(Salon) When Tim Tebow announced Friday that he was pausing his relationship with Christian wealth-building company Life Surge, the former football star said he had been caught off guard by allegations that the organization used predatory sales tactics to push Christians into expensive financial education programs.
But for some Life Surge customers, Tebow’s relationship with the company was part of the reason they trusted it in the first place.
“I am so devastated that Christians like Tim Tebow made me trust in something that has taken so much money from me,” one customer wrote in a complaint to the Federal Trade Commission obtained by Mother Jones and journalist Pablo Torre….to continue reading click here.
This article was written by CK Smith and published at Salon.
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Tim Tebow has apparently never bothered to issue any public comment on his role in promoting Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, let alone to apologize for that role. He was reportedly scheduled for more than 20 Life Surge events in 2026, with compensation between $50,000 and $100,000 per appearance.
When he repeatedly lends his name and credibility to organizations claiming Christ’s name, Tebow bears responsibility for what happens to the people who trust him and for publicly reckoning with his role when their trust is betrayed.
Tebow has had plenty to say when it comes to promoting these ventures. Many of the people who’ve been harmed are still waiting to hear him say something about them.
I once did a piece addressing who Tebow hung around… one that had unbelievers toast their communion. It is still up but dated: Search Joe Champion. Well if you have a relationship to God guess what? Communion is for us to remember what he did for us– only through relationship, so I want you to honor the Lord today, I want you whether you are a believer or not, at least you know what you can do, Lord I will toast you, I will toast you, I don’t understand it, but God I do thank you, whoever you are Lord however all this works I do believe there is something to you. Will you stand to your feet the ushers will let you out row by row…”