September – Telegraph piece published HERE stresses concerns by those abused by Mike Pilavachi that the findings will not be made public from the investigation substantiating allegations against Pilavachi. Mike Pilavachi will be subject to Clergy Disciplinary Measures, Andy Croft (Soul Survivor Watford Senior Pastor) remains suspended and Ali Martin (another Soul Survivor Watford Senior Leader) has been reinstated. And Modern Jerusalem claim they represent Jesus while trampling over his little ones sprawled on the floor, tripped up by The Man being celebrated in the comments. Driscoll was removed from the Acts 29 network he founded for bullying and abusing those in his congregation; and the statute of limitations meant a lawsuit failed against Mahaney for covering up male leaders sexually abusing children within his Sovereign Grace network churches. This blog was edited on 25th September 2023 as it had incorrectly stated that JJohn had never been made a Canon in the Church of England, when he is a Lay Canon.

And if, when we mess up (as an implicated subject, not as a perpetrator) we are immediately cancelled and sacked, the culture won’t ever change. July – James Heywood posted THIS post asking further questions about a number of large donations to Soul 61. Vineyard, who used the baton with their Dream The Impossible (DTI) festival (which had previously taken place in May) by moving it to the summer. ix] By 1984, UK New Frontiers founder Terry Virgo had also connected with John Wimber, visiting him in Anaheim after being introduced by a mutual friend Geoff Shearn who worked at Kingsway music. Of course there are people who are simply angry or whose intentions in challenging us are not good, but if we don’t work out ways to discern between well-intentioned, qualified challenge and challenge that is ill-intentioned, we will miss out on that gift.Until very recently, a lot of the publicity for the gap year came from their connection to Soul Survivor and Mike Pilavachi.

The intensity of the anger within me is such that if I let myself go near it my chest hurts and I feel as though I cannot breathe. Pete Greig resigned from the Anaheim Vineyard Board over the situation, stating that Alan Scott (and his wife Kathryn) “have served faithfully and fruitfully within Vineyard for decades and are truly people who listen diligently to the Lord and simply seek to obey.Incidentally, David Westlake founded the Cinnamon Network with Matt Bird (they’ve recently rebranded as NAYBA) and Matt Bird describes himself as a “strategic adviser” to Soul In The City and Hope. But the woman of renown (out of whom our Lord came) sang the same prayer that we must pray; of the mighty cast down and the little ones lifted up and the hungry filled and the rich sent away.

What kinds of transformation and important models of leadership could have been developed if public challenge had been welcomed and modelled? Liza has also co-authored two books with Patrick Regan and other books with Ali Martin, and with Tich and Joan Smith. I thought it would be useful to include a timeline of the Soul Survivor situation, for those wanting to get a sense of what has taken place and to provide a record as the situation continues to unfold. January – A statement was released by the Church of England into an investigation done regarding Mike Pilavachi’s conduct after ordination, related to his “ verbal interactions with a vulnerable person”. He sought to work with them both in collaboration, rather than competition, to enable more young people across the UK to come to know Jesus.We can’t put our family members, church family, colleagues, friends or others in the Bad Place because we know that are capable of compassion and care for us.

As Soul Survivor festival and church grew, both in influence and numbers, Mike Pilavachi became involved in various projects and initiatives. The process of becoming a leader seems to be quite opaque and so it is unclear how exactly men end up in leadership roles. It was concluded that he used his spiritual authority to control people and that his coercive and controlling behaviour led to inappropriate relationships, the physical wrestling of youths and massaging of young male interns. If we talk about these situations it should help us together work out how to navigate them with integrity and honour and how to learn lessons from them so we all grow as disciples of Jesus. What I found was that Mike Pilavachi and New Frontiers were far more connected than I initially realised.The brief overview above of some of the interconnections between men in leadership who have harmed others is a current and very live demonstration of this. Christian news outlets have covered the situation and surely as Christians we should all seek to be well-informed about situations we comment on, particularly in how they are reported in “secular” media, given that affects our ability to be a good witness to those who are not Christian. I know this because each year, someone tweets what a joy it has been to be at this national leaders gathering and I go on a twant (Twitter Rant) about there being no women, making it a National Gathering of Male Leaders. Croydon Vineyard (pastors Tom and Lesley Thompson were at Soul Survivor Watford and Mike Pilavachi mentored Tom).