On occasion David Westlake and Liz Biddulph were Managing Editors on occasions, with both of these individuals and David and Jenny Rosser also acting as Consultants on some magazine issues. Also, this is the biggest earthquake to hit evangelical Christianity in a generation, and Terry Virgo has decided to bury his head in the sand?

Regular contributors to the magazine included Craig Borlase (who was also an occasional editor), Graham Cray and his daughter Catherine, Andy Hawthorne, JJohn, Mary Pytches, Beth and Matt Redman, Dawn Reynolds, David Westlake, and Steve Chalke. September – Telegraph piece published HERE stresses concerns by those abused by Mike Pilavachi that the findings will not be made public from the investigation substantiating allegations against Pilavachi. I still don’t know what the findings will prove, but my sympathies certainly lie with any who have been troubled or traumatised.Driscoll was removed from the Acts 29 network he founded for bullying and abusing those in his congregation; and the statute of limitations meant a lawsuit failed against Mahaney for covering up male leaders sexually abusing children within his Sovereign Grace network churches. As people become senior leaders in their organisations, they are rarely surrounded by people who robustly challenge them.

Their flow chart on page 43 of THIS workbook categorises negative social media users as “trolls”, “ragers”, “misguided”, or “negative experience”. Those with the power (some of whom have been mentioned by name in this blog) are so settled in their places, so comfortable in their power, that they fail to see God moving this time round. The Southern Baptist Convention kept a private list of 703 men who were pastors or ministers in their churches and who had abused children, but did nothing with this, stating that the autonomous nature of churches within their network meant that they couldn’t take action.We’ve seen some of the videos, like THIS one, coming out of Soul Survivor where Mike Pilavachi behaved unkindly. A dear friend of mine was recently in a work context where she began asking the important and difficult questions. In this same year, 1987, an almost thirty-year-old Mike Pilavachi was now leading the youth work at St Andrews with 13-year-old Matt Redman in his youth group.

Once reports are done they will only be shared with those who have been accused of doing harm, not even with those who have said they have been harmed, and certainly not with the public. As communities our baseline assumption must be that we have abusers among us and that we all have a tendency to towards prioritising the abuser rather than the victim. As a result of this, New Frontiers reorganised itself into 8 “spheres”, where NF churches with similar theology and mission join together.Liza has also co-authored two books with Patrick Regan and other books with Ali Martin, and with Tich and Joan Smith. John Wimber became a Christian in the US in 1963 while he was working as a musician and music manager for the Righteous Brothers.