OK, now I really fail to get it...if he is a mortgage banker since 2001, was he being a mortgage banker while he was at Bethel (or the Farm)?
OR - Do we take this to mean he left the Farm back in 2001, ran a mortgage banking business since then, and just got DFd a "couple of weeks ago"?
One other little point - unless this was an incredibly dumb oversight on their part, I have trouble believing that any committee would send somebody just a blank sheet of paper in a certified letter about a committee meeting. What would that accomplish? After all, these people are about as legalistic as the SCOTUS.
Also, was this supposed to be a Bethel committee? Why Bethel - did he leave Bethel in 2001 and never associate with any local congregation?
Many questions seem to come up over this story.