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Former Assemblies of God pastor J.R. Armstrong of MAG Church in Orange, Texas, announced that his congregation recently voted to follow in his footsteps to disaffiliate from the world's largest Pentecostal denomination amid a sexual abuse scandal impacting its Chi Alpha Campus Ministries.
Scott Martin had led Chi Alpha, a 300-campus ministry of the Assemblies of God, since 2014.
The national of the Assemblies of God-affiliated campus ministry Chi Alpha has resigned months after the ministry was accused of enabling an itinerant minister and convicted sex offender to prey on scores of young males for more than two decades.
At least three Assemblies of God pastors have called on denominational leaders to repent and, where appropriate, resign after organizers of the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries were accused of allowing Daniel Savala, a 67-year-old itinerant minister and convicted sex offender, to prey on scores of young males for more than two decades.
At least three Assemblies of God pastors have called on denominational leaders to repent and, where appropriate, resign after organizers of the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries were accused of allowing Daniel Savala, a 67-year-old itinerant minister and convicted sex offender, to prey on scores of young males for more than two decades.