Church government which allows for the pastor to appoint his successor often leads to this kind of situation. And Coy turned out to be a charismatic preacher. They all are reading from the same book. Instead, the pastors Smith installed in his hundreds of megachurches, which are similar to Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, had nearly unlimited power over budgets, personnel, and message. If true, the allegations would be disappointing as any would be against a pastor or local church. Without a comprehensive policy in place a church is basically sending the message that what one has to report is not welcome. 5:1-4, see also 1 Tim. It was an ordinary . Its training on how to best protect everyone including staff. They ended up locked in dueling lawsuits, with the pastor accusing Calvary's leaders of skimming profits and the Smiths charging that he used his influence running the radio stations to pressure women into sex. Courson, who was mentored by Calvary Chapel founder Chuck Smith, founded Applegate Christian Fellowship in the late 1970s. The Roys Report has reached out to the woman who reportedly had an inappropriate relationship with Courson through her daughter, but the woman declined our request for an interview. its horrendously embarrassing, whether people immersed in christian culture feel it or not. There's no question he wants back in the game," Newnham says. Especially your leaders as the Bereans tested the greatest apostle ever lived! But Jon Courson. There's no evidence to date that the controversy surrounding him is affecting turnout at Calvary . As any church that claims to be Christian, the Bible is the governing policy in EVERY situation. According to Western seminary adjunct professor Guy Gray, Applegate leaders knew of an inappropriate romantic relationship between Jon Courson and a female staff member in the 1980s. The only cure is Christlike character. In fact, at least eight pastors, staffers, and volunteers in Calvary Chapel's network around the United States have been charged with abusing children since 2010. "But we need to remember it is Jesus Christ who is our leader and not man.". Skeen said he raised concerns in the late 1990s about Applegates building projects, such as the Bus Barna church property that was used to house people for ministry training. 1 Corinthians 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. "My job was to make sure that the artists on Capitol Records were happy and entertained when they were in my city. "There were no other allegations," he says. I think we all went a little bit crazy. Now my life revolves around the Lord, thanks to brother Jon. photos: Screencap via Youtube/Google Street View, The club has now terminated its relationship with Coy, toured the nation on Evangelical radio and TV shows. Two years later, a Calvary Chapel in Laguna Beach fired its pastor for adultery and embezzlement but Smith quickly rehired him to preach at the nearby Costa Mesa church. Munro, a native of Scotland and in his mid-60s, has been Calvary's senior pastor since 2006. Many people have tried to confront Jon to bring about repentance and change. I however think that accuracy and honesty is more important than feelings based statements. I wrote him and his son a warning about what was going on. I was a victim of sexual abuse in my own church. I know. It is still in process. Its more than defining what improper relationships are . Shame on you. The in-depth reporting of Jon Coursons sin and the umbilical handling of it decades ago is to give the context of the unbiblical way the sin of Jons son, Ben, is being handled now. Gray got involved with the issue in the 80s because the woman left Applegate and began attending Medford Christian Fellowship, where Gray pastored at the time. The chapel's grounds are more expansive than those of many colleges and brim with high-end features: an Astroturf soccer field, a huge playroom stuffed with kid-size toy airplanes and plush animals, even a fine-dining restaurant where sermons and musical performances are live-streamed as guests feast on cooked-to-order steaks. ", "Moses was the leader appointed by God," Smith told Christianity Today in 2007. It didnt matter if a guy didnt believe in Amun, Marduk, or Apollo, and it didnt matter if he was a total creep. Then a few years later the pastor apologised because it came out that it was never my son. The Daily News has similarly reported issues with Applegates buildings, including building without permits, building on a neighbors property, and the alteration of a floodplain. He attempted to pass it on to his family which has been a disaster. If a believer (including a minister) is in sin, then that minister needs to acknowledge and repent of that sin (preferably in privateand not to bring a public reproach to the faith). Keep in touch with Julie and get updates in your inbox! He is testing us and showing us a test so we can see ourselves moreso than the wolves we allowed to lead us with hearts set upon Pastoral IDOL a worship. Now, witnesses have come forward with allegations that Ben's father, Jon Coursonfounder of Applegate Christian Fellowship near Medford, Oregonhad an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the 1980s. The statement reminded me of the abusively controlling church that I had been involved with earlier. Why? An officer noted the information and called the victim, who was then a teenager. But to this point, numerous people who were truly loving and caring for the under trodden there have been fired from their organizations, traumatized, and one was thrown in jail and has been fighting within the justice system (all the way to the supreme court of the country). But he declines to share the results of the test, which he says was not done for the police. Were there other abuse claims against Coy during the nearly three decades he controlled Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale? High School . I attended ACF from Nov 1999 until a little after Ben took over the fellowship. Welcome to America.. Jon is no Saint! My family is in splinters, still, after all these years. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. In the second century, the Church faced its first great heresy: Gnosticism. "We loved him because of his realness. 10,000 lies does not make it truth. "People were really, really hurt," says Colleen Healy, a Broward resident who began following Coy in 1995. (Jon Courson) whitewashed the level of involvement and implied it was only a slight indiscretion, but I knew it was not true, Trimmer said. Coy's life story is biblical in scope and obvious in moral lessons. On the Aug. 25 Wednesday night service, Pastor Alex Heater preached out of I Corinthians 3, urging the congregation not to judge others. Coy's flock, which had followed him for decades as the church became Florida's largest, was devastated. Parents who said their children were booted from the day care at Calvary Church in south Charlotte because their kids developed medical conditions have settled their lawsuit with the church . The pastor is true man of God. But since returning to South Florida, he's spent most nights here, helping run the Funky Biscuit a late return to his music industry roots. I just chose for things to be done differently, but it felt right. But the work came with a cost: a bout of shingles at 19. Its to get all parties to forget or minimize the incident. Rebecca Hopkins is a journalist based in Colorado. Grays church, which at the time had ministry connections to Applegate, disassociated with Applegate because of Applegates response. Hes human! It would be highly illegal.. The person who gives scandal becomes his neighbor's tempter. ABC 10 News reported that 43-year-old Matthew Tague, a pastor at North Coast Calvary Chapel in Carlsbad, has been charged with at least 16 counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor under the age of 14. Hundreds left or found other churches while Calvary scrambled to find a new leader, eventually settling on Pastor Doug Sauder, a less flashy but respected veteran of the organization. Was it always so? Proverbs 16:27-29 Although he's spent years away from the altar, Coy still looks straight out of central casting for a hip Evangelical preacher. The next year, he raised an insane $103 million in donations the most by a single megachurch to date. Joshua Jordan, a longtime Applegate member and pastor for five years, said church staff often werent told how ministries were doing, where the finances went, or even who the elders were. Coy's church won the suit plus $81,000 in damages and fees and the city, which organized the event, stopped offering sponsorships out of concern that hate groups might take advantage of the ruling. Im so confused. Two years later, her family sued Calvary, alleging leaders should have done more to stop Thomas. By. "We take every allegation of abuse seriously, and our prayers are with the Coy family as they pursue redemption and healing.". The pastor of a Baptist church in Virginia is in jail on child sex abuse-related charges, the Washington County (Va.) Sheriffs Office, Steve Morgan, founder and president of a group of 26 evangelical-charismatic churches known as the Network, has been hiding a disqualifying sexual, At their annual meeting last month in Anaheim, California, Southern Baptists passed a series of reforms to address sexual abuse in the. But in 1981, his life changed forever thanks to an epic holiday hangover and his brother Jim, who'd already found religion. He takes in the homeless, he ministers to prostitutes and in the prison. Metric Constructors, a Charlotte general contractor, took the structure from . The revelations come at a sensitive moment for Calvary's national network of about 1,800 churches, which have been riven by legal infighting and dogged by claims that bad pastors have been allowed to run amok. According to Christianity Today, he'd been fired twice before for sexual misconduct, including once after getting caught having sex on church grounds, but kept getting his job back. In my opinion, if he did this [to one victim], it's just a question of how many others are out there. But the one time I tried to be a part of a church and my son was unjustly accused as a young child basicly of something that was just silly. The expected tributes to the late Rev. Ask questions later. Join the New Times community and help support In fact, the church had been battling accusations nationwide for years that it empowered predatory pastors while demanding little accountability. Former staff, deacons, and members of a 2,000-member Texas megachurch associated with the Calvary Chapel movement are accusing the senior pastor there of lies, bullying, manipulation, blacklisting former members, and abuse of power. Former Applegate member Charleen Trimmer confirmed Grays story about Courson. all thats left is passive compliance & lax accountability. Also, all sins are not the same. Yet Trimmer said she had walked in on Courson kissing and embracing the woman in the church office. I took a lot of heat and it was absolutely exhausting. Calvary Church is a non-denominational church in Charlotte, North Carolina. Long before his epic fall from grace, the pastor used his own struggles with sex and drugs to preach that anyone could find redemption in Jesus. So, we did. 10 Norco. She told Payne she was "moving tomorrow [overseas] on a mission trip with the church, and asked if it was possible to destroy any record of [her] abuse," the detective wrote in a closeout memo. Last year, around the release of Ben Coursons latest book, Flirting with Darkness: Building Hope in the Face of Depression, Smith started contacting others the church had wounded. | (Screenshot: YouTube/Liberty University) Bob Coy, founder of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale in Florida who resigned as senior pastor over moral failings in 2014, has been accused of molesting a girl when she was 4 years old and into her teens. Bob Coy, at Liberty University's convocation in 2013. Your a true Non believer. "The law enforcement agency makes [its] decision on whether to bring the case to us," says Ron Ishoy, a spokesman for Satz. Just say NO !!! And we know our enemy Satan accuses every single one of Gods children every second of every day before before the throne of our Almighty Merciful God. Welcome to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Charles Ward "Chuck" Smith (June 25, 1927 - October 3, 2013) was an American pastor who founded the Calvary Chapel movement. "I can't discuss it on the record," he said, before adding cryptically: "If you're foolish enough to go through with this story it would hurt a lot of people.". Payne had experience with sensitive cases involving sex crimes; earlier that year, he'd investigated a high-ranking cop for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old girl. This principle certainly does not excuse sin. The next year, Santa Ana police investigated the Costa Mesa chapel after a 12-year-old told a staffer that a pastor had been touching her inappropriately. Jon is still teaching about Gods Word but is Jon still GODS man to preach to us anymore? "Religious leaders have a tremendous amount of power over their flock," says Scott Thumma, a professor of sociology of religion at Hartford Seminary who has studied the Calvary movement. The Bible warns that gossiping and slandering is also a sin. Tim Elfrink November 14, 2017 8:00AM. Now, witnesses have come forward with allegations that Bens father, Jon Coursonfounder of Applegate Christian Fellowship near Medford, Oregonhad an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the 1980s. "If we go off the record, I could tell you a lot," he says. She added that at the time, Courson said hed go away to Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa for a few weeks for his time of repentance. He returned to pastoral ministry at Applegate after that, Trimmer said. It just shows that no one is immune from sinning. I think this verse goes well on another thing with that: He acually wanted to do it the Bibles way and talk to his accuser and the church refused. The man had forced her to perform oral sex, she said. It is my understanding that Joe Stroble resigned. This year, Calvary has been hit by even more sexual abuse claims. Dr. Tejado W. Hanchell, Senior Pastor of Mount Calvary Holy Church of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is one of many ministers to use Scandal as an object lesson. Coy opened it to the Gospel of John, and by the time he hit 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" he said he was weeping uncontrollably. The church grew to include as many as 7,000 members, but due to COVID and the recent scandal currently has an attendance of a few hundred, former elder Paul Sandu said. A sexual prevention/misconduct policy is written by churches for churches. "They have been at war ever since.". Even though these didnt pan out, Coughlin said Courson wouldnt apologize. This is not true in my 20+ years of following Jons teaching; I never heard him set dates or claim to be making a prophesy. They have violated a sacred trust and they have harmed a sheep that belongs to the Chief Shepherd (1 Pet. Bob Coy, who founded the Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1985, stepped down after admitting to adultery and watching porn. In 2004, he even campaigned with Dubya around South Florida. Another classic example of spiritual abuse. Many members expressed disappointment, encouragement, and hope on the church's Facebook page. He can't be put in a position of power ever again.". The outing of a top administrator of the nation's conference of Catholic bishops as a regular Grindr user was clearly a story. He was ready to give his life to the church. Leadership was not happy. Sunday Services. Its the new trend of 100% allegations must be all be believed (even if it destroys an innocent life), because all (100%) of women tell the truth and women cannot lie. The New Jersey-based folk-rock band Driftwood is still a few hours from taking the stage, and a handful of early arrivals sip beer and laugh over the canned blues soundtrack. Smith walked away from Applegate in 2010. Applegate culture and sermons tended to be works-based mixed with a lot of end-time prophecies, she said. 6 Dana Hills. Great! In 2006, Coy's church in Fort Lauderdale landed in court over claims of lax oversight. Thank you Cindy for reminding us of those words and I have to add, let him without sin throw the first stone. I pursued change so that this church (and others in the system) could not ignore or dismiss victims in the future. "Our pastor, he committed adultery with more than one woman. ! READ that again. They wanted spirituality but could never go back to their parents' churches. This confusing and eclectic system of beliefs threatened to destroy the Church in its infancy. Its why so much goes unreported and stories like this eventually work their way up to the surface where then its too late. At the time, Jordan said he and his wife, Teresa, rolled with it and kept working for the church in other capacities. Test all things ! The divorce file includes nearly 30 pages of documents related to their finances and settlements. Following the well-researched policy which included believing the victim who comes forward with their allegations of abuse and reporting to authorities within 24 hours no matter what you might think you know about the person accused of abuse, our longtime church, school, and mission threw us to the wolves, and the christian community of our city was thrown into complete fear and disarray. In a 2007 CT interview, one pastor said of Calvary Chapel, "The Titanic has hit the iceberg. People repent, change, grow. He toured the nation on Evangelical radio and TV shows, hung around with Billy Graham, and published books and CDs. After the announcement, the congregation had a prayer and worship service. In ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Greece, priesthood was a heredity, government position, a heritable civil service job. In 2006, gubernatorial candidates Charlie Crist and Tom Gallagher personally pleaded for Coy's endorsement, though he declined. John's Great Commission and a Gospel Rhythm for the Church.mp4. Among Gnosticism's tenets was the conviction that the material world is contemptible, unworthy of redemption. Genesis 4:7, Numbers 32:23. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of "Jesus v. Evangelicals: A Biblical Critique of a Wayward Movement" by Constantine Campbell. Paul Coughlin, said Jon Courson would make prophecies and predictions, often at New Years Eve. I was at least two times a week in attendance and often listened on the radio during the rest of the week, so I doubt I missed very much. He claims his record as pastor at Calvary Chapel was unblemished by sexual harassment or molestation claims. Now Jordan looks back with skepticism at how the pastors handled past criticism. Thus, Costa Mesa split from the CCA and is now part of the Calvary Chapel Global Network. To donate, click here. Newport Beach church vandalized, will require $80K to $100K in repairs, pastor says. His popularity soared. Do we really think another policy, law or regulation will solve the problem of sexual sin, bullying, financial fraud or any of the other possible land mines? In 2011, The Lord provided our current location at 603 S. Valencia Avenue in Brea. Indeed, police records show no progress on the case until eight months later, on April 4, 2016, when Coy's young accuser showed up at Coral Springs Police headquarters. "If you're broken, Jesus will be gentle with you in your anger and disillusionment," Sauder said. The evil world sees it all and shakes their head is astonishment & well-deserved disgust. In fact, he says Capitol Records paid him to party. He has gone on to be successful in another business. Make a one-time donation today for as little as $1. Charles E. Blair, the man who transformed Denver's Calvary Temple into one of the largest nondenominational churches in the country and presided over its . Skip Heitzig (born 1955) is the American founder and senior pastor of Calvary Church, a Calvary Chapel fellowship located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gray said the Applegate elder told the woman at the meeting that he believed her story, involving lots of private meetings with Courson. Well God bless you anyway. My sheep know my voice and because they know me they will not follow or be misled to another. They'd already sold their Coral Springs house about six months after he resigned; the settlement divided their substantial remaining assets including a $330,000 Hillsboro Beach condo he still owns and defined custody of their two children. A copyright claim was filed against this original video by "Skip Heitzig" of Calvary Church. It has to be a policy that is strong and pushed from the Board and Elders down to the senior pastor all volunteers or anyone such as staff working with congregants. I got counseling in the end and made the church pay for it. local news and culture, Tim Elfrink Try running a dairy farm 24/7 365. Coy is friendly and voluble, but his lively green eyes suddenly brim with tears when he's asked about the sexual assault claims. As they sank into plush, arena-style seats and flipped open well-thumbed copies of the Bible, Coy's followers quickly noticed something was very wrong. "I took a polygraph." They would all be too busy saying bad things about me but brother Jon taught me how to live for the Lord and I cant thank him enough for that! you said, These abhorrent behaviors are a result of non-discipleship. Over two decades, Coy had built a small storefront church into Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, a 25,000-member powerhouse that packed Dolphin Stadium for Easter services while Coy hosted everyone from George W. Bush to Benjamin Netanyahu. The sage continues in the country in which we used to serve, which really does have a serious problem with abuse of children and women. In January, two families claimed their sons were dismissed because of medical conditions. Without the sexual abuse alligations that would also or should be questioned dont you think???? The department assigned the case to Det. Heater also warned his congregation against division and warned that God would come against anyone who would come against His church.. And somewhere along the line, Coy slipped right back into his old life. There was a wide range of responses to Channel 9's Church Transparency Survey. 5 Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana. The only cure is Christlike character. But the senior pastor also resigned. "I was brought into the Lutheran church without a choice that's where I learned what a religious environment was like, but I was missing the spiritual thing.". After graduating, he found a career in the entertainment industry. Stay up to date with the latest Christian news! It was Calvary Church, perhaps the most prominent church in town, with a massive cathedral-like building on a major thoroughfare. To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Cherry-picking and twisting scripture will lead you far away! Plus, several former church members, including a former elder and staff pastor, are accusing Applegate of a pattern of bullying and lack of transparency. But for Gods grace the males in our family would all be dead, not sure about my daughter and me. Dont you know what forgiveness is. Its all manipulation to shame and silence the person. It puts forgiveness to the test. Coy has also been dragged through legal battlefields since his resignation from the church. But change within was. A major red flag in one of his messages was excessive self praise of his own preaching, followed by and thats why youre here. Gray and the elder then met separately with the rest of Applegates leaders and told them the womans story, Gray said. Our pastor, he committed sexual immorality, habitually, through pornography. That kind of policy includes reporting procedures. His church fought in 2002 to remove LGBT people from protection under Broward's Human Rights Ordinance, and Coy loudly defended George W. Bush's disastrous Iraq War: "I believe in war because it's biblical, scriptural, and religious," he told his followers in one sermon. On a Sunday evening in April 2014, thousands packed into Calvary Chapel's sanctuary, a cavernous space that looks more like a midsize city's convention center than a church. Passing your pulpit along to your sons seems to have become fairly common in prosperous megachurches over the last 30-40 years. I love your comment. His church started with just 25 members in a Costa Mesa lot in 1965, but by the mid-2000s, it had grown to include hundreds of affiliated chapels around the nation and internationally plus a lucrative array of radio stations. "These guys have been covering for Coy for a long time," Newnham says, "and they're still covering for him now." Teach them to do what I do and speak as I speak. Jesus. Learning to live my life in the way Jesus would if He was me. Then, on July 18, police arrested 41-year-old Roshad Thomas, who had spent 13 years as a volunteer youth pastor at Calvary Chapel Tallahassee. She confirmed the story in stomach-churning detail. Police say the victim wasn't a church member, and Calvary Chapel says it immediately fired Tague upon learning about the claims. There was no court system involved and that was ok with me. Wickedness loves companyand leads other into sin., Like father like son. And a grim-looking assistant pastor, gripping a letter, was walking across the stage. Very true. Learning to live my life in the way Jesus would if He was me. Sin not dealt with will ALWAYS be repeated and in bigger ways. In Coy's case, Bailey made a relatively unusual ruling: All financial documents would be kept secret. I used to listen to Christian radio a lot for a time decades ago. Idle hands are the devils workshop:idle lips are his mouthpiece OMG Jon Courson had an emotional affair in the 1980s!! Coy aligned his fledgling church with Calvary Chapel, a movement started in Southern California in the 1960s by Chuck Smith, a laid-back West Coaster who wore Hawaiian shirts while he preached a fire-and-brimstone, old-school religion. Coy's faithful didn't know it, but just over a year after the pastor's resignation for adultery, Coral Springs Police launched their investigation into a far worse allegation. All in that original group were expelled from the church. Reminds me of Eli the Priest and his 2 Sons. ", Anne Marie Giri, a churchmember who was present at the announcement, stated that although the she was disappointed, we must not put our faith in human beings. Unbelievable. Guess John needs to cover for Benji.a chip off the old rock. This is an interesting article and set of comments from readers. In this case, a lot of time has passed since the 1980s (roughly 40 years now). John 8:7. 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