Steve Lawson Update: Attending New Church, Working on Reconciliation, Receiving Counseling
While rumors have swirled of where Steven Lawson has been and what he’s been up to in light of silence from his former church, Trinity Bible Church, or any of his associated ministries, Protestia can report that he’s been quietly attending a small reformed church in Nashville for the last several months, following his scandalous departure and ministry implosion, where he has been receiving counseling, fellowship, and prayer.
We are NOT giving the name of the church in order to give Lawson privacy while he works through his life, along with not drawing needless attention to the church. We can confirm, however, that he’s been out of state for several months, at the request of his wife, who has justifiably been devastated by his actions.
Despite the outrageous, cataclysmic betrayal, the marriage has not been lost.
In Tennessee, he’s been receiving professional counseling while also meeting with several men for fellowship and prayer from almost the very beginning of when he was discovered to be having a long-term sexual affair with a woman nearly 45 years his junior.
At present, while Lawson has men caring for his soul and has made efforts to reconcile with his wife, we are not in a position to know the depths or degree of his repentance: as only the Lord knows.
Furthermore, Lawson has kept silent about his situation as a result of counsel he’s been given by certain parties, as he goes through the process of discipline and discipleship, but is considering giving a public, personal update in the near future.
Keep Lawson, his family, and the men ministering to him in your prayers.
That post was just framed terribly. He must return to HIS church….The one that he was a member of (supposedly)….The one that paid him a (assumably handsome) salary to be a “lead preacher”…..Why are our beloved (not sarcasm) discernment writers not outraged that Lawson has fled his church (and their discipline process)… AND he seems to be getting a pass for picking his own counselors and “certain parties” who are helping him…..Huh….Pray that he repents and RETURNS to the body who is supposed to call him to repentance and provide counsel etc….
Something is incredibly wrong that we are tolerating this….Lawson is unrepentant….He’s fled his home church…And how in the world could a Reformed Baptist church then provide him a place to attend while remaining unrepentant?