Andy Wood
- Abuse ·
Rick Warren Condemns Abuse By Robert Morris, Sparking Pushback from Alleged Victims of Abuse by Warren’s Successor
- By Josh Shepherd·
- June 25, 2024 7:50 pm·
Best-selling author and longtime pastor Rick Warren says he is “angry and disgusted” by “Robert Morris’ sexual abuse of a child,” calling it an “evil…
- 8 comments·
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Former Saddleback Youth Volunteer Charged with Molesting a Fourth Teenage Boy
- By Liz Lykins·
- February 22, 2024 2:55 pm·
A former youth volunteer at the megachurch Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, California, has been charged with molesting a fourth teenage boy, Orange County District…
- 5 comments·
- Abuse ·
Opinion: Rick Warren’s Stunning 2014 Sermon to Mars Hill Foreshadowed Andy Wood Debacle
- By Julie Roys·
- September 8, 2022 2:40 pm·
Refuse to be bitter. Don’t gossip or judge. Show grace to your leaders. These are the common lines used to silence whistleblowers when there’s a…
- 24 comments·
- Evangelicalism ·
Echo Church Defends NDAs After Petition Gains Nearly 700 Signatures
- By Julie Roys·
- September 3, 2022 10:35 am·
Rocked by allegations of abuse by its former pastor, Andy Wood, and a petition calling for San Jose-based Echo Church to release past employees from…
- 26 comments·
- Evangelicalism ·
EXCLUSIVE: Incoming Saddleback Pastor Accused of Retaliating When Baptist Group Wouldn’t ‘Broker’ Deals
- By Julie Roys·
- August 31, 2022 6:49 pm·
For his first 10 years of leading Echo Church, a multisite megachurch in San Jose, California, Pastor Andy Wood—the incoming pastor of Saddleback Church—expressed no…
- 25 comments·
- Evangelicalism ·
EXCLUSIVE: Incoming Saddleback Pastor Has Predatory Pattern of Trying to Acquire Churches, Baptist Group Says
- By Julie Roys·
- August 22, 2022 6:32 pm·
Andy Wood, the incoming pastor of Saddleback Church, has a predatory pattern of trying to acquire multi-million-dollar properties from small, aging congregations, leaders of a…
- 54 comments·
- Evangelicalism ·
Andy Wood Apologizes for Driscoll Interview, but Critics Don’t Buy It
- By Sarah Einselen·
- August 16, 2022 12:11 pm·
Andy Wood, incoming pastor of Saddleback Church, apologized Friday “for my mistake and error” in interviewing disgraced pastor Mark Driscoll at a 2021 leadership conference…
- 40 comments·
- Abuse ·
EXCLUSIVE: Former Staffers Expose Bullying, Abuse of Rick Warren’s Successor Andy Wood
- By Julie Roys·
- July 16, 2022 9:54 am·
Andy Wood—the man poised to replace Rick Warren in September at Saddleback Church—is an abusive pastor who punishes those who cross him, according to two…
- 60 comments·
- Abuse ·
Alleged Victims Challenge Final Report Clearing Rick Warren’s Successor of Abuse
- By Julie Roys·
- July 13, 2022 5:00 pm·
Saddleback Church has announced that a final report from a third-party investigation has cleared Andy Wood, Rick Warren’s announced successor, of allegations of fostering “an…
- 57 comments·
- Church Issues ·
Saddleback Church Backs Rick Warren Successor Despite Allegations
- By Bob Smietana·
- June 13, 2022 9:35 am·
Leaders at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church say a preliminary investigation has cleared Andy Wood, Warren’s recently announced successor, of allegations made by a former staff…
- 17 comments·
- Church Issues ·
Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren to Retire in September, Names Andy Wood as Successor
- By Bob Smietana·
- June 2, 2022 6:05 pm·
After more than four decades, the pastor of one of the nation’s largest and most influential churches is ready to step down. And he has…
- 26 comments·
- Church Issues ·
Despite Continued Cult-like Activity, Mark Driscoll Continues to Headline Conferences
- By Julie Roys·
- January 6, 2022 1:25 pm·
Despite a viral podcast documenting his disqualifying behavior, scores of testimonies from his victims, and articles and podcasts at The Roys Report showing his continued…
- 12 comments·