Yesterday (Aug. 21), Gateway Church elder Tra Willbanks shared that Kemtal Glasgow, who oversaw all of Gateway Church’s campuses and gathering locations, was fired due to “moral failure.”
“We won’t make it a practice to update you on all of our staff changes,” Willbanks said of the church, which is in the Dallas-Forth Worth area and employs more than 560 people, “but we did feel like it was important to update you on this staff change.”
“As of Monday this week, Kemtal Glasgow is no longer employed at Gateway,” Willbanks continued. “We were informed last week of a moral issue which we believe, as elders, disqualifies him from serving in the role that he had at Gateway.”
Willbanks did not disclose the details of Glasgow’s moral failure but told the congregation, “We love this family, we love his wife and his kids, and we want to come alongside them during this difficult time and help them find restoration and healing that they need as a family.”
Willbanks also shared that Adana Wilson will now oversee the campus pastors. According to Gateway Church’s website, Wilson previously served as the campus pastor for the church’s Frisco location.
Willbanks said that Gateway Church leadership is “excited” for Adana and that she is the “perfect person” for the role, adding that he expects that she will do “terrific.”
While online sources have circulated claims that Glasgow was fired after having multiple affairs, which might have included a same-sex relationship, Lawrence Swicegood, Gateway Church’s executive director of media, declined to address the rumors.
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“At Gateway, it’s our deepest desire for every staff member to lead a life of integrity, both in their personal and professional lives,” Swicegood said in a statement to ChurchLeaders. “It recently came to light that Kemtal Glasgow had a moral failure so we’ve asked him to step down as a pastor at Gateway and devote time to his marriage and family.”
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