On Friday, Feb. 21, evangelist Ray Comfort announced that Living Waters is removing its award-winning television show “Way of the Master” from Daystar Television Network.
Comfort, who has been airing Living Waters programming on Daystar Television Network for more than 20 years, explained that it was a “difficult decision.”
“Our sole purpose for being on Daystar has been to proclaim the gospel to as many people as possible. By God’s grace, we have received countless messages from individuals who came to saving faith in Christ after coming across ‘Way of the Master’ on the network,” Comfort said. “Many have shared that their journey toward a deeper understanding of biblical truth began by watching our program.”
Comfort’s statement continued:
This is why we have continued to air our show and films on Daystar, despite serious theological differences between us—some of grave concern, and which we have addressed on our TV show and other productions. We remained because of our desire to be a light in the world (Matthew 5:16).
“However,” Comfort added, “in consideration of recent public allegations made against Daystar—allegations of a very serious nature—we can no longer in good conscience allow our content to remain on the network.”
Comfort was referring to the allegations against Daystar co-founder and president, Joni Lamb, by her son, Jonathan Lamb. Jonathan has alleged that Joni and others in DayStar leadership, including his late father Marcus Lamb, covered up sexual abuse involving Jonathan’s daughter.
“While we don’t have the capacity to personally investigate these claims or engage with all the parties involved,” Comfort said, “the allegations are of such a nature that, while not passing any conclusive judgement on the matter, we are compelled to pursue the course of action we’ve outlined above.”
Comfort informed followers of Living Waters that he reached out to Daystar and urged leadership to repent “if the allegations are true.” He said that his prayer is “that all involved will demonstrate complete honesty and total transparency.”
