FREEDOM RANCH MAUI INCORPORATED
“A New Way Out”

We are a Faith-Based, 501(c)(3) Non-Profit, Educational and Charitable Organization.

A Christian Ministry, We Teach Biblical Direction to Religious and Community Organizations, Recovery Leaders and Facilitators, those Afflicted and at Risk, and Presently Suffering from Alcoholism, Addiction, Co-Dependency, and other Life-Controlling Problems, such as Homelessness, Abuse, and Imprisonment

THE PROGRAM

A Faith-Based Christian Educational Training Program for those at risk, afflicted with alcoholism, addictions, and other life-controlling problems, including homelessness, abuse, and imprisonment. Our program offers "A New Way Out" for attaining a new life in Christ through reliance on the Creator – YHWH our God. Founded on the principles, practices, and teaching methods of “Akron Group Number One” – the Pioneer AA Christian Fellowship of Akron, Ohio, as led by Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith of Akron, Ohio, and also on the successful practices of the Salvation Army and Christian Endeavor.

THE PROGRAM OF
FREEDOM RANCH MAUI INCORPORATED

• In the words of A.A.'s Founders:

“We already had the basic ideas, though not in terse and tangible form. We got them…as a result of our study of the Good Book.”

- Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith,
Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, 1948
From Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers, 1980, p. 97

“Henrietta [wife of AA Number Three, Bill Dotson, as Bill Wilson addressed her:], the Lord has been so wonderful to me, curing me of this terrible disease, that I just want to keep talking about it and telling people.”

- William Griffith Wilson,
Co-Founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, 1935
From Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, 2001, p. 191

• The situation today was described many years ago:

“We have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God…Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us!”

- Abraham Lincoln, 1863

THE PROGRAM OF
FREEDOM RANCH MAUI INCORPORATED

“Bringing alcoholics and addicts to reliance for cure on the Creator through prayer and study of His Word and becoming a new person in Christ.”

A School for Training Leaders, Teachers, and the Afflicted in Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Bible Principles


MISSION STATEMENT

Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated is a non-profit charitable, religious and educational organization established to bring alcoholics and addicts to reliance on the Creator for cure through prayer and study of His Word and becoming a new person in Christ. By Internal Revenue Service ruling, dated May 9th, 2006, and effective August 5th, 2003, Freedom Ranch has been ruled to have a Public Charity Status under section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi); and is exempt from Federal Income Tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. And as to which contributions are deductible under section 170 of the Code. It is also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers, or gifts under section 2055, 2016, or 2522 of the Code. Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated is founded on the premise that the Christian Fellowship of early Alcoholics Anonymous [aka. “Akron Group Number One”, led by Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith] provided the model and answer to alcoholism and other addictions through its Christian program developed and utilized between 1935 and 1938. The pioneer program was thoroughly and accurately reported to philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. by his associate Frank Amos. The Frank Amos report explicitly stated how “medically incurable” alcoholics had achieved “permanent cures” utilizing this practical program.* The cures and the astonishing success rates of yesteryear are not even remotely paralleled today. Freedom Ranch Maui Mission has been and is: (1) To research, study, report on, publicize, and enable utilization of the exact methods and sources employed by the Akron A.A.’s pioneer program; (2) To demonstrate conclusively to our school and learning audience the potential for outstanding efficacy today through a simple and practical utilization of the early principles; and (3) Through school classes; online education, radio and TV and and analog presentations.; as well as lectures, retreats, seminars, and conference addresses, to educate and train leaders, teachers, and the afflicted themselves about the early A.A. program of recovery, rehabilitation, and Bible principles.

* The Frank Amos description of the program of “Akron Group Number One” has been more fully reported by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. in the book Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers, 1980, pp. 130-136, to which readers are referred for details.

Freedom Ranch Maui Offers
“A New Way Out” Right Now

HISTORY IS OUR SUBJECT

The history of the early A.A. Christian Fellowship, its Bible focus,
and the compelling success factors from its historical sources

YOUR BUILDING ON THIS HISTORY IS OUR TARGET

Put a segment in your library, program, center, group, and your life.

Here are the specifics we offer

• Seventeen years of solid research, documenting early recovery programs and successes: Christian Endeavor, the Salvation Army, the Rescue Missions, the YMCA, and the Akron AA Christian Fellowship. We’ve got the histories.
   

• All embraced similar ingredients: Abstinence, Reliance on the Creator, Obedience to His will, accepting Christ, Resisting temptation, Increasing fellowship through Bible study, prayer, God’s guidance, and reading. And topping it off with unselfish, unpaid, compassionate love and service.
   

• Some A.A. parent sources were huge: 3,500,000 in worldwide Christian Endeavor; many millions assisted by the Salvation Army, hundreds of thousands by the Rescue Missions, and a 41,000,000 YMCA membership today. The children of our Heavenly Father who really tried in these agencies were delivered from the power of darkness because their early leaders uniformly studied God’s Word, promoted salvation, prayed to Him for help, and witnessed to others the freedom from fear, guilt, shame, alcoholism, addictions, homelessness, and criminal behavior His love, strength, and care provided.
   

• Several related websites tell the facts free— http://www.dickb.com/index.shtml;

  http://www.dickb-blog.com; http://recoverylife.com; http://aa-history.com;

  http://freedomranchmaui.org; http://www.archivesinternational.org.

• We’ve posted 160 articles—60 audio talks—two radio programs—links—all free. Free so you can see for yourself accurate discussions of historical facts.

• For those who want a more solid foundation—working as sponsors, group leaders, speakers, counselors, therapists, teachers, and facilitators—we recommend Dick B.’s reference set of 25 titles covering every aspect of history; you may obtain the reference set at a large discount; we recommend group and individual acquisitions of individual books at a discount—31 titles in all; and we now have two new guidebooks enabling you to use the history materials in a chapter, a segment, as an add-on, or as a supplement. These two spanking new workbooks are The Good Book-Big Book Guidebook and A New Way Out. Order them both for openers so you will see how to grow individually or as a group, and how to offer more to all. We’ll help you in every possible way to get started and know your facts!

• Order books as a set, in bulk, at discount from http://aa-history.com/bookstore; email terrydunford@yahoo.com; or your letter or inquiry to Terry Dunford, 2000 Paulele Place, Kihei, HI 96753

The New Freedom Ranch Maui Ranch Site At Olinda, Maui

Freedom Ranch now has leased a ranch-site – in accordance with its original plans for having an actual ranch on Maui where training could be done in the atmosphere and beauty of the Maui Upcountry. Actual use of the site is still in the planning stage. The dream is that it will be utilized to film classes, conduct classes, and hold seminars and retreats consistent with our training purposes. The new lease became effective March 1, 2007. Thanks to a generous benefactor, the rent is $1.00, with the cost of any future utilities to be negotiated at the time actual use commences. The location of the ranch is at 16 Alanuana Road, Makawao, Hawaii.

Three New Audio Training Capabilities Now Online – Free

A) Amazon.com’s The Best Recovery Books quotes author Frank D.: "'Dick B. is probably the most knowledgeable A.A. historian.' The late seminary professor, psychotherapist, family counselor, and author, The Rev. Howard J. Clinebell, Ph.D. (Professor Emeritus, School of Theology, Claremont) wrote of Dick B. books: “Carefully researched volumes by the leading historian of A.A.”

B) Dick's Blog site: Click Here

C) Dick's Radio Talks: Click Here

D) Dick's New Podcasts: Click Here

E) Coming Soon: Our Video/Audio Presentations

The Introduction to the Sources and
Founding of Alcoholics Anonymous

Our Websites Yesterday and Today

Our earlier focus was adopting a mission statement, founding an actual recovery ranch program called Freedom Ranch Maui, and conducting a survey for teaching purposes of comparative success rates among born again Christians as contrasted to programs not so focused.  The idea of starting with an actual ranch with resident students has given place to a much broader vision. Hence our program is now fully presented on:

This new site (http://freedomranchmaui.org),

We decided to focus directly on curing the terrible curse of alcoholism and addiction exactly where it lies—with the new people just entering recovery or treatment or 12 Step groups.

This new site is directed at telling you how to bring to the still suffering alcoholic or addict the priceless cures in the Alcoholics Anonymous Christian Fellowship program developed in Akron between 1935 and 1938.

This will be done primarily through online teaching and education that will be available to teachers, facilitators, counselors, clergy, medical practitioners, and most assuredly the newly afflicted alcoholics and addicts and their families who seek direct help through the ever-expanding Internet Super Highway. In addition, this will be done through media outreach on radio, television, press, CD’s, and instructional films.  Later, we hope, some of our work will be done through core classes on the island of Maui, which will train and certify qualified students, who want to revive the successes achieved through reliance on Yahweh our Creator and the Lord Jesus Christ.

THE PROGRAM OF
FREEDOM RANCH MAUI INCORPORATED

WHO WE ARE

Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated is a non-profit 501[c][3] charitable, religious and educational corporation, duly organized and incorporated in, and in accordance with, the non-profit corporation laws of Hawaii, USA on August 8, 2003.

1.  Its principal office, headquarters, and school are located at:

2695 South Kihei Road
Unit 10-115
Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753 USA

2. Its officers and directors are:

Terry L. Dunford II – Hawaii Resident, President, Director
Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D. – Pennsylvania – Vice President, Director

Charles P. Mau, MRE – California - Secretary-Treasurer, Director

3.  Its corporate file number in Hawaii is 20514202
     Its Hawaii GE number is 20131261
     Its FEIN number is 73-1676072

4.  Its mailing address is:

Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated
P.O. 837
Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753-0837 USA

5.  Qualifications of principal program leaders:
 

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Richard Gordon Burns, J.D.
Executive Director
(Principal Freedom Ranch Program Director and Teacher)

Personal:

Residence: P.O. Box 837, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii 96753-0837
Phone/fax: 808 874 4876
Email: dickb@dickb.com
URL: http://www.dickb.com/index.shtml

Education:

A.A. (with Honorable Mention) U.C. Berkeley, Economics - 1948
A.B. Leland Stanford Junior University, Major: Law - 1949
J. D. Leland Stanford Junior University, Law – 1951

Career:

Sergeant, U.S. Army 1943-1946, Information/Education Specialist
Attorney, Clausen & Burns, San Francisco, 1951-1961
Solo Practitioner, Corte Madera, CA, 1961-1986
Advisor to God’s Way Ministry, Inc., a Christian Church, Hawaii, 1998 -
Author/Publisher, 1990 –

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa, Junior Year, Univ. of Calif. Berkeley;
President of Inter-Fraternity Scholastic Honor Society, U.C. Berkeley
Case Editor, Stanford Law Review
Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in
The West, Who’s Who in Law, Who’s Who in Finance
Gale’s Contemporary Authors

Lecturer:

125th Anniversary of Christian Endeavor International, 2006; Archives International, 2000 (Minneapolis, Minnesota); Nationwide A.A. History Conferences in Delaware and Arizona; Tampa Bay Clean and Sober Conference; Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation; Youth With A Mission (Hawaii), The Wilson House (Vermont); Conventions of Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcoholics Victorious, Shepherding the Shepherds; Hope Chapel, Oahu; Overcomers Outreach, Inc.; The N.E.T. Ministries; and numerous spiritual retreats for alcoholics and their families in Florida (1), Wisconsin (2), California (4), and Hawaii (1)

Publications:

27 published titles on the History of Alcoholics Anonymous, Its
Spiritual Roots, and Its Early Successes
Listed in Books in Print and http://www.dickb.com/.titles.shtml
160 published articles on this subject: http://www.dickb.com/articles.shtml

Membership:

American Historical Assn., Organization of American Historians, Alcohol and Drugs History Group, Association for Medical and Education Research in Substance Abuse, International Substance Abuse and Addiction Coalition, Christian Assn for Psychological Studies, Research Society on Alcoholism, Coalition of Prison Evangelists, Stanford Alumni Assn., Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Delta Phi.

Religious, Civic, and Community Activities:

President: Mill Valley Community Church; Redwoods Retirement Ctr.; Corte Madera Chamber of Commerce, Corte Madera Center Merchants Council, Almonte Improvement Club; Vice President and Secretary, Lions Club of Corte Madera; Director of Almonte District Sanitary Board; Member, Maui Writers Guild; Advisor to God’s Way Ministry, Inc., a Christian Church.

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Rev. Ken Burns, M.A.

(Teacher of Biblical Matters,  Freedom Ranch Program)

Personal:

Married
URL: http://godsway.org/

Education:

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Rhetoric
San Francisco State University, M.A., Speech Communication

Career:

Major Account Sales, personal computer diagnostics companies
Director of Marketing and Research, Ethanol Research Hawaii, LLC
Lecturer, Fundamentals of Oral Communication, San Francisco State University
Bible student and Bible fellowship teacher since 1972
President, Good Book Publishing Company
Minister, God’s Way Ministry, Inc., A Christian Church

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Charles P. Mau, M.R.E.

(Secretary-Treasurer, Director)

Personal:

Married

Residence: Manhattan Beach, California

Education:

University of California at Los Angeles – B.S.                             

Fuller Theological Seminary – M.R.E. (Master Religious Education)

Career:

Veteran, United States Army

Educator – Public Schools

President, Wyoming Pacific Oil Company

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Terry Lane Dunford II

(President, Communications Director, Recovery Instructor)

(Certified Facilitator - Addiction, Anger Management, Domestic Violence, Education Classes; Principal Teacher at Freedom Ranch Maui of Recovery and Rehabilitation Matters; Director for Freedom Ranch of Online Communications)

Personal:

Residence: Kihei, Maui, HI
Phone: (808) 250-2524 – (808) 891-0675
Email: terry@aa-history.com
URLs: AA-History (http://aa-history.com); Recovery Life (http://recoverylife.com); Freedom Ranch Maui (http://freedomranchmaui.org)

Education:

Bakersfield College, A.A. in Liberal Arts/Science
California State University, Bakersfield May 2005-
Institutional Honors, Cum Laude

Certified Facilitator: Life Development Skills, UC Santa Barbara

Career:

Air Conditioning Technician, Lane Air Conditioning
U.S. Navy; Advanced Fire-fighter/Crash and Rescue;
Web Engineer, American Creations Website Design

• WEB ENGINEERING

• HTML PROGRAMMING

• PHP, ASP, XML, AND CSS PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

• JAVASCRIPT

• MYSQL DATABASES

• SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

• META TAGS

• WEBSITE SUBMISSION

• INTERNET MARKETING

• E-COMMERCE

• TECHNICAL WRITING

• INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

• MS OFFICE

• COMPUTER SPECIALIST

• COMPUTER REPAIR

• SYSTEM RECOVERY

• INTERNET SECURITY

• GRAPHIC DESIGN – PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, IMAGE READY, FLASH

• GRAPHIC OPTIMIZATION

• INTERNET PUBLISHING

• PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D.
(Vice-President, Director, Chemical Dependency & Counseling Teacher)

Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D.

Dr. Plavan is a professional educator and counselor. She served on the Graduate Faculty at Penn State University teaching courses in addiction in the Counselor Education Department. She has directed many projects in the field of addiction for a variety of social service organizations and is active in the international community. Currently, she serves as Vice President of the Allegheny County Alcohol and Drug Planning Council in Pittsburgh where she resides. Dr. Plavan is in charge of all GOAL counseling and training.  She travels widely in the United States and abroad.

Email: karenplavan@gmail.com

FREEDOM RANCH MAUI INCORPORATED

COMPLETE LIST OF OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, VOLUNTEERS, COALITION CONTACTS

Terry L. Dunford, 2000 Paulele Place, Kihei, HI 96753 – President and Director

Karen A. Plavan, Ph.D., 143 Hawthorne Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15209 - Vice President and Director

Charles P. Mau, M.R.E., PO Box 3757, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266-1757 - Secretary-Treasurer and Director
 

STAFF

Richard G. Burns, PO Box 837, Kihei, HI 96753-0837 – Executive Director and Program Director

Rev. Ken C. Burns, M.A., 2000 Paulele Place, Kihei, HI 96753 – Faith-based consultant
 

COALITION VOLUNTEERS

Pastor Ed Gazmen, PO Box 1555, Wailuku, HI 96793 Homeless Outreach Program Manager; MCCC Prison Ministry

Capt. Daniel J. Cretton, PO 562, Haiku, HI 96708 Maui Prison Visitation and Programs

Scott Craven, 1338 Kiheei St., Honolulu, HI 96822 Leader, Men’s Step Study Group, Oahu

Patience Boersma, 45-532 Waikalua Place, Kaneohe, HI Coordinator, Homeless, Addiction Faith 0utreach
96744 Windward Side, Oahu
 

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COALITION CONTACTS

Timothy Eldred, Executive Director, ALLFORONE, The Youth Ministry Movement, a Ministry of Christian Endeavor International, PO Box 377, 424 East Main St., Edmore, MI 48829

Brad Abare, President, Christian Endeavor International, 1910 W. Sunset Blvd., Suite 870, PO Box 26747, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Ronald W. Nikkel, President/CEO, Prison Fellowship International, PO Box 17434, Washington, DC 20041

Bishop Frank Constantino (just deceased), Coalition of Prison Evangelists (COPE) and Bridges of America, 2055 Mercy Drive, Orlando, FL 32808-5613

Paul Fleischmann, President, National Network of Youth Ministries, 12335 World Trade Drive, Suite 16, San Diego, CA 92128

Harry Wilson, Asst. Commissioner, Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Youth Services Bureau, 1250 Maryland Ave., SW, Suite 8101, Washington, D.C. 20024

Senator Daniel K. Akaka, Ranking Member, Committee on Veterans Affairs, 143 Hart Senate Building, Washington, D.C. 20510

Lt. Governor James R. Aiona, Jr. Office of the Lt. Governor, State Capitol, PO Box 3226, Honolulu, HI 96801

THE PROGRAM OF
FREEDOM RANCH MAUI INCORPORATED

OUR PROGRAM

Program Sources:

• History of early Alcoholics Anonymous

• Teaching materials of Karen Plavan, PhD, Professor, Penn State McKeesport, in Chemical Dependency and Counseling

• Coalition of Prison Evangelists, Prison Directory

• A Twelve Step Guide for those who want to Believe by Three Clarence Snyder Sponsee Old-Timers and their Wives

• Publications of Dick B. on History and Roots of A.A.

• History Publications of Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.

• The Good Book-Big Book Guidebook

• Holy Bible

Library Sources:

• The Griffith Library, Wilson House, East Dorset, Vermont USA

• St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio USA

• Calvary Episcopal Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Good Book Publishing Company, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii USA

Publications of:

Paradise Research Publications, Inc; Golden Text Publishing Company; Baker Book House; The Bishop of Books; Glen Abbey Books; Hazelden Publishing; Came to Believe Publications

• 27 titles by Dick B.

• 1 Title by Clarence Synder Sponsees

• 160 published articles

Public Addresses by officers at:

• Archives 2000 International Alcoholics Anonymous conference, Minnesota

• Nationwide Alcoholics Anonymous History Conferences, Phoenix, Delaware

• Alcoholics Anonymous History conferences and seminars open to the public at Mill Valley, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Minneapolis; Covington, Kentucky; Tampa, Florida

• ISAAC, Indian River, Florida

• N.E.T. Ministries, Okeechobee, Florida

• Alcoholics Victorious, New Jersey

• Lutheran Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

• YWAM (Youth With a Mission), Hawaii

• Overcomers,: Florida, Minnesota

• Overcomers Outreach, Inc., California

• Research Society on Alcoholism Pre-Conference Workshop, Vancouver, BC

• Shepherding the Shepherds, Costa Mesa, California

• Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Gate Lodge Opening in Akron.

• Various Retreats conducted in California, Florida, New York, Hawaii, and Wisconsin

• CLEAR (Coalition for Leadership, Education and Advocacy for Recovery)

• Wilson House Heritage Seminars, East Dorset, Vermont – 9 seminars.

• Christian Endeavor International.

Bibliography Database:

• Reference: Making Known the Biblical Roots of Early AA, by Dick B.

• Catalogued Titles at Griffith Library, East Dorset, VT

Multi-Media Dissemination:

Websites:

http://www.dickb.com/index.shtml
http://www.dickb-blog.com
http://freedomranchmaui.org
http://aa-history.com

Television:

• Cornerstone Television (Christian Television Series)

• Hawaii Community Television (all islands) – 30 one-hour broadcasted program presentations

Radio Talks:

• Radio talk shows, news interviews, specials [Christian and secular]

News Media:

• Interviews

• Press releases

• Journal articles

• Columns

Audio/Video Talks:

• Over 60 Dick B. Audio Talks

• Over 15 Maui Community Television Presentations

• Seminar Tapes by Glenn K. Audio Tapes and Smile God Loves You Tapes

Research:

• Open Ended

Intern Training:

• Maui Community Television Network

• Websites mentioned above

• Class and individual instruction at headquarters in Maui

Prospective Collaborative Partnerships:

• Cornerstone Television Network, Pennsylvania

• Jean LaCour, Ph.D, Dean, Net Training Institute, Orlando, Florida

• Karen Plavan, Ph.D, Vice President, GOAL Project, Pittsburgh

Membership:

• AHA (American Historical Association)

• ATHG (Alcohol and Drugs History Society

• COPE (Coalition of Prison Evangelists)

• CAPS (Christian Association for Psychological Studies)

• AMERSA (Association for Medical Education & Research in Substance Abuse)

• RSA (Research Society on Alcoholism)

• ISAAC (International Substance Abuse and Addiction Coalition)

• AKAKU (Community Television Network of Hawaii)

• N.E.T. Ministries

• AHHAP (Assn of Halfway House Alcoholism Programs of North America, Inc.)

Previously Proposed Spirituality Survey Project:

• See the Callahan-Knipe Research Institute materials immediately following

Non Discriminatory Policy

The Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated online school and special classes admit students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.  It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

Freedom Ranch Maui – A Vision Whose Time Has Arrived!