Disgraced pastor and evangelist Ted Shuttlesworth Jr. appears poised to return to public ministry, just months after admitting to a sexual affair and after multiple women accused him of engaging in lewd sexting that dates back more than 15 years.
Shuttlesworth served as the co-pastor of Miracle Word Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, alongside his wife. The author of nearly 20 books, he co-founded Miracle Word Ministries in 2010. The organization grew into a multi-faceted ministry that included a physical church of about 200 congregants, online media outreach, travel crusades, and educational programs.
As founder of Miracle Word University, Shuttlesworth spent more than a decade crisscrossing the country holding revival tours. He stepped down earlier this year and shuttered the church after it was discovered he had been cheating on his wife.
Later, several women came forward alleging that Shuttlesworth had sent them perverse text messages. These were not merely “loose and inappropriate conversations with the opposite sex,” as Shuttlesworth sought to frame them. Instead, they were often years-long, sustained, and unfathomably obscene exchanges involving long-term manipulation that betrayed a seared conscience.
Specifically, multiple women accused Shuttlesworth of texting them pictures and videos of himself and his wife having sex, asking the women what they thought of the images, and then requesting that they send him similar content.
Despite these allegations, Shuttlesworth is listed as a speaker at Mark Hankins’ upcoming Camp 265 meeting, scheduled for this summer.
Hankins and his ministry are involved in Shuttlesworth’s “restoration” process and are taking an active role in seeing him returned to ministry.
