An independent team of ministers and experts on abuse today released a report, recommending that International House of Prayer Kansas City (IHOPKC) founder Mike Bickle be permanently disqualified from ministry. The 29-page report was prepared by a Pastoral Recommendation Team (PRT) tasked with reviewing the findings of an investigation into sexual abuse and coverup allegations against Bickle and IHOPKC, a 24/7 prayer ministry. That investigation, which was commissioned by the Messianic minist...| The Roys Report
Jonathan Wiggins, the controversial lead pastor of a Colorado megachurch, abruptly resigned last week over “moral failure and personal shortcomings,” according to a report in northern Colorado business journal BizWest. “Following recent accusations, we, the trustees, have accepted Pastor Jonathan’s resignation effective immediately,” the newspaper quoted Britton Cottrell, a board member at Rez Church in Loveland, as saying during Sunday worship. “We, along with our advisers, first...| The Roys Report
An Idaho pastor faces a slew of charges for alleged possession and distribution of child sex abuse material, which a local judge called “horrific.” Matthew Masiewicz, the senior pastor at Sovereign Grace Fellowship in Nampa, Idaho, was arraigned Wednesday at the Canyon County Magistrate Court, according to court records. Masiewicz, 53, faces 13 charges: Six counts of knowingly distributing child sexually exploitative material, six counts of willfully possessing or accessing child sexually...| The Roys Report
An Ohio pastor and former county commissioner candidate was charged this week with public indecency for engaging in a “sex act” with a woman in the back seat of an SUV. Aaron Williams, Jr., 56, pastor of Maddox Memorial Church of God and community leader in Mansfield, Ohio, pleaded not guilty to the misdemeanor charge in Mansfield Municipal Court on Thursday, court records show. Mansfield, pop. 47,534, is located in hilly north-central Ohio about halfway between Columbus and Cleveland.| The Roys Report
