On this Date: Fuller Seminary Reaffirms Stance on Biblical Marriage

Plus, Ed Young retires from Second Baptist in Houston, Chi Alpha minister at Baylor arrested, and more.

ONE YEAR AGO: On May 29, 2025, MinistryWatch reported that the board of Fuller Seminary voted to affirm its long-standing stance on biblical marriage and human sexuality, defining it in an email as “a union between a man and a woman and sexual intimacy within the context of that union.” Read more here.

TWO YEARS AGO: On May 28, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that Ed Young, long-time pastor of Houston’s Second Baptist Church, announced he would retire from leading the church. In April 2025, a group filed suit against Ben Young, Ed Young, Associate Pastor Lee Maxcy and North Texas attorney Dennis Brewer, who served as chief financial officer of Fellowship Church in North Texas, charging that the group conspired to steal church assets and take away the congregation’s right to choose its own pastor. The case is reported to go to trial in July 2026. Read more here.

THREE YEARS AGO: On May 30, 2023, MinistryWatch reported that a former campus minister for Chi Alpha at Baylor University was arrested on charges of continuous sexual abuse of a young child. He was then released after posting a $50,000 bond. Since then, MinistryWatch has reported on various developments in the Chi Alpha sexual abuse scandal. Read more here.

FOUR YEARS AGO:  On June 2, 2022, MinistryWatch reported that pro-life activist Jennifer Christie came under scrutiny for claims she and her ministry made about an unverified sexual assault. Read more here.

SIX YEARS AGO: On June 1, 2020, MinistryWatch reported that a woman Ravi Zacharias sued in 2017 was asking for release from a non-disclosure agreement she signed as part of a settlement of that lawsuit. Lori Anne Thompson claimed Ravi Zacharias solicited nude photos of her after they met in 2014. Zacharias denied the claims and filed a lawsuit saying Thompson and her husband were attempting to extort funds from him. The lawsuit was eventually settled, and Thompson signed an NDA. After Zacharias died, she asked to be released from that agreement. Read more here.

ELEVEN YEARS AGO: On June 15, 2015, MinistryWatch reported that one of the three executive elders at the recently dissolved Mars Hill Church publicly apologized for his behavior there. In a series of blog posts published over the span of a few weeks, Sutton Turner took responsibility for his role in a book-buying scandal, as well as in helping perpetuate a culture of fear and intimidation at the Seattle megachurch that dissolved earlier that year. Read more here.

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