Last week, the Church Planning Network, Acts 29, fired its CEO, Steve Timas, for allegations of abuse and bullying.

But now there's evidence that Acts 29 president Matt Chandler knew about Timis' abuse.

But instead of dealing with it, he fired the whistleblowers.

Welcome to the Roy's report, a podcast dedicated to

reporting the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's, and today we're going to be talking

about what's happened at Acts 29, but we're also going to be looking at the larger issue of

spiritual abuse and bullying in the church and how whistleblowers are often silenced by those in authority.

And joining me to do that is a special guest from Australia, Steve McAlpine. Steve is a pastor and

absolutely brilliant blogger, but he's also one of several people who courageously spoke out about

abuse by former Act 29 CEO, Steve Timis. And he's been sort of a hub

connecting victims of abuse with one another. And we're going to hear all about that story.

But before Steve joins me, I want to just take a minute to thank the sponsors of this podcast,

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Well, I am so excited to have Steve McAlpine join me today.

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