These articles are organized with most recent at the top. If you want to read in chronological order, jump to the bottom.
April 7, 2023
The Washington Post This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.
The title is somewhat misleading: the article actually describes the decrease in multi-ethnicity as beginning after Jay Thomas became pastor, not simply after January 6th.
(Note: Washington Post carried the story from Religion News Service below, which has no paywall.)
April 4, 2023
Religion News Service This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.
The title is somewhat misleading: the article actually describes the decrease in multi-ethnicity as beginning after Jay Thomas became pastor, not simply after January 6th.
Same article as The Washington Post article above. No paywall.
Dec. 8, 2022
The Roys Report: Prominent North Carolina Church Embroiled in Controversy Following Alleged Abuse & 3 Investigations
Links to primary source documents: the elders’ announcement that they would hire G.R.A.C.E., a copy of the NDA, the letter from the elders to the congregation following the article in the Daily Tar Heel, The leadership’s summary of the G.R.A.C.E. Executive Summary, and a video of the response of Jay Thomas to the findings of G.R.A.C.E.
Dec 5, 2022
The Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church is Done Talking and Lamenting. It Tells Some Church Members to Go Away.
Primary source document: copy of elders’ letter to congregation
Nov. 29, 2022
The Daily Tar Heel: Chapel Hill Bible Church leaders face allegations, investigations over abusive behavior
Links to primary source documents of the elders’ summary of the G.R.A.C.E. Executive Summary and to the report from Leighton Ford Ministries.
Nov 23, 2022
The Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church and the GRACE Report: When the Priesthood of the Believers Became the Priesthood of the Priests
Primary source document: excerpts from the elders’ summary of the G.R.A.C.E. executive summary and link to summary
Nov 14, 2022
The Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church Should Hire a Warg* to Protect the GRACE Report From the Eyes of the “Unaffirmed” Membership.
March 4, 2022
The Wartburg Watch (blog) The Convicting Letters of Resignation from Four Elders of Chapel Hill Bible Church
Primary source documents: elder resignation letters
March 2, 2022
The Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church Will Not Release the Entire G.R.A.C.E Report to the Membership in Order to Protect the Staff. Then, There’s the Racism Thing…
Primary source: video of elder chair’s comments
Oct 11, 2021
The Wartburg Watch (blog) On the Vote of the SBC Executive Committee and On What Happened to Me Due to My Support of the Petitioners at Chapel Hill Bible Church
Sept 29, 2021
The Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church: NDAs Are Not Gospel Documents and It’s Time to Pray for Those Who Speak Gospel Truth
Sept 27, 2021
The Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church: A Petition Signed by 78 and the Use of NDAs to Keep Things on the Down Low. What’s Going On With the Leaders?
Primary source documents: the petition and the NDA
Sept 24, 2021
Wartburg Watch (blog) Chapel Hill Bible Church Pastor Eric Mckiddie Is Gone and Pastor Jay Thomas Is Under Fire
