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Related: About this forumThousands of DFW churchgoers affected by string of resignations, scandals
Author: Matt Houston (WFAA)
Published: 6:54 PM CDT July 29, 2024
Updated: 6:54 PM CDT July 29, 2024
TARRANT COUNTY, Texas At least five North Texas churches are looking for new pastors after a string of sudden resignations, firings, and arrests.
The shakeups, which all occurred in a 42-day span, have stunned thousands of churchgoers and elders. In at least three cases, church leaders addressed the changes in heavy sermons.
Some messages featured tearful apologies or pleas for patience and grace.
"I think we're just publicly seeing the tip of the iceberg," blogger Amy Smith told WFAA. "What that tells you is that it's systemic."
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Robert Morris child sex abuse allegations
Youth pastor Luke Cunningham charged with sexual assault of child
Ronald Goines of Koinonia Church charged with sexual assault
Tony Cammarota of Stonebriar Community Church let go for 'moral failure'
Tony Evans resigns over unnamed 'sin
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Jirel
(2,259 posts)Let the scum go down hard.
chicoescuela
(1,566 posts)Groomers
Ocelot II
(120,813 posts)spooky3
(36,193 posts)Gore1FL
(21,883 posts)I bet there are a lot of issues with 'moral failure' and 'sin abounding nationwide in this industry.
spooky3
(36,193 posts)In the newsletter. There is never a shortage of them, sadly. They also track embezzlement, etc.
Girard442
(6,401 posts)Yeah. Sure.
LiberalFighter
(53,465 posts)If so should followers continue in that religion?
Girard442
(6,401 posts)If your minister has been involved in criminal sexual behavior for a long time, chance are that several people in the church knew about it and kept their mouths shut.
Journeyman
(15,143 posts)because such "transgressions" have been happening regularly throughout my life (and well before, as well -- you just have to be open to reading accurate history).
SARose
(830 posts)I have been to several non denominational or evangelical churches in the last 10 years or so.
I discovered I dont need
1) Praise dancers - teens and women strutting their stuff during worship
2) Christian rock music - WTF?
3) Assignment to one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel - double WTF
4) Church as a family - whos your daddy?
5) Hymn lyrics projected on a screen.
Nope.
My dear mother-in-law loved Joel Osteen. I still remember the first time I walked into his church.
All I could think about was the vulture and longhorn that appeared onstage during a ZZ Top concert.🤣
MagickMuffin
(17,133 posts)And yes there was one church where the female congregation were dancing and prancing around in a circle, were kinda exhibiting signs of erotic ecstasy. We watched in an amusement of what we were watching.
We have some relatives involved in such behavior.
Thanks for the original OP!
3Hotdogs
(13,392 posts)I'm up for that.
You bad
3Hotdogs
(13,392 posts)CanonRay
(14,858 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,392 posts)hvn_nbr_2
(6,606 posts)When an organization is obsessed with sex, you have to expect that some of the leaders it attracts will have sexual obsessions.