On this page you’ll find all of our investigative reporting Stovall Weems and Celebration Church.
Over 3 years after Weems’ suspension from Celebration, disputes over reputation, parsonage, and business continue
Prolonged legal battles surrounding former Celebration Church pastor Stovall Weems and his wife, Kerri, continue to unfold in the courts.
Weems claims in his lawsuit that the ARC ‘masterminded’ a plan to take over the FL megachurch he founded.
The story of Stovall Weems and his former church—Celebration Church of Jacksonville, Florida—has taken yet another turn.
I’ve lost count as to how many lawsuits there are involving former Celebration Church pastor Stovall Weems. At least three, that I know of, though one of them was settled recently.
Former Celebration Church Pastor Stovall Weems and his wife, Kerri, have settled with First Citizens Bank after a claim stating they defaulted over $700,000 in unpaid debt.
Celebration Church’s founders have reopened a defamation lawsuit against the church, trustees, and Lee Wedekind III, a lawyer involved in the original case, calling the “defamatory” report a “widespread public dissemination.”
A Florida judge has dismissed the defamation lawsuit filed by former Celebration Church pastors Stovall and Kerri Weems on the grounds that the suit concerns an ecclesiastical matter and is therefore outside the court’s jurisdiction.
Former Jacksonville megachurch pastor Stovall Weems hinted at his next step in ministry in a newsletter to supporters published last week.
Celebration Church, a megachurch in Jacksonville, Florida, has had its membership in the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) terminated for violating two of its standards.
A scathing investigation of former head megachurch pastor Stovall Weems commissioned by Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, paints a picture of a self-absorbed leader who manipulated employees, fraudulently used the church’s money, and sometimes appeared too mentally unstable to lead.
Megachurch head pastor Stovall Weems has resigned from Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida, as he continues to pursue a lawsuit alleging he was illegally suspended from his position by the church’s governing board earlier this year.
Florida megachurch senior pastor Tim Timberlake told the congregation at Jacksonville’s Celebration Church last week that he and his wife “aren’t going anywhere” amid a lawsuit filed by founding pastor Stovall Weems against the church.
