What I find curious about Bob's education and employment history, as finally given by himself in court ( see below) is that it turns out he was a Pastor and in ministerial work in the past, and yet never apparently in one place or position for very long. (I never even knew Adventist Churches employed individuals as "Bible instructors" as he says he was. The Churches I attended and was a member of never did)
When Gailon Joy introduced him as a Pastor in the ASI attempts to settle and resolve the issue of Danny and Linda's divorce and remarriage ( an attempt thwarted by Linda herself along with Pickle and Joy -- according to ASI) and many of us read those emails published by Pickle himself, we were surprised because of the way he acted and spoke, and asked him , "Is this true, you're a Pastor?" He would never answer...
In fact I remember more than several of us asking him " Why did Gailon introduce you as a Pastor, are you a Pastor?" " Have you been ordained as a Pastor?" or " Have you ever been employed by the Seventh-Day Adventist conference as a Pastor?" and he not only refused to answer those simple questions, every single time, but he filed complaints about all of our posts with the forum claiming that we were harassing him and invading his privacy, and so our questions were deleted. Some of us ( myself for one) received warnings to not ask him those questions again as that topic was off limits. This occurred on Christian forums, but it was also a problem on Blacksda.
I always thought it weird, ( What's wrong with saying , yes I am a Pastor, or Yes I worked for the conference or was ordained by them as a Pastor, especially when you yourself post and publish the documents introducing yourself as one?") In light of your post above, I think it's weirder than ever...
But I do agree with you saying there is no way of knowing right now what, if anything, is the problem and so we can't say or report anything as a fact, but yes it certainly does raise the flag, and cause questions and concern.
Bob Pickle wrote:
We recall the following:
River Forest Academy (1977-78)
25 Patricia Dr
Covington, LA 70433
Coursework: Typical 9th grade classes.
Certificate: Typical certificate when completing highest grade that school offered.
Bass Memorial Academy (1978-81)
6433 US Highway 11
Lumberton, MS 39455
Coursework: Typical Adventist high school classes, with science, math, and electronics emphasis.
Diploma: High school diploma.
Academy Grounds (1978)
6433 US Highway 11
Lumberton, MS 39455
Supervisor: Luis Monterde
Type of work: Typical grounds work.
Means of termination: Transferred to another work assignment.
Gulf States Metal Products (1978-80?)
US Highway 11
Lumberton, MS 39455
Supervisor: Unknown
Type of work: Manufacturing products from wire and metal tubes.
Means of termination: Transferred to another work assignment.
Academy Nursery (?)
US Highway 11
Lumberton, MS 39455
Supervisor: Unknown.
Type of work: Unknown.
Means of termination: Unknown.
Butler Imports (1980?-81)
US Highway 11
Lumberton, MS 39455
Supervisor: Luis Monterde
Type of work: Manufacturing floral arrangements used in cemeteries.
Means of termination: Graduated.
McDermott, Inc. (1981)
Bank of New Orleans building
New Orleans, LA
Supervisor: Robbie, Packie
Type of work: Operating high speed printers and plotter.
Means of termination: Summer was over or early layoff of summer help.
Southern Missionary College (1981-82)
PO Box 370
Collegedale, TN 37315
Coursework: Typical freshman classes, plus Greek, Issues in Natural Science and Religion, and calculus.
Collegedale Broom Shop (1981-82)
Collegedale, TN 37315
Supervisor: Unknown
Type of work: Manufacturing brooms.
Means of termination: Transferred to another school.
College Cafeteria
PO Box 370
Collegedale, TN 37315
Supervisor: Unknown
Type of work: Washing dishes.
Means of termination: Slowdown at Broom Shop was over.
McDermott, Inc. (1982)
Bank of New Orleans building
New Orleans, LA
Supervisor: Brian
Type of work: Operating microfiche production equipment.
Means of termination: Summer was over or early layoff of summer help.
Weimar College (1982-83)
20601 West Paoli Ln
PO Box 486
Weimar, CA 95736
Coursework: Typical classes for pastoral ministries student.
College Cabinet Shop (1982)
20601 West Paoli Ln
PO Box 486
Weimar, CA 95736
Supervisor: Lester McSherry
Type of work: Making cabinets and such, furnishing blood pressure van.
Means of termination: Transferred to another work assignment.
College Greenhouse (1983)
20601 West Paoli Ln
PO Box 486
Weimar, CA 95736
Supervisor: Unknown
Type of work: Greenhouse work.
Means of termination: Transferred, and cold season over.
College Construction (1983)
20601 West Paoli Ln
PO Box 486
Weimar, CA 95736
Supervisor: Unknown
Type of work: Assisting in remodeling and housing construction.
Means of termination: The school year was over.
Country Life Natural Food Store (1983)
1217 Eberhart Ave
Columbus, GA 31906
Supervisor: Ann Thrash
Type of work: Assisted in restaurant and as clerk.
Means of termination: Took job at Storehouse of Natural Foods.
Storehouse of Natural Foods (1983-85)
Slidell, LA
Title: Assistant Manager
Supervisor: Darlene Pickle
Type of work: Furnishing store; stocking, ordering, clerking, etc.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Auburn, AL.
Uchee Pines Institute (1985)
Seale, AL
Supervisor: Kevin Morgan, Ezra Nash.
Type of work: Bible instructor.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Anniston, AL.
Anniston Seventh-day Adventist Church (1986)
Anniston, AL
Supervisor: Doug Tillstra
Type of work: Bible instructor.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Birmingham, AL.
Larry Cansler (1986-87)
Birmingham, AL
Columbus, GA
Supervisor: Larry Cansler
Type of work: Bible instructor, Revelation Seminar presenter.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Gulf-States Conference.
Gulf States Conference (1987-90)
Montgomery, AL
Title: District Pastor
Supervisor: Jim Greek, Fred Rimer
Type of work: Typical pastoral duties.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Iowa-Missouri Conference.
Iowa-Missouri Conference (1990-97)
Des Moines, IA
Title: District Pastor
Supervisor: Carl Hartman, John Morrison, Dean Coridan
Type of work: Typical pastoral duties, church planter.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Cambodia.
Adventist Southeast Asia Projects (1996-97)
Berrien Springs, MI
Supervisor: Judy Aitken
Type of work: Was to train pastors in Cambodia.
Means of termination: Unable to get visa, unsafe for family due to coup.
Weimar Institute (1997-98)
20601 West Paoli Ln
PO Box 486
Weimar, CA 95736
Title: Professor, Recruiter, Bible teacher
Supervisor: Reinhold Tillstra, John Irvine, Dan, Wally, Marilyn Morgan
Type of work: College professor and recruiter, Academy Bible teacher, large press operation.
Means of termination: Accepted call to Eden Valley Institute.
Eden Valley Institute (1998-2001)
Loveland, CO
Title: Asst. Education Director/Education Director
Supervisor: Mike Wolford, Don Johnson, Wayne Atwood, Connie Roeske (?)
Type of work: Worked with World Missions Course, high school students, and admin., and in print shop.
Means of termination: Decided to leave.
TAGnet (2005)
CA
Supervisor: Gordon Harte
Type of work: Programming, setup of search engine.
Means of termination: Project required White Estate's search engine and database upgrade.
Ellen G. White Estate (2006)
12501 Old Columbia Pike
Silver Spring, MD 20904
Supervisor: Darryl Thompson
Type of work: Computer programming.
Means of termination: Work period ended.
Pickle Publishing (1990-2007)
McCall Creek, MS
Ft Dodge, IA
Elkader, IA
Canal Fulton, OH
Loveland, CO
Halstad, MN
Title: Sole proprietor
Type of work: Publishing, writing, editing, layout, printing, binding, sales, programming, webmastering, fulfillment.