VIRGINIA
Christian Post
BY JESSICA MARTINEZ, CP REPORTER
March 31, 2014
The Richmond Outreach Center announced that a youth pastor from Atlanta will lead the Virginia megachurch after nearly a year-long, nationwide search.
Joe Donahue will replace Geronimo Aguilar, the ROC’s former senior pastor who was arrested in May 2013 on sexual abuse charges. Prior to his new assignment, Donahue was serving as teaching pastor at First Redeemer Church for the past six years.
“Pastor Joe has a heart to lead, strengthen, and equip the church through solid biblical teaching, authenticity, transparency, and his love for Jesus,” according to a statement on the church’s website.
Jonathan Falwell, pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Va. and a consultant for the ROC, introduced Donahue and his wife Kristy to the congregation on Saturday night. While speaking about the church’s struggle to remain intact during Aguilar’s sex scandal, Falwell noted that Donahue is the man “God has raised up” to lead the ministry towards a new beginning.
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