UPDATE below:
We’re posting two articles that report on the Steve Lawson situation. Both of them contain some of the same information; but also contain new info. After reading article #1, return to CRN to read #2 which contains Lawson’s words of regret on the damage (pain) he has caused his family and a host of others.
Article #1 Steve Lawson: Fake Pastor, Fake News, Real Mistress – Ray Fava – Evangelical Dark Web
Over the weekend, Evangelical Dark Web reported on how Trinity Bible Church hid in plain sight the fact that Steve Lawson was never a pastor at their church but rather a performer on Sunday mornings. Nevertheless, Steve Lawson was paraded across several ministries: One Passion Ministries, Ligonier, The Master’s University and Seminary, G3 Ministries, and Grace Community Church….
In these circles, the idea of a “Lead Preacher” at a church with no pastoral or elder responsibilities is not accepted. While Trinity Bible Church might not have been forthright about this arrangement with Steve Lawson, they never hid it. The devil was in the details. Moreover, these ministries never asked questions while profiting from Steve Lawson’s celebrity and message.
Some of these ministries played a more active role in the development of Steve Lawson’s scandal. The Master’s University and Grace Community Church were both familiar with Lawson’s mistress, as she was a graduate of TMU and had gone to Grace Community Church before. Both of these ministries have scrubbed evidence but not before people could screenshot and draw attention.
Article #2 Steve Lawson Ministry Issues Statement: ‘(His sin) disqualified him from ministry…he regrets the damage he has caused’ – Protestia
Steve Lawson’s OnePassion Ministry has released a statement about his recent implosion and revelation of an inappropriate relationship with a woman, filling in some of the gaps from the church’s own statement about his actions and what the consequences will be.
OnePassion Ministries, which Lawson founded, exists to “ignite a supreme passion for God and His glory in all people throughout the world” and to “equip and energize a new generation of Bible expositors.”
Lawson is well-known as an advocate for careful and robust Bible exegesis, and the ministry served to “impart the knowledge of the truth by equipping pastors and church leaders, maturing lay people, and launching a new reformation in the church today.
The website, which at present only consists of a single page with a statement, reads:…
UPDATE – 11/15:
G3 Ministries Insists Steve Lawson Was Member Of Trinity Bible Church. But was he?
Episode #98: Updates on the Steve Lawson Situation – With All Wisdom
CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18