transfer of
the asset. No objections were raised, and he seemed to understand why it
was that the organization property had to be returned. Contrary to the
false statements in your postings and “prayer requests” being
circulated, no force was used; no “rustling” occurred; no “thieving”
occurred; no hostility ensued; and nothing sensational happened. The
only thing wrong with this scenario was that our organization did not
receive back its property sooner than it did. On the other hand,
forceful or violent confiscation of the animal would have been a sin and
likely a crime, even under these circumstances. As a pastor, I would
not condone that within my congregations. I have investigated the
situation and have interviewed the witnesses. I am more than satisfied
that nothing improper occurred here. In sum, this individual has no
moral or legal claim to the ox.
Mr. Kubik, you are probably aware of
other provocative and ugly acts committed against us by persons
associated with your fellowship in recent months, and you may have noted
that we have done our best to turn the other cheek each time, and to
not publically address them. In August, a visiting minister (of UCG-AIA)
from the United States threw a rock at the door of the home of one of
our members residing at the church farm as a caretaker, breaking it in
the process. Further, one of your ministers broke into the church
property by chiseling the locks thereon and taking with him an energizer used to power the fence.
While we had hoped that you would
eventually leave us alone and peacefully separate from us, you don’t
seem intent on doing so. In the name of Jesus Christ, I ask you to stop
all forms of harassment and slander against our organization and against
our brethren. Please leave us in peace. Recently the courts ruled that
you, Victor Kubik, have no sufficient legal interest to mount the claim
you were purporting to make. As you well know, you were struck out of
the legal proceedings you initiated against me in my personal capacity.
Yet it seems that you do not recognize the court’s ruling, even though
if you were in Zambia, you could well be cited for contempt of court for
your public misrepresentation of judicial proceedings (I refer in
particular to your internet post on August 19 entitled “Breakthrough on
the Verino Property”) in which you categorically stated that the Court
had ruled in your favor!
While we believe your recent public
efforts to falsely accuse individuals of criminal behavior is slander,
and actionable in a court of law, we do not believe the Scriptures allow
us to sue a brother in the secular courts. Settling your abuse and our
differences aside for a moment, we still consider you a brother and we
respectfully ask you to start behaving towards us as a brother.
While you may not be happy that I
chose to dis-associate myself and our relationship from United Church of
God, AIA, this is no reason to take a brother to the courts of this
world, to refuse to meet with him (myself) privately, to publically
misrepresent the outcome of judicial proceedings , and now to publically
spread totally false accusations, while preying on the sympathy of
uninformed Church members around the world, beseeching them to “pray to
protect the Zambian brethren” from evils of cattle rustlers, as if
someone’s person or livelihood are in jeopardy. And then as if that is
not enough, to cite these “thieves” as members of our current Church
fellowship.
On behalf of our brethren in Zambia , I
beg you: refrain from any further slander or harassment. And also,
please leave my brethren in the Church of God , a Worldwide Association
out of this by holding back on any further innuendos regarding their
leadership’s alleged involvement in this controversy (they have not been
involved in this incident or in the recent litigation that you
commenced, as these are local matters). I challenge you to critically
examine yourself regarding your recent actions. I hope you are able to
do this and keep God’s Feasts with a clear conscience.
Kambani Banda
