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July –James Heywood posted THIS blog raising questions about large donations made to Soul61 which were “to be used at the discretion of Mike Pilavachi.” September –Premier Christianity pulished THIS article by Jane Chevous “The silence from Christian leaders on Mike Pilavachi is hurting victims”.

Confluence 2022: Mike spoke to the “Confluence Sphere Team” over 2 days in 2022. Upon Ian Ashby sending this tweet, David Holden (leader of New Ground) made the comment “Tell Mike I said his honorarium for endlessly imputing(sic.) Newfrontiers needs to go up !! [sic.]”. Scripture describes several roles for women. Wife, mother, helper, teacher, and homemaker are a few. But the overarching objective for women is to further the kingdom of God. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” ( Ephesians 2:10). Our good works point toward the love of Jesus. On 19 thSeptember, New Wine announced [i]they would be reviewing their relationship with Mike Pilavachi and Soul Survivor after releasing a rather ill-advised statement distancing themselves from the substantiated allegations that Mike Pilavachi abused his power and massaged young male interns in his bedroom. [ii]Few Christian organisations have been honest or transparent about their relationship with Mike Pilavachi since the allegations first became public.While a few have publicly lauded Mike Pilavachi (namely JJohn and Terry Virgo and some others on Pilavachi’s now deleted Facebook post about avoiding a “trial by media”), [iii]few have been willing to examine their culpability in the midst of what has emerged at Soul Survivor. In Jesus’ day, rabbis would not teach women, and men would not let women count change into their hands for fear of touching. Women were invisible, but God sees us. Sarah’s slave, Hagar, experienced His caring watch. Expecting Abraham’s child, Hagar ran away from her master to the desert and was doomed to die. But God saw her despair and spoke. “ She gave this name to the Lord who spoke to her: ‘You are the God who sees me,’ for she said, ‘I have now seen the One who sees me’” ( Genesis 16:13).Jesus would be a feminist because He emphasizes the importance of a woman’s life and how a woman should be able to make her own decisions. Sadly, a great deal of people associated God with the culture of the Old Testament rather than associating Him with His true nature. Christ Cental 2020: Mike managed to also be at Christ Central’s Devoted Festival in January 2020 having just been at or going to the Sounds of Glory conference either that day or the day prior. May –Long-term close friend of Mike Pilavachi, J John still hasn’t said anything publicly about the Soul Survivor situation, but today posted a blog HERE entitled “People of Lies”. Within the blog he says, “often we don’t face the truth of who we are and what we’ve done, simply because we don’t want to take responsibility for it”. The Bible makes it clear that at the very beginning of the human race both women and men were created by God, and He stamped His image equally upon them both,” Billy Graham once said.

June –General Synod member Jayne Ozanne had a letter published (found HERE) in the Telegraph about the Soul Survivor situation. Jesus again showed this during His honest conversation with a woman at the well. His disciples “marveled that He was talking to a woman” ( John 4:27) because Jewish law said men were forbidden to speak to women they weren’t married to. May –Soul Survivor and the Church of England update their statements to assert that the issues being raised are current and no longer categorised as “non-recent”. vi] https://web.archive.org/web/20220116105241/https://www.vineyardchurches.org.uk/vineyard-vaults/real-not-religious/ June –Croydon Vineyard published THIS article entitled “ Helping to navigate the news about Mike Pilavachi“.

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April – Spring Harvest took place. Apart from in the Restored seminar at the event, there was no mention of the Soul Survivor situation. For the sake of those most wounded I hope those with power, who felt that move of the Spirit all those years ago, will wake up to what that same Spirit is saying to us right now.But regardless of whether they get onboard, I have every confidence that the same Spirit which changed the face of UK Christianity decades ago, will succeed in moving us to where we need to be.Even if some ships have to be smashed in the process. May –Amongst a broader opnion piece, AN Wilson’s Times article HERE question Justin Welby’s moral authority in light of his involvement with Soul Survivor and the Iwerne Trust (where John Smyth abused boys).

September –Premier Christianity reports HERE that “Mike Pilavachi could face ban on working with children following DBS referral”. Simon gasped as he watched what happened next. Tears rolled down her cheeks and onto Jesus’ feet. She lowered her hair and used it to dry the tears. Then she freely poured her expensive perfume onto His feet. This post has been written by a woman who reported her experiences with Mike Pilavachi to investigators. July – James Heywood posted THIS post asking further questions about a number of large donations to Soul 61.Even after all that has been uncovered and shed light on this year – the abuse, the pain, the structures of power that enabled decades of harm – I see a continued drive towards power, dominance, and celebrity status within the Church. So many wanting to make a name for themselves and their organisations; so many voicing support for the system; so many with a vested interest in the status quo. Have we really learned so little this year?