Gateway Church announced on Wednesday (July 31) that it has parted ways with Steve Dulin, who served as the church’s Executive Pastor of Kingdom Business Leaders.
According to the church’s website, which has since been modified to reflect its recent elder and staffing changes, Dulin was a founding elder of the church. He is also the “founder of MasterPlan Business Ministries and serves on the board of several nonprofits.”
“Steve has served Gateway Church for many years in various roles,” Gateway Church said in a statement to WFAA News. “We love Steve, his wife Melody, and their family and sincerely thank them for investing their lives here at Gateway Church. They have faithfully served our congregation, our community, and our church through the years.”
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The statement did not specify why Dulin was stepping aside. It only said that the church decided to “go in a different direction” in regards to his position at the church. Gateway said it will announce Dulin’s replacement soon.
Dulin, like elders Kevin Grove, Gayland Lawshe, and James Morris, all volunteered to take temporary leaves of absence from the elder board while law firm Haynes and Boone, LLP conducts an independent inquiry related to Robert Morris’s past.
Dulin, Grove, and Lawshe were all elders during 2005-2007 and thus had a “potential conflict of interest” with the independent inquiry. During those years, Cindy Clemishire, who claims that Robert Morris sexually abused her when she was 12 years old, reportedly contacted Gateway Church leaders to bring her allegations forward.
Dulin, Grove, and Lawshe claim they had no knowledge of Robert Morris’s alleged sexual abuse until Clemishire’s testimony was released by The Wartburg Watch on June 14.
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Robert Morris resigned on June 18.
Dunlin’s announcement comes just days after James and Bridgette Morris resigned. This past Sunday (July 28), elder Tra Williams announced to the congregation that James, Robert’s son and formerly the planned successor to the senior pastor role, was stepping down. James’s wife, Bridgette, likewise resigned from her role at the church.
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