Thousands of DFW churchgoers affected by string of resignations, scandals

[SARose]

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]

1. Excellent.

Let the scum go down hard.

[chicoescuela]

2. I'm stunned to read this. Ok not really stunned

Groomers

[Ocelot II]

3. But none of them seem to have been drag queens.

[spooky3]

4. I had no idea so many DFW churches were led by drag queens

[Gore1FL]

5. These are just the ones they caught in one section of the country.

I bet there are a lot of issues with 'moral failure' and 'sin’ abounding nationwide in this industry.

[spooky3]

6. The Freedom From Religion Foundation reports "black collar" incidents

In the newsletter. There is never a shortage of them, sadly. They also track embezzlement, etc.

[Girard442]

7. So these people were "born again" and spoke with God on a regular basis and He guided them.

Yeah. Sure.

[LiberalFighter]

14. Maybe they were guided by god.

If so should followers continue in that religion?

[Girard442]

16. Maybe not in those churches.

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]

8. If you're stunned, you just haven't been paying attention . . .

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]

9. Church as a business

I have been to several non denominational or evangelical churches in the last 10 years or so.

I discovered I don’t 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 - who’s 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]

11. Sunday morning local TV church viewing was a hoot to watch

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]

12. Where do they got the prayer dancers, struttin' their stuff?

I'm up for that.

[SARose]

17. Lmao

You bad

[3Hotdogs]

18. Me? Bad?

[CanonRay]

10. They're just modeling their new God, Trump.

[3Hotdogs]

13. My description of some of the pastors I have met ---- skeevy.

[hvn_nbr_2]

15. When an organization is obsessed with sex...

When an organization is obsessed with sex, you have to expect that some of the leaders it attracts will have sexual obsessions.