Crossroads Church Pastor Brian Tome Suspended Amid Review of 2015 Conduct
Brian Tome, founding pastor of Crossroads Church — one of the largest and most influential megachurches in the Midwest — has been suspended from ministry amid a review of conduct dating back to 2015. The suspension comes during a particularly painful week for evangelical accountability, following the confessions and removals of Acts 29 VP Tyler Jones and evangelist Ted Shuttlesworth Jr. for adultery. The pattern of pastoral failures across denominations and networks is testing the credibility of church accountability structures at a moment when public trust in institutional Christianity is already at historic lows. Crossroads, known for its innovative approach to reaching the unchurched, now faces the same reckoning with leadership integrity that has humbled churches across the evangelical landscape.
Read Full Story at Christian PostTherefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach.
— 1 Timothy 3:2
Another week, another pastoral accountability crisis. The biblical qualifications for church leadership are not suggestions — they are safeguards for the flock and the man alike.