Breaking: PCA Pastor Scott Sauls Resigns From Nashville Megachurch Following Overwhelming Vote
Congregants at Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN, have voted overwhelmingly to accept Lead Pastor Scott Sauls’ resignation, six months after he has been placed on an indefinite leave of absence for unrevealed misconduct and some publicly acknowledged bad behavior.
Saul’s trouble began earlier this year when he ironically admitted to a troubling leadership style that was anything but kind and winsome- two traits that he routinely criticized conservatives for not being.
“I verbalized insensitive and verbal criticism of others’ work. I’ve used social media and the pulpit to quiet dissenting viewpoints. I’ve manipulated facts to support paths that I desire…I am grieved to say that I have hurt people. I want to say to all of you that I am sorry.”
We featured Sauls last year after he asked Christians to compare their marriages to homosexual relationships, asking:
Is your heterosexual marriage as committed as some gay marriages? Some gay marriages are deeply committed, as out of step with scripture as they are. Your marriage commitment needs to be at least on the same level…to have some sort of credibility.
Described by the EDW as the “Tim Keller of Nashville, Sauls frequently defended the Revoice movement and served as a foil for conservative Presbyterians, routinely coming across as a slightly more buttoned-up version of David French of Russell Moore in his spewing of leftist propaganda while chastising his critics for being too mean.
Sauls told his church that he would seek counseling for perpetrating such an unhealthy church culture, with his fellow elders also copping to their own shortcomings in allowing it to happen.
It was to no avail.
81% of members voted to accept his resignation, 517-122, ending a 12-year tenure that saw him lead three campuses. Following the vote, Sauls told his now-former church:
“We had hoped to continue forward and help with CPC, but we now believe the most merciful thing to do is step aside so the church can seek new leadership and we can seek the Lord’s will for whatever comes next as well.”
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