Soul Survivor founder Mike Pilavachi resigns
from Religion Media Centre:
The Rev Canon Mike Pilavachi, the founder of Soul Survivor, has resigned by issuing a statement on his private Instagram account, picked up on social media, seeking forgiveness for anyone he may have hurt in the course of his ministry.
He started summer festivals 30 years ago which attracted tens of thousands of young people, attracted by his teaching and worship in a charismatic evangelical style. He went on to become ordained and the associate pastor at Soul Survivor in Watford.
He stepped back in April as stories emerged of him gathering a coterie of attractive young men, giving them full body massages and engaging in wrestling matches with them. There are several church investigations underway into the story.
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