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The Rusty Bucket, the Christian music and worship venue in Gray Court, SC that Jerry Sidell founded and operated, and the Brookwood Church staff, members and families who took part.
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Remember that WutBJU reported back in the Before Times (March 2020) about BJU’s cozy relationship with convicted sexual offender, Jerry Sidell. WutBJU got that information from a reader. And we covered all…
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Having spent most of last week in a conference learning more about how to keep children safe from predators and sexual abuse, I was unable to respond to several comments in various…
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In September 2026, telling future Rusty Bucket participants that Jerry Sidell was a registered sex offender suddenly became a “moral obligation.” That raises an obvious question: why wasn’t it a moral obligation…
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The question is not who wrote the checks. The question is who helped create the trust. My family’s first introduction to the Rusty Bucket was in 2024, when Crystal Lowery, now Brookwood…
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The Rusty Bucket is an important part of the Brookwood/Jerry Sidell story that has received very little attention. I’m beginning with the Rusty Bucket because the Brookwood story does not end at…
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PLEASE SHARE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. The Brookwood church situation progresses… Damage control is in play. The internet is getting scrubbed. This cannot be silenced or forgotten until it is addressed. Removing material…
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CHILD PREDATOR in: Greenville, Mauldin, Simpsonville, Gray Court Brookwood Church / The Rusty Bucket Music My wife and I have been involved in fighting sexual exploitation for several years now. Krystal has…
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In 2022, FOX Carolina interviewed Jerry Sidell in connection with Rusty Bucket Day, an event associated with the Rusty Bucket music venue in Gray Court, South Carolina. The footage provides a historical…
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No one in the BJU Grass group is wearing masks. None. South Carolina at this point in March was only 11% fully vaccinated. Steve Pettit has cancer. And the venue? “Is PACKED”?…
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But there’s more. Not only is Bob Jones University flaunting public health guidelines in a barely vaccinated Greenville County in March, 2020. Not only is Bob Jones University playing an “evening recital”…
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WutBJU has a careful reader to thank for this research. The picture on the left is Jerry Sidell from his LinkedIn account. The picture on the right is clearly also Jerry Sidell.…
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PrayBefore.org? What’s that? You can see it here. “It’s all based on awareness!” He’s a “Church Musician” at Brookwood Church, a credo-baptist nondenominational church in Greenville. He used to “own” Faithfuleyes.org, but…
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