Central Bible Church elders asked Pastor David Daniels to resign over porn addiction

Elders at Central Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, recently asked their longtime lead pastor, David Daniels, to resign after he confessed to having a porn addiction.

An initial announcement, which has since been deleted from the church's website, stated that: "David Daniels was asked to resign as Lead Pastor of Central Bible Church due to an ongoing pattern of moral failure that he recently confessed to our Elders."

The church did not respond to a request for further comment from The Christian Post on Monday, but the elders went into more detail about Daniels' resignation in an email to church members cited by Christian abuse survivor advocate Amy Smith of The Watch Keep.

"David shared for the past number of years he had developed a pornographic addiction that was deeply affecting his marriage and his walk with the Lord. As the elders listened to David, they were both shocked and saddened by what they heard," the elders wrote in the statement.

"As the elders met together to discuss what David had confessed, they were united in their decision that David had disqualified himself from serving as our lead pastor since one of the qualifications for elders is to be 'above reproach' (1 Timothy 3:2). Thankfully, David is in agreement with their decision."

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