Former MorningStar Ministries chief Chris Reed is on the brink of begin a brand new congregation referred to as Jesus Revolution Church in South Carolina, simply over a month after resigning from the ministry amid allegations of sexual abuse of minors by a former volunteer and a confession by Reed that he had an inappropriate relationship with an grownup ex-student.
Based on finance coach and podcaster Andrew Bullard, Reed introduced his new church on one among his Fb pages however deleted it after it started attracting criticism. Bullard captured a screenshot of the announcement earlier than Reed deleted it and shared his disappointment on X Wednesday evening.
“1 Timothy 3 is not being followed. Where is the accountability? I’m heartbroken for Chris’ victim at this moment. I’m heartbroken for how low of a standard we have in the charismatic church for leaders. Power and fame are valued over the faithful care of the sheep,” Bullard wrote on X.
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Within the screenshot of the church announcement on Reed’s Fb web page, he stated it could be launched in York County, close to Charlotte.
“Coming soon! Very soon. How this came together was/is a miracle. ‘Do not despise the day of small beginnings …,’” Reed wrote together with a photograph of a easy church constructing.
“It’s been said ‘every move of God starts in a manger and dies in a cathedral.’ And the vision for this church/movement is the most special part. God is looking for those most serious in this hour! More to come soon! There’s always a couple haters but so many have been so kind. Your contributions are most appreciated! ChrisReedMinistries.Net,” he ended.
He had additionally shared an earlier picture of what seemed to be the within of the small church constructing on his Fb web page on Sept. 25 with the message, “Much more to come soon….York County, SC.”
Reed resigned from MorningStar Ministries simply over a yr after taking on the management reigns of the ministry from founder Rick Joyner.
He stated that although he was “heartbroken,” he needed to resign as a result of he wished to do what God has referred to as him to do via the creation of “an online model of house churches led by regional elders, based on the Acts 2:42 model” he claimed God shared with him.
Reed additionally said on the time that he deliberate on investing in a web-based college of the prophetic and “at some point … relocate and start a new church in another part of South Carolina even though” he had no cash or job.
It was later revealed that MorningStar Ministries is now going through a number of lawsuits from males who say they have been sexually abused by former volunteer, Erickson Douglas Lee, as minors. A number of prime officers of the group and a number of different employees members have been accused of gross negligence for allegedly participating within the cover-up of a number of incidences of sexual abuse within the ministry.
Joyner later slammed Reed for disrespecting the ministry he based and said that earlier than Reed was promoted to president and CEO of MorningStar Ministries, he was restored to ministry after they discovered of an inappropriate relationship between him and a former MorningStar College pupil.
Joyner stated each Reed — who’s married with six kids — and the coed had assured him and the group’s board that the connection was simply primarily based on texts, however they later found it was bodily. Reed has said to The Roys Report that he sexually pursued the girl in 2021, kissed her and despatched her “terrible” sexual texts whereas he was the senior pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church. He denied claims of sexual touching.
“We had to take their word that they cut it off, drawn a line, nothing physical had happened. Well, now I can say with a lot of confidence that’s not true,” Joyner said recently. “Neither one of them were telling us the truth then. It appears and I say there’s a lot of evidence and it’s mounting, that yes, there was physical stuff that happened.”
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