In a ruling . In 2011, The Lord provided our current location at 603 S. Valencia Avenue in Brea. People repent, change, grow. His idea was a huge hit, one of the first in a wave that has become known as the Jesus movement. Just say NO !!! It is my understanding that Joe Stroble resigned. But in 1981, his life changed forever thanks to an epic holiday hangover and his brother Jim, who'd already found religion. There's no evidence to date that the controversy surrounding him is affecting turnout at Calvary . The church won't say, though a spokesman says the chapel was "saddened to hear of the allegations." Why isnt anyone holding the woman responsible as well? She confirmed the story in stomach-churning detail. Goodness, uncovering sin from the 1980s is a bit nuts. Several former Applegate members have also come forward with concerns spanning decades that centered on Jon Coursons control of staff, church members, and church finances. Recent Sermons. Calvary Chapel started as a non-denominational Christian church founded in 1961 in Costa Mesa, California, which in the wake of a move of the Holy Spirit, grew into an international family of over 1700 churches around the world. The rock band that usually played raucous hymns to start services was missing. Two and a half years ago, I was sitting in a church service at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. 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. I pursued change so that this church (and others in the system) could not ignore or dismiss victims in the future. This principle certainly does not excuse sin. Similarly, another former member, Paul Coughlin, said Jon Courson would make prophecies and predictions, often at New Years Eve. Coy's preaching career ended, but his sex scandal was far from the first for Calvary. Im sure if one of these elders had the courage to confront either Ben or Jon, as it is instructed in Gods Word. I'll never forget that meeting.". Coy, who was never charged with a crime, lay low after leaving Calvary but recently turned up at Boca Raton's Funky Biscuit, where he helps manage the club. Again church leadership was not happy with that as I went over their heads and went to the head of the denomination (Presbyterian). The church didn't respond to a detailed set of questions from New Times, instead sending a general statement about the former pastor. The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines scandal as "an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil. At the time, Courson was married to his first wife, who later died in a car accident. sunday. In January 2016, he and Diane filed for divorce in Broward County. "Everyone was visibly upset," she wrote on Facebook, according to the Christian Post. local news and culture, Tim Elfrink I got counseling in the end and made the church pay for it. He claims his record as pastor at Calvary Chapel was unblemished by sexual harassment or molestation claims. Pease Associates Architects modified and completed the design. We should always be ready to be careful about taking a side in any accusation. Another classic example of spiritual abuse. Gray said the woman told him about a months-long relationship with Courson, which involved kissing in the church office and at least one encounter in a hotel room. The sexual assault claims, which have never before been divulged, raise new questions about the pastor, his church, and the police who handled the case. Im so confused. That lent itself to a very youthful, crazy, wild lifestyle. The doctrine is Christ focused and Bible based and is sound. Theres no way of putting 24 people up here, Skeen said he told Applegates leaders. But in August, Ben stepped down after allegations of sexual misconduct by numerous women were made public. The next year, he raised an insane $103 million in donations the most by a single megachurch to date. David Hocking, a Protestant minister who has a national following through his taped radio sermons, resigned as pastor of Calvary Church after acknowledging an affair with a. This is what happens when a church institution doesnt have a sexual misconduct policy in place. It does occur in smaller churches, again where church government invests most of the decision making with just the pastor who chooses his own successor. | (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. There is no God so why go? Then a second attempt by the man possibly constitutes an offense. Charles Ward "Chuck" Smith (June 25, 1927 - October 3, 2013) was an American pastor who founded the Calvary Chapel movement. Heater also warned his congregation against division and warned that God would come against anyone who would come against His church.. Somehow it lacks the signs of divine leading, IMHO. As any church that claims to be Christian, the Bible is the governing policy in EVERY situation. Less than three months ago, Hocking, 51, resigned from the 6,000 +-member church amid the disturbing revelation of sexual scandal after church elders heard of his admission of "sexual sin". 17,887 were here. Your a true Non believer. The leader passed the church on to his son and last I knew was planting franchises in England. Payne had taken his case against Fort Lauderdale Police Maj. Eric Brogna to the Broward County State Attorney's Office, but prosecutors declined to press charges. 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. The Lord says, when they come to church, its a place to be open, to be real, not to judge one another, not to look down on one another, not to say, I cant believe what this person did, Heater preached. Though I eventually left it did not make me bitter. We all thought is Jon can fall, we all can. 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. ", "I haven't prayed enough for my Pastor Bob and his family," Beth Graber wrote. The only cure is Christlike character. "He was just transparent, and he could be very funny as well. They have violated a sacred trust and they have harmed a sheep that belongs to the Chief Shepherd (1 Pet. The case reeks of political favoritism. When Smith discovered a grace-based Gospel, she was excited and started talking about it at church. Even worse, they said church officials knew full well he was a pedophile: He'd been kicked out of another Calvary youth ministry in California after being charged with sex crimes there. Sunday Services. The fallen pastors and leaders include famous men like Ted Haggard, one of many anti-gay activitists caught being gay, and Tony Alamo, who was sentenced to 175 years in prison for pedophilia and marrying an eight-year-old girl. The detective told her that he couldn't destroy the files, but he closed the case that day. His daughter, Janette Manderson, and his widow, Kay, sued the organization, alleging its leaders conspired to take over Smith's empire and even denied him emergency medical care on his deathbed. Find a Gathering. I encourage you to listen to this podcast. 8:00AM. Coy's life story is biblical in scope and obvious in moral lessons. 5:1-4, see also 1 Tim. Jeff Payne, a veteran investigator in the usually sleepy, affluent suburb of 120,000. We see this is the third article this month youve found worth reading. The man had forced her to perform oral sex, she said. 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. I got saved in the 80s, and thats a long time ago. 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. Hes a saint. A major red flag in one of his messages was excessive self praise of his own preaching, followed by and thats why youre here. "If you're angry or you're disillusioned or you're fearful, if you embarrass yourself or you disappoint yourself he can take all the mess and turn it into something beautiful.". He's accused of molesting at least ten children aged 13 to 16 over several years, victimizing members of the youth group he led after taking them back to his apartment. But they never did.. Broward State Attorney Mike Satz says he was never notified about the investigation. In fact, the church had been battling accusations nationwide for years that it empowered predatory pastors while demanding little accountability. 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. A woman told Coral Springs Police she had recently learned something terrible: A South Florida man had molested her daughter for years. If Coy's resignation stunned his followers, it hasn't hurt Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale much in the long run. The battle is not yours but Gods. This confusing and eclectic system of beliefs threatened to destroy the Church in its infancy. 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. That's not good enough, critics say. I love your comment. Except that it DOES have such a policy. (Jon Courson) whitewashed the level of involvement and implied it was only a slight indiscretion, but I knew it was not true, Trimmer said. In 2006, gubernatorial candidates Charlie Crist and Tom Gallagher personally pleaded for Coy's endorsement, though he declined. I think youre overlooking the fact that Scripture gives very specific qualifications for elders/pastors. CalvaryPHX is 1 church in 2 locations. The root of Calvary's problems, critics say, lies in its unique structure. His name is Bob Claycamp. 838) and use booking ID 88715385. He declined to discuss the child abuse case except to say he is innocent and passed a polygraph test to prove it. Also, any comments with profanity, name-calling, and/or a nasty tone will be deleted. The pastor is true man of God. Follow the policythe well-trained experts will be able to figure this out, is what you are trained. We were doing it for Jesus, she said. I think that the important thing is to remember that NO ONE is without sin. Passing your pulpit along to your sons seems to have become fairly common in prosperous megachurches over the last 30-40 years. In 2005, Coy's church rented out Dolphin Stadium on Easter Sunday and drew more than 20,000 people. 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. Courson simply went away for a time and then returned to the pulpit without any official restoration or safeguarding. "If you're broken, Jesus will be gentle with you in your anger and disillusionment," Sauder said. The investigation included multiple follow-up emails, phone calls and in-person visits to the churches approached to . Jon is still teaching about Gods Word but is Jon still GODS man to preach to us anymore? ", 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. In 1996, the church paid $21 million for a 75-acre campus just east of Florida's Turnpike off Cyprus Creek Road, where Coy often dipped into politics to guide his massive flock. There are no stamps, no fire exit. OMG Jon Courson had an emotional affair in the 1980s!! Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. you said, These abhorrent behaviors are a result of non-discipleship. Become a member to support the independent voice of South Florida Pastor Bob will be focusing his full attention on his personal relationship with God and with his family. He toured the nation on Evangelical radio and TV shows, hung around with Billy Graham, and published books and CDs. The senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale's resignation comes amid reports of an affair scandal and admitting tocheatingon his wife, Diane Coy. He quit the cocaine and strippers, met his wife, and moved to South Florida to preach. None of you. They wanted spirituality but could never go back to their parents' churches. . In my opinion, if he did this [to one victim], it's just a question of how many others are out there. Becoming apprentices to Jesus. Yes, I said affairs my family and others were driven from the church by the elders over addressing the affairs. There was no court system involved and that was ok with me. But the senior pastor also resigned. When He comes back will he find us in pastures where wolves and hirelings lead blind undiscerning sheep ? So crazy that I became addicted to cocaine.". Note; if your church leaders are incorporating Hillsong music in worship , RUN for the leaders are blind ! But then, in April 2014, he resigned in disgrace after admitting to multiple affairs and a pornography addiction. Wickedness loves companyand leads other into sin., Like father like son. Many of the mega church founders are reaching retirement age so we are beginning to see transitions in many of these churches. 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. The Church, marriages, families, it left all of us reeling. Proverbs 16:27-29 Congregants need to start pushing back on this foolishness. Police said they couldn't find enough evidence to press charges, but the staffer claimed the church forced him to resign for alerting the authorities. You seem to confuse first-hand accounts of wrongdoing with slander and gossip. In this case, a lot of time has passed since the 1980s (roughly 40 years now). Encore - Catalina/Ensenada Cruise. Rest assured, God will not be mocked.". Coy wouldn't be charged over her allegations. Jr High Service Available. He was ready to give his life to the church. He quit the cocaine and strippers, began training as a preacher, met his wife Diane, and moved to South Florida. His son responded, but he never did. Yet Trimmer said she had walked in on Courson kissing and embracing the woman in the church office. 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. Yet, Gray told The Roys Report that Applegate refused to discipline Courson, and instead kept his sin private. . There's no question he wants back in the game," Newnham says. Bob Coy, at Liberty University's convocation in 2013. Two years later, her family sued Calvary, alleging leaders should have done more to stop Thomas. 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. Without the sexual abuse alligations that would also or should be questioned dont you think???? Coy rented space for his church from a funeral parlor in Oakland Park and made ends meet by selling shoes while his wife worked as a waitress. In a lawsuit, a woman named Lori Pollitt said after she had moved from Texas to Idaho to work for Kestler, he repeatedly demanded she divorce her husband, give up her children to adoption, and marry him. "They have been at war ever since.". "He's contacted many former associates to try to get funding. Megachurch Pastor Bob Coy abruptly resigned Sunday afternoon, ending his 30-year leadership at one of the largest churches in the country. Church government which allows for the pastor to appoint his successor often leads to this kind of situation. 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. ! READ that again. If single, please book with someone of the same sex or by yourself (subject to double occupancy). "People were really, really hurt," says Colleen Healy, a Broward resident who began following Coy in 1995. for a job at Calvary Chapel Marin, a 160-member church that . When the elders went to the woman in question home to tell her husband, there were children there, including my daughter who was a teenager at the time. On the highways and byways. Keep in touch with Julie and get updates in your inbox! The woman told him "she had an experience with God and has found forgiveness" for Coy over his abuse. In one case, victims claimed the church knowingly moved a pedophile to another city without warning parents. ", "Moses was the leader appointed by God," Smith told Christianity Today in 2007. (Update: The club has now terminated its relationship with Coy and says it had no inkling of the allegations against him.) Youre an atheist. The perpertrator (associate pastor) eventually resigned. On the Aug. 25 Wednesday night service, Pastor Alex Heater preached out of I Corinthians 3, urging the congregation not to judge others. But the case soon stalled. So I am not a fan of what is happening and I have lost my home church and fellowship of 20 years. But the music is still playing." Calvary Chapel is, however, still afloat, and has survived not just . 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. "We loved him because of his realness. ", Like Smith, though, Coy used his relaxed persona to sell a deeply conservative brand of Christianity. Stay up to date with the latest Christian news! 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. Amid that legal battle, the movement essentially split in half shortly after Smith's death. Im just asking! What made this and all betrayal of trust just that, a betrayal of trust, for all parties involved. Easy to join in a witch hunt when you dont have to face who youre accusing. Brodersen, the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, says the pastors of the Calvary Chapel Association saw founder Smith as their common bond. 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. It puts forgiveness to the test. He taught how societal trends lined up with scripture and prophesies of the end times, he discussed how new technologies might play a role or be heading toward those prophesies, but I never heard anything that didnt pan out and would require any apology. Munro, a native of Scotland and in his mid-60s, has been Calvary's senior pastor since 2006. Even the great Chuck Smith defended Jon and attacked those trying to bring repentance and healing to a very ugly situation. He found work as the entertainment director at the Jolly Trolley, a storefront casino and strip club, where he said he wasted away his early 20s in a haze of sex, coke, and alcohol. Now my life revolves around the Lord, thanks to brother Jon. Every single control out into place according to the Bible, failed from the top to the bottom. But on February 22 of that year, the case went to Judge Tim Bailey, a member of a powerful conservative family; his father, Patrick, founded the Pompano Beach Republican Club, and both father and son had chaired Broward's Judicial Nominating Commission. And Coy turned out to be a charismatic preacher. Beginning with the 25-person Costa Mesa congregation in 1965, Smith's influence now extends to "more than 1,000 churches nationwide and hundreds more overseas", some of which are among the largest churches in the United States.He has been called "one of the most . Newport Beach church vandalized, will require $80K to $100K in repairs, pastor says. To "avoid substantial injury" to Coy's former employer Calvary Chapel according to the court file. Gray said the woman didnt want others to be hurt. So, he arranged a meeting between the woman, himself, another area pastor, and an Applegate elder in which the woman shared her story. What are your secret sins that you think are not as equal to accusations in this article? Pastors and church leadership loving their families and the sheep would be helpful!!!!!! "If we go off the record, I could tell you a lot," he says. I was a victim of sexual abuse in my own church. 6 Dana Hills. However, that is the key. Thats how these guys operate, Coughilin said. 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). In a 2007 CT interview, one pastor said of Calvary Chapel, "The Titanic has hit the iceberg. 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. He never hid who he was," says Tina Rivera-John, who began attending Calvary in the mid-'90s when she was 12 years old. In late 2013, Chuck Smith died at the age of 86 after battling lung cancer. 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. Although he's spent years away from the altar, Coy still looks straight out of central casting for a hip Evangelical preacher. Test all things ! Bob Coy, who founded the Calvary Chapel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 1985, stepped down after admitting to adultery and watching porn. Remember, Allegations are not truth. Thus, Costa Mesa split from the CCA and is now part of the Calvary Chapel Global Network. Part of it is an agenda of fear which leaders have cultivated fear of judging, fear of gossip, fear of being divisive, fear of this, fear of that. They dont have to give an explanation. "That whole approach always ends up hiding pedophiles.". Ben Courson, pastor of an Oregon megachurch, recently stepped down amid allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct. Yet Skeen said the leaders responded that it didnt make any difference because thats what (Jon) wanted. As a result, Skeen quit his involvement with the church. The reason for the resignation is a "moral failing," according to Calvary Chapel leaders, as reported by the Christian Post. "I took a polygraph." "That changes today. The only reason we are innocent is because of the blood of Jesus. The church Coy helped build has moved on without him, but the national Calvary organization has struggled. November 14, 2017 I was feeling horrible.". . Why do we, especially Christians, treat anyone like they are guilty before all the facts are presented and proven guilty or innocent? If true, the allegations would be disappointing as any would be against a pastor or local church. Cherry-picking and twisting scripture will lead you far away! Many women have been harmed by the Coursons indiscretions throughout the years and families have been destroyed.. What has become of the name of Christian? "There were no other allegations," he says. This is the WORST tool Ive ever seen for the church to useunless, of course, you happen to be Satan. 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