Have a look at the wife and net worth of Texas Pastor Robert Morris
Following claims last week of an inappropriate contact between senior pastor Robert Morris and a 12-year-old, a megachurch in the Dallas region accepted Morris’ resignation on Tuesday.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the Gateway Church Board of Elders stated that they were not fully aware of the abuse’s circumstances involving Robert Morris and a minor until June 14. “The elders’ prior understanding was that Morris’s extramarital relationship, which he discussed many times throughout his ministry, was with ‘a young lady’ and not abuse of a 12-year-old child,” the statement read.
Who is Texas Pastor Robert Morris, bio, age, family, wife, education and net worth in 2024
Following a year of church scandals, including TD Jakes’s connection to Sean Combs and Dr. Tony Evans’s resignation due to an undisclosed “sin,” Pastor Robert Morris of Dallas’ renowned Gateway Church is the most recent casualty of his own practices.
On June 18, 2024, Robert Morris announced his resignation soon after an accusation against him became public. Morris, who advised Donald Trump on spiritual matters, is juggling the fallout with his spouse and kids.
Pastor Robert Morris is one of the most influential pastors in the world, leading a church that gathers about 100,000 congregants each week. Today, he resigned after an alleged victim accused him of molesting her when she was aged 12-16. He was a married father and pastor.
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Cindy Clemishire, the 54-year-old complainant, stated that she was s*xually abused by Morris, a clergyman at the time when she was just 12 years old. The church leaders asserted that although they were aware of his affair in his early 20s, they were unaware of the depth of the abuse and lack of consent.
Robert Morris’ family and education
62-year-old Robert Morris was born on 29 July 1961. At Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Pastor Robert Morris pursued his higher education and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Morris studied theology and the Bible at Oral Roberts University.
When Robert Morris and Debbie were quite young, they got married. Debbie revealed on a Gateway Church blog that she met Robert in the fifth grade, but Robert is sure that they met in sixth. Despite going to the same church and youth group, they were genuinely strangers to one another. Robert was never distant from trouble, while she was reserved and followed the rules.
Despite their differences, Robert asked her out when she was 17 and he was 16 years old.
Since their first date, Debbie claimed to have “fallen in love with him every day” throughout the years. In May 1980, Debbie and Robert tied the knot at the ages of just 18 and 19. Together, they are parents to three kids: Elaine, Josh, and James. Along with their wives, all three of the Morris children are employed by Gateway Church directly.
Parker, Mitchell, and Brae are James and Bridgette’s three children together. They got married in January 2009. Bridgette, who leads Gateway Women, is an executive pastor of ministry experience and communication, while James is an associate senior pastor.
After being married to Hannah for 13 years, Josh resigned from his position as a pastor in 2017. In fact, Hannah founded BibL, a company that makes entertaining games and items to help youngsters engage with religion in a positive way. Grady and Willow, their two children, are currently in their adolescent years.
In 2010, Elaine finally tied the knot with Ethan Fisher. Along with Elaine, another pastor, Ethan serves as a pastor at Gateway Church in Houston. On June 19, 2024, they marked their 14th anniversary. Addelynn, Katelynn, Preston, and Jackson are their four children.
Robert Morris career
Robert Morris has been the senior pastor of Gateway Church, which he and his spouse founded, since 2000. Located in Southlake, Texas, close to Fort Worth, Gateway Church is an evangelical Christian megachurch with multiple locations that is non-denominational. With 25,805 attendees as of 2023, it was ranked as the ninth largest in the US. Robert Morris, the Gateway church’s founding pastor, resigned in 2024 over claims that he had previously s*xually abused a kid.
Morris said in a statement: “When I was in my early twenties, I was involved in inappropriate s*xual behavior with a young lady in a home where I was staying. It was kissing and petting and not intercourse, but it was wrong. This behavior happened on several occasions over the next few years.”
Robert Morris’ net worth
Texas pastor Robert Morris, who has an estimated net worth of US$117 million, has resigned from his position on the Board of Elders of Gateway Church and the Dallas-based megachurch accepted his resignation following the revelation that he had an inappropriate relationship with a 12-year-old child.