Colorado Megachurch Pastor Jonathan Wiggins Resigns Over 'Moral Failure,' Elders Say [View all]

Colorado Megachurch Pastor Jonathan Wiggins Resigns Over ‘Moral Failure,’ Elders Say

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Jonathan Wiggins, the controversial lead pastor of a Colorado megachurch, abruptly resigned last week over “moral failure and personal shortcomings,” according to a report in the Loveland Reporter-Herald.

“Following recent accusations, we, the trustees, have accepted Pastor Jonathan’s resignation effective immediately,” the newspaper quoted Britton Cottrell, a board member at Rez Church in Loveland, as saying during Sunday worship.

“We, along with our advisers, first learned of these accusations on Friday. We met all day yesterday, and we have moved swiftly to address the issue. We are committed to handling this matter with grace, with integrity, and in accordance with biblical values.”
Without going into details, Cottrell said “the accusations we are referring to, that we have accepted the resignation over, are not of an illegal nature. It is a moral nature that we agree is a disqualification.”

Wiggins previously was involved in a lawsuit over text messages he exchanged with Sethry Connor, an associate pastor at the church. The suit stated that Christine Connor, at the time married to Sethry Connor, “used the texts . . . to convince other people that Wiggins was carrying on an adulterous homosexual relationship with Sethry Connor.”
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