10. Orange Founder Reggie Joiner and CEO Kristen Ivy Resign After ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
On April 17, Orange announced that its founder and chief creative officer, Reggie Joiner, “voluntarily resigned” after admitting to “past inappropriate adult relationships”—including one with newly announced CEO Kristen Ivy, who also resigned.
Orange, which hosts one of the largest family ministries conferences in the world is well-known for its age-specific curriculums for churches.
9. SC Pastor Uses Service To Tell Church His Wife Died by Suicide; Family Says She Filed for a No Contact Order and Divorce
John-Paul Miller, founder and pastor at Solid Rock at Market Common in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, made the shocking announcement at the end of his church’s April 28 worship service that his wife, Mica Miller, died by suicide.
Friends and family of Mica, however, encouraged law enforcement to look “deeply” into her death, suggesting that Mica’s death might not have been strictly related to her mental health.
8. Controversial Performer From Stronger Men’s Conference Speaks Out, Cites Christian Faith in Defense of Performance
Alex Magala, the sword swallower who opened James River Church’s Stronger Men’s Conference in April 12, released a statement defending himself in response to the criticism he received online and onstage by controversial Pastor Mark Driscoll.
During the act, Magala ripped off his shirt, swallowed a sword, and climbed a vertical pole before sliding back down face first with the sword still in his mouth.
7. Dallas Jenkins Announces Release Date for Season 5 of ‘The Chosen’
The creative mastermind behind “The Chosen,” Dallas Jenkins, announced that Season 5 will be released in theaters in April 2025. The “entire season” will be released in theaters, but “not exactly all at once,” he said.
6. Phil Johnson Claims Dr. Steven Lawson Was Caught by ‘Girl’s Father’ and Forced To Confess ‘Inappropriate Relationship’
Executive director of Grace to You and Grace Community Church elder Phil Johnson shared details regarding Dr. Steven Lawson’s moral failure on Sept. 25 in a social media post Johnson has since deleted.
Johnson, who is a friend of Lawson‘s, clarified for his followers that Lawson did in fact inform the elders of his sin, but only after he was caught by the father of the woman he was having an “inappropriate relationship” with.
