Let us be in prayer for Pastor Bob Coy and his family and church. I just loved hearing his radio program, this is so very heart breaking.
Pastor Bob Coy, who founded Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale in 1985, vacated his position as senior pastor April 3, though the exact nature of his “moral failing” has not been publicly released.
“Pastor Bob will be focusing his full attention on his personal relationship with God and with his family,” read the news release on the church’s website. “The governing board of the church is providing counselors and ministers who will help guide him through the process of full repentance, cleansing and restoration.”
Calvary Chapel plans to continue services at its main campus and six affiliated churches through a team of assistant pastors who will serve on a rotating schedule.
The church, said to be the 14th largest in the nation, has about 20,000 members.
Parishioners were told of Coy’s resignation during a special meeting on Sunday, which had 7,500 people in attendance, according to the Daily Mail.
In addition to revealing the stunning news that Coy, 58, would be vacating his position, church leaders reportedly also read a letter from the preacher in which he apologized for his actions and said that Calvary Chapel would continue to flourish.
Active Word, Coy’s radio, TV and digital media ministry, has also been suspended, according to leaders at the church.
