On This Date at MinistryWatch

Second Baptist’s Ed Young retires, Chi Alpha campus minister arrested, Jennifer Christie under scrutiny, and more.

ONE YEAR AGO: Ed Young, long-time pastor of Houston’s Second Baptist Church, announced he would retire from leading the church. This April, 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. Read more here.

TWO 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.

THREE 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.

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FIVE 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.

TEN 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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