A Tennessee-based evangelist with a history of homophobia has been forced to take a “sabbatical” after several female employees brought forward claims of “harassment” and “inappropriate” behavior around them, reports the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Voice of Evangelism (VOE), a ministry group that was founded by Perry Stone in 1979 and went on to become a multi-million dollar organization, announced Thursday that Stone had taken a forced sabbatical in April after a vote by the VOE board of directors.
According to VOE’s spokesperson, John Rodriguez, two key reasons forced the board to take their action against Stone. First, “Perry has encountered serious health issues related to spiritual and physical burnout,” Rodriguez said in a