Judah Smith and Churchome
- Abuse ·
EXCLUSIVE: Woman Reports Assault by Worship Leader to Churchome, Gets Kicked Off Worship Team
- By Julie Roys·
- August 23, 2023 7:20 pm·
In 2018, “Sarah” was a 20-year-old college student and aspiring singer-songwriter—and “Andre” was a popular worship artist whose song had recently gone viral. But that…
- 23 comments·
- Abuse ·
EXCLUSIVE: Alleged Sex Assault Victim Accuses Churchome of Protecting Abuser
- By Julie Roys·
- July 11, 2023 9:22 am·
Payton (Frye) Jones remembers being in the dorm room of her friend, Zachary Jacquith, and Jacquith getting “touchy feely” with her on the night of…
- 17 comments·
- Crime ·
EXCLUSIVE: Intern at Churchome Reports Rape, Gets Kicked Out for Drinking
- By Julie Roys·
- June 15, 2023 6:17 pm·
On March 27, 2019, just six weeks before she was to finish a three-year internship program at Churchome College, “Kate,” who’s using a pseudonym, was…
- 7 comments·
- Evangelicalism ·
Analysis: Top 10 Churches That Participated in Hillsong Family’s ‘Celebrity Preacher’s Scam’
- By Julie Roys·
- April 6, 2023 6:30 pm·
Hillsong Church operated a lucrative speaker’s circuit, or “celebrity preacher’s scam,” that netted as much as a million dollars in extra income for high-profile preachers,…
- 43 comments·
- Ministry Finances & Governance ·
Judah Smith’s Megachurch Faces Lawsuit for Forcing Staff to Tithe 10% of Wages
- By Julie Roys·
- March 25, 2023 8:00 am·
Judah Smith and his West Coast megachurch, Churchome, are facing a class-action lawsuit for requiring staff to tithe 10% of their wages—a policy that violates…
- 68 comments·
- Abuse ·
Former Pastor Accused of Rape Resigns from Churchome After TRR Investigation; Church Official Makes False Claims
- By Julie Roys·
- February 28, 2023 6:53 pm·
Less than two weeks after The Roys Report (TRR) published an investigation, revealing that Churchome, Judah Smith’s “celebrity megachurch,” had rehired Braylon Oliver, a former…
- 16 comments·
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Judah Smith’s ‘Celebrity Megachurch’ Hires Man Accused of Rape Over Alleged Victim’s Objections
- By Julie Roys·
- February 15, 2023 4:24 pm·
In 2019, Braylon Oliver stepped away from pastoring the Downtown campus of Churchome, a so-called “celebrity megachurch” with campuses in Los Angeles and Seattle. Oliver‘s…
- 12 comments·