Darrin Patrick

Faith leaders and religion influencers who died in 2020

By Adelle M. Banks — December 29, 2020
(RNS) — Losses in the religion world included people known for their contributions to preaching, civil rights or music.

Death of megachurch pastor Darrin Patrick officially ruled a suicide

By Bob Smietana and Alejandra Molina — July 2, 2020
(RNS) — The cause of death was a gunshot wound and the medical examiner ruled it a suicide, said Franklin County Sheriff Steve Pelton.

My last conversation with Darrin Patrick

By Tony Jones — May 21, 2020
(RNS) — Darrin was a pastor, through and through. So after he had fallen and been fired from a church he founded, he subjected himself to a restoration process that was, by all accounts, brutal and exhausting.

Friends mourn Darrin Patrick, megachurch pastor and author, who died of apparent ‘self-inflicted gunshot wound’

By Bob Smietana — May 8, 2020
Darrin Patrick, a megachurch pastor who fell from grace and then returned to ministry, died this week of what appears to be a "self-inflicted gunshot wound," according to Seacoast Church.

Wounded by a pastor’s fall, The Journey megachurch gets back on its path

By Eric Berger — January 17, 2019
ST. LOUIS (RNS) — Since elders fired the founder, Darrin Patrick, the church has improved accountability and promoted more women, but its salvation may have been its faith in a down-to-earth approach to building community.
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