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
Tony Evans is back. The Dallas megachurch pastor who stepped away from pastoral ministry last year due to unspecified past “sin” returned to preaching last month for a politically conservative conference in Iowa. In June 2024, Tony Evans, 75, stated that he committed a sin many years ago that wasn’t criminal, but lacked “righteous judgment in my actions.” Announcing he needed to hold himself to the same standard as he’s required for others, he stepped down from leading Oak Clif...| The Roys Report
The lead pastor of Central Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, has resigned after confessing to a “pattern of moral failure,” according to an announcement posted earlier this month on the church’s website. While the announcement is now deleted, the text of it is still visible on Google’s search page. It states, “David Daniels was asked to resign as Lead Pastor of Central Bible Church due to an ongoing pattern of moral failure that he recently confessed to our Elders (emphasis in orig...| The Roys Report
Prominent Southern Baptist minister Steven W. Smith, who led a historic SBC congregation in Arkansas before resigning in scandal last year, has reemerged at a Houston-area megachurch. In a video posted last week, Jarrett Stephens, senior pastor of Champion Forest Baptist Church (CFBC), announced that Smith will be a featured speaker at their upcoming “Let’s Talk Preaching” intensive for pastors. “I, along with my friend, Dr. Steven Smith . . .| The Roys Report