Finis Dake and His Federal Conviction
ByFinis Dake and His Six Month Sentence to Federal Prison
Finis Dake (author of the Dake Study Bible) was sentenced to six months in prison after taking an underage girl to three different motels on a trip across state lines. Dake called her his "wife" at each motel they checked into. He was found guilty of violating the Mann Act. Dake blamed his "error" on the devil and complained that the local authorities were against him. Dake did not apologize to the girl or accept full responsibility for his actions.
Finis Dake wrote the old testament commentary notes prior to his trying to take advantage of this minor, and wrote the new testament notes while in prison (suffering "like Job"). The Dake family often try to say that those who believe the Dake Bible is unbiblical are taking Dake out of context. It is the aim of this web site to provide proof from Dake’s own writings and history to back up our statements. Below are some copies of actual newspaper articles from his trial. Just click on the thumbnails for larger pics. The .pdf contains all of the pics.
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Complete .pdf of all Dake News and Trial Documents (9 MB)
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Important: If you have problems reading the text in the medium or large images, move your mouse over the medium or large images and if a (+) sign appears, click on the image and your web browser will enlarge the image to its full size.
(Most browsers will resize pictures to force them to fit within the browser window. This can make the text in the old newspaper articles hard to read.)
4 Comments
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I have nothing but respect for the man.After reading all i can on the subject,i can honestly say…there was no justice serve in his time.I sometimes pick-up questionnable persons and offer them rides when the weather or cold is nipping at them.I can see how easily that can happen to anybody.God’s the judge and he will vindicate him.He who has ears…hear.May God richly bless your Ministries and may you prosper.One day we will all see him face to face and it will all be forgotten.
May 19th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Hi Jack:
Thanks for posting. I am assuming from reading your post that you possibly read the ‘account’ of what happened with the hitchhiker in Leon Bible’s Biography of Dake. Mr. Bible left out some important details which I have posted below. :
Any Pastor (or Chrisitan) that engages in sexual immorality causes damage to the cause of Christ. Dake had “petting parties” with 16 year old Emma Barcelli and was sentenced to a 6 month prison term. Dake was found to have stayed at motels in Waukegan, Bloomington, and East St. Louis with her. Each time he registered at “C. Anderson and Wife.” Dake did not just drive a few miles across the state line as Leon Bible seems to insinuate, but drove at least 360 miles total. After this incident with this underage teen, Dake failed to repent and continued both at the time and for many years to blame his indiscretion on the ‘Devil.’ For Dake, the Devil really did ‘make him do it.’ Emma Barcelli was ‘sentenced’ to the Wisconsin Industrial School for Girls till she turned 18 (almost triple the 6 months to which Dake was sentenced). While all Christians have and will commit sin, it is disturbing that Dake did not repent and accept responsibility for his actions.
Jack you said: “I sometimes pick-up questionable persons and offer them rides when the weather or cold is nipping at them.” I assume that your picking up (underage teens) strangers does not also involve taking them to multiple motels for ‘petting parties’? Most have not read the details of what he really pleaded guilty to (here on this site I have copies of the actual newspaper articles you can read if you desire).
On a side note, there was much that I found enjoyable about other aspects of Dakes life while reading his biography. He seemed to be very sincere. I believe though that he was sincerely wrong in many of his cultic beliefs and teachings.
May 26th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Brother Admin, what proof do you have that Rev. Dake never repented? Is there some sort of document that you can use to prove he never repented?? Did he tell you personally he never repented or did one of his family members tell you this?
June 11th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Hi Mike:
My ‘proof’ that Dake never repented is based upon:
1. Dake never accepted responsibility for his actions (you can see for example the written proof in the news paper articles). Dake continued to insist it was the Devils fault (The devil made me do it…) and that he never did anything wrong (never mind the fact that he plead guilty to the charges). There are numerous newspaper articles available that give direct quotes from him.
2. If Dake had repented (or even admitted ANY guilt) I believe it would have been mentioned in his autobiography. The biography published by his family many, many years later (even after his death) continues to assert that he did nothing wrong (hence no reason to repent).
I would like to add a couple of things:
First his ‘official’ biography (published by the Dake family) is very biased in leaving out important details regarding this event.
Second, Dake plead guilty to the Mann Act: which means he plead guilty to “the interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”. The Mann Act was also called the “White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910.”
Mike: tell me the truth … if you were innocent of a crime, would you have plead guilty? The government had the proof that Finis Dake had stayed at three different motel rooms with this girl. I have no reason to believe that Dake and Emma were having Bible Study in the motel rooms! It was not a ‘short trip’ as his biography would seem to indicate, but was several hundred miles. Dake was not the first pastor (nor will he likely be the last pastor) to commit sexual sin and adultery, but his refusal to confess that he had sinned is devastating.
Questions for you:
1. Is it ok for a man (or woman) to commit adultery?
2. Is it ok for a man twice the age of a teenage girl to have sex with her? (i.e. rape of a minor)
3. Finally, if that person never repents, are they a true Christian?
We all make mistakes and need to ask God for forgiveness. I know I’m not perfect (just ask my wife!)! As Christians though we MUST ask God for forgiveness ans accept responsibility for our actions. We cannot grow as Christians if we only blame others for our sinful actions.
I would have respected Dake much more if he had only accepted responsibility for his sexual sin instead of blaming it all on the “Devil.”