Perhaps the crux of the matter isnt whether or not someone should be allowed to remain in ministry. Forgiveness and general restoration is not the issue. Nothing this guy says or does should be taken to be remotely serious. Educator Engagement Educators of Excellence 2022 Educators of Excellence 2021 Educators of Excellence 2020 Educators of Excellence Honorees Alumni Engagement Events All Events Tedx Memphis Donate Nominate Get Engaged 22 North Front Street, Suite 500 Memphis, TN 38103 901.527.4625 info@newmemphis.org Donate Nominate Get Engaged Home About Our Team Not their job. As a Pastor, author, speaker and FRIEND; did BL not see any signs of depression, keep in contact, counsel, pray and provide encouragement to DP? He will oversee the shepherding of the staff and own the responsibility to provide spiritual care by resourcing staff and leaders who are regularly caring for others. One who is incarcerated when given a 2nd chance, should be very thankful. Tucker, 64, a church elder and pilot of the plane, was owner and president of the Yoakum-based Circle Y Saddles. M H, Ive been in a number of white churches, and I can assure you that they contained both democrats and non-democrats. Not only lacking in character and prudence but lacking in honest or sensible biblical exegesis. And if we pressed charges, it would ruin Rick Trotters life and the video would be played in court. We find this throughout the Bible- Noah, Moses, David, Jonah, Peter and others. A viewing will be held from 7 to 9 p.m . A contribution designated (restricted) for a specific purpose, when accepted, will be used only to fund expenses related to that purpose. Yes, there is grace, forgiveness and restoration to the Church for any repentant sinner, but there is not necessarily restoration to ministry. Elder Policy Careers . Plane Crash Complicates HBO Max Documentary on Diet-Inspired Church The finishing touches were being put on a critical series examining Remnant Fellowship Church. I reached out to Loritts multiple times, asking for an explanation, but he did not respond. Stewart founded the Zoe Christian Fellowship Endowment Foundation in 2005 to assist pastors in fulfilling specific visions to empower their communities. The church generally is soft, compromising, celebrity worship driven, worldly, not grounded in the Word, psychobabble crazy. I better understand your point, but dont fully agree on the following: There is a difference between clarifying the context and shaming the messenger. 0:32. You imply, without any factual basis, that all bloggers just want to get attention by disparaging pastors. Our staff is committed to equip the saints to do the work of the ministry for the building up of the Body of Christ". Has it occurred to you that bloggers may really care about the victims of pastors who sexually, physically, and spiritually abuse women, children, and other groups of people who are often marginalized by society? They told all the women that they had consulted an officer and attorney. Whataboutism is not evidence. Loritts stands accused of serious misconduct for which he has never offered a credible response. This initial post is lacking; other posters agree and actually provide better context than Ms Roys. (Numbers 32:23). Period. He was a resident of Germantown, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The organization trains Christians in discipleship and has locations throughout Arkansas as well as in Memphis. So was Patricks restoration. Those barriers are necessary and beneficial. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. And in an expletive-laced video, Snoop Dog said: Gayle King, out of pocket for that st, way out of pocket . Secondly, public figures in these institutions should get public scrutiny when they are involved in serious sin that will not be dealt with by the institution. . Dealing with the topic on hand, it is wrong for Bryan Loritts (BL) to blame bloggers and Evangelicals as accomplice to his death. It would be similar to me blaming Darrin Patricks (DP) hunting partner as an accomplice in his death; putting DP in that situation and providing the firearms. They do not cover up crimes, nor do they set up systems where crimes are easily committed due to a lack of oversight and a refusal to publicly call out leaders who sin. Despite the concerning allegations against Loritts, and his own statements, which conflict with known facts, Loritts continues to enjoy widespread acceptance in the evangelical community. No way, Im over Moody- might as well be a cult of money grabbers. It is in no way the bloggers fault. A Texas native, he spent most of his life in Memphis after attending Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary and receiving his Master of Divinity in 1986, according to an archived biography at Harvest Church's website. We are proud of how far and wide our "footprint" reaches (our members live across the Greater Memphis area). His own underage boys were recorded, along with his own sister, still he never reported it. I knew nothing about the Lorrits/Trotter events and wont comment on them. Loritts also admitted in the video that when he was in his 20s, he committed a sin so serious that his pastor had every right to fire me. But Loritts said that his pastor, Bishop Kenneth C. Ulmer of Faithful Central Bible Church, said instead, We dont do that over here.. We are only discussing it now because Loritts brought it up to advocate for and support his friends who are alleged or proven criminal ministers. When you are accusing someone of something, the burden of proof is on you to have enough evidence. Id like to get back to the INITIAL issue: does ANY of this make Loritts initial point invalid? He was a resident of Memphis, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. An award-winning author of seven books, Dr. Loritts has spent the bulk of his ministry serving and resourcing the multiethnic church. And news of Trotters crimes did not become public until six years later when Downton Church discovered that Trotter again had made indecent recordingsthis time of its members. How is it honoring to ones wife (let alone the church) if a pastor is habitually lusting after other women during their spare time? Now I dont agree (or even fully understand) with Loritts, but I am speaking on what I have seen growing up in the black church. Pastor JB says goodbye Dear Fellowship Memphis, Over 20 years ago the Lord planted a seed in the heart of our pastor JB to pursue the planting of a local church that would be rooted in the gospel and on mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ in Memphis, TN. Hes spouting nonsense to garner sympathy. Where a weakness has been exposed wisdom may suggest that in some circumstances relinquishing a particular service is needed to protect potential future victims and, for the sake of the larger body, to stay above the possibility of suspicion. I happen to know that he did not blame me for what happened. We have two campuses located in East Memphis & Germantown. Other phrases like race baiting and playing the race card are thought stoppers, used to get the other person to STOP talking about or bringing up race.so.in other wordsit gets them to shut up without literally using the expression. He was initially taken to Citizens Medical Center in Victoria but was transferred to Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. I know he took too many hits, some he brought on but most were unkind and ungodly. Reverend Earle J. Fisher, pastor of the Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church of Memphis, reflects on the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, in Memphis . Well, I wrote in an earlier comment before my comment on yours that I am taking a risk, as a white man, in even trying to comment on matters of race. Like we were to blame for the death of a pastor. We have had 37 residents, men and women, who have been trained at Fellowship Memphis before being launched into their next calling. The Texas Department of Public Safety said Vaughan is a Memphis resident. Opinion: What is Revivaland is it Happening at Asbury? And I feel terrible for his family. But their are still consequences. Gwen Shamblin Lara (February 18, 1955 - May 29, 2021) was an American author, founder of the Christian diet program The Weigh Down Workshop and founder of the Remnant Fellowship. Please note that, actually, Loritts said white evangelicals lack grace. Would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to help our journalists continue to report the truth and restore the church? The Loritts video makes no sense. But what Loritts did was unconscionable. Walter Lee Peggs Sr., pastor of Fullview Miss. Friends and family are remembering the beloved pastor and youth advocate who died from injuries suffered in a one-vehicle accident Saturday (Oct.8). Loritts knew this was patently false when he said it. Im trying to find the right word to describe the pedestal upon which they are placed. Eason-Williams died after being shot . Looks to me that if anyone is out of pocket it would be Bryan Loritts. Willie Boyd Jr., pastor of Greenwood Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, his death in a single-car crash leaves a soul-touching void. It was then that a victim told The Christian Post about Loritts involvement in the alleged coverup of Trotters crimes in 2010. From a safe places standpoint, why didnt Loritts mention the elders of the church? Like, theres a whole industry out thereblogging, Christian mediathat that exists and thrives off of fallen leaders. One of the alleged victims, who was only 16 at the time of the recording, told The Commercial Appeal that Fellowships leaders discouraged her parents from going public. They should be called out and the repentant will not run away from what they have done. The Tuesday morning crash occurred outside Yoakum, Texas, and killed Bill Garner, executive pastor at Harvest Church, Steve Tucker, an elder at the church, and church staff members Tyler Patterson and Tyler Springer, according to the church. Swindoll said that just sorting that out would take so long and be so hard that it would forever disqualify one from pastoral ministry. 2023 www.commercialappeal.com. Fellowship Bible Church of Memphis, Inc. (the "Church") shall be an Elder-led church and implement the biblical principles of plurality of godly leaders in its leadership structure. Im thankful to God for the way you do your homework and the care with which you provide detail and documentation. Instead of addressing it, we get a lengthy whataboutism blog of predicting someone elses intentions (a dangerous game), with comments about Snoop Dogg (huh? If you know a pastor or a church worker, drop everything and reach out to them. so sad to see these polished well-trained communicators so lacking in character and prudence. I dont go to these establishments anymore. Consequences and forgiveness are not the same thing. Today, we see that dream become a reality, evidenced by having a strong reputation for being racially, socio-economically, and generationally diverse. I had never heard of Patrick but looked him up after reading the post. Trotter was arrested in 2016 for taking illicit pictures of women during worship services at another Memphis church, Downtown Church, where he began working 18 months after being terminated from Fellowship Memphis. It is his job to both set the standard and hold others to it. Further, it should be a calling where the pastor is more concerned about the safe place that he creates in the church than he is about the church being a safe place for himself. Scheduled to broadcast 3/1/23 10:00am - 3/1/23 11:00am. The church is listed under a registry of Southern Baptist churches and was founded in 2013 by Vaughan. And Trotter, who also was the announcer for the Memphis Grizzlies, worked part-time as the worship pastor. Tell them you cant believe how they labor and care and give. He seized this tragedy as an opportunity to blame innocent parties for Patricks death while also garnering sympathy for himself. Thirdly, if a pastor is struggling with a bad porn habit, where in Scripture does it convey the idea that a pastor must continue pastoring and shepherding while he struggles with his porn habit? Matthew 7: 15. This is a HUGE win for Downtown to have an Outpost Pastor with his skill set and this will be his only job description. People of all color can discuss race; if that is not possible, then no healing of racial inequality and prejudice can ever occur. I searched for an announcement online about Loritts departure but couldnt find one. 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