{"id":1309,"date":"2023-10-10T03:33:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T03:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2025-01-30T16:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T16:23:15","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chapelhillbiblechurch.org\/?p=1309","title":{"rendered":"Chapel Hill Bible Church in the News: Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These articles are organized with most recent at the top. If you want to read in chronological order, jump to the bottom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Jan 30, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Bodies Behind the Bus (podcast)<\/strong> \u00a0Crissie and Walker’s Story\/Chapel Hill Bible Church\/North Carolina Part 3<\/em><\/div>\n
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On Apple podcasts\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n
On Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n
On i-Heart<\/a><\/div>\n
Also on Amazon Music<\/div>\n

In part 3, Crissie and Walker share their first hand perspectives as they speak conversationally with each other and the hosts<\/em><\/p>\n

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Jan 22, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Bodies Behind the Bus (podcast) <\/strong>Crissie and Walker’s Stories\/Chapel Hill Bible Church\/North Carolina Part 2<\/em><\/div>\n
On Apple podcasts<\/a><\/div>\n
On Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n
On i-Heart<\/a><\/div>\n
Also on Amazon Music<\/div>\n
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Continuation of\u00a0 first person perspectives from the administrative assistant who exposed the church’s use of NDAs when refused to sign one and gave up\u00a0 severance money\u00a0 and\u00a0 perspectives from an elder who subsequently resigned .\u00a0<\/em><\/div>\n
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Jan 15, 2025<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n
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Bodies Behind the Bus (podcast) <\/strong>\u00a0Crissie’s Story\/Chapel Hill Bible Church\/North Carolina Part 1<\/em><\/p>\n

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On Apple Podcasts\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n
On Spotify<\/a><\/div>\n
On iHeart<\/a><\/div>\n
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First person perspectives from the administrative assistant who exposed the church’s use of NDAs when she refused to sign one and gave up\u00a0 severance money.<\/em><\/div>\n

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April 7, 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Washington Post<\/strong>\u00a0 This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/sup>. <\/em><\/p>\n

(Note: Washington Post carried the story from Religion News Service below, which has no paywall.)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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April 4, 2023<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Religion News Service\u00a0<\/strong> This North Carolina church used to be multiracial. Then came Jan. 6.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/sup>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Same article as The Washington Post article above. No paywall.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dec. 8, 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Roys Report<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Prominent North Carolina Church Embroiled in Controversy Following Alleged Abuse & 3 Investigations<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Dec 5, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>Chapel Hill Bible Church is Done Talking and Lamenting. It Tells Some Church Members to Go Away.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Primary source document: copy of elders’ letter to congregation<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Nov. 29, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Daily Tar Heel<\/strong>:\u00a0\u00a0Chapel Hill Bible Church leaders face allegations, investigations over abusive behavior<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nov\u00a0 23, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wartburg Watch (blog) <\/strong>Chapel Hill Bible Church and the GRACE Report: When the Priesthood of the Believers Became the Priesthood of the Priests<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Primary source document: excerpts from the elders’ summary of the G.R.A.C.E. executive summary and link to summary<\/em><\/p>\n

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Nov 14, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wartburg Watch (blog) <\/strong>Chapel Hill Bible Church Should Hire a Warg* to Protect the GRACE Report From the Eyes of the \u201cUnaffirmed\u201d Membership.<\/a><\/p>\n

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March 4, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>The Convicting Letters of Resignation from Four Elders of Chapel Hill Bible Church<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Primary source documents: elder resignation letters<\/em><\/p>\n

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March 2, 2022<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>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\u2019s the Racism Thing\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Primary source: video of elder chair’s comments<\/em><\/p>\n

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Oct 11, 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>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<\/a><\/p>\n

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Sept 29, 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>Chapel Hill Bible Church: NDAs Are Not Gospel Documents and It\u2019s Time to Pray for Those Who Speak Gospel Truth<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sept 27, 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>Chapel Hill Bible Church: A Petition Signed by 78 and the Use of NDAs to Keep Things on the Down Low. What\u2019s Going On With the Leaders?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Primary source documents: the petition and the NDA<\/em><\/p>\n

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Sept 24, 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Wartburg Watch (blog)\u00a0<\/strong>Chapel Hill Bible Church Pastor Eric Mckiddie Is Gone and Pastor Jay Thomas Is Under Fire<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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