On This Date at MinistryWatch

Pastor charged over sharing info with MinistryWatch, Scott Sauls resigned, Village Church moves away from multi-site model, and more.

ONE YEAR AGO: On November 11, 2024, MinistryWatch reported that the pastor of Beverly Heights Church, a congregation in western Pennsylvania attempting to leave the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) because of disagreements over “certain theological, social, and religious issues,” was charged with an intent to sow division and disparage the EPC when he forwarded communications to MinistryWatch. Read more here.

TWO YEARS AGO: On November 14, 2023, MinistryWatch reported that Scott Sauls, an influential evangelical pastor and author, had resigned from Nashville megachurch Christ Presbyterian Church that he led for the past decade. Read more here.

THREE YEARS AGO:  On November 16, 2022, MinistryWatch reported about a Sunday morning double shooting causing the deaths of a couple who worked for Charis Bible College, the Colorado school founded by health-and-wealth teacher Andrew Wommack. Read more here.

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FOUR YEARS AGO:  On November 16, 2021, MinistryWatch reported that the Village Church completed its multi-year plan to transition away from the multi-site church model it had earlier helped pioneer. In 2024, a follow-up showed the independent congregations were thriving. Read more here.

SIX YEARS AGO:  On November 25, 2019, MinistryWatch reported that an independent report into the operations of Harvest Bible Chapel found “massive corporate governance failure apparently developed over several years” at the church primarily because of its former senior pastor, James MacDonald. Read more here.

TWELVE YEARS AGO: On November 29, 2013, MinistryWatch reported about Steven Furtick’s Charlotte mansion making news. Read more here.