Robert Morris' Son-in-law Speaks Out Against Gateway Church Founder Scandal!
Robert Morris Son-Inlaw Ethan Fisher who is the senior pastor of Gateway Church Houston.
Ethan Fisher is married to Robert Morris daughter whos is one of the pastors at gateway church.
Ethan Fisher says that Robert Morris is nolonger the overseer of Gateway Church.
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Ethan Fisher is the Senior Pastor of Gateway Church in Houston. He and his wife, Elaine moved from DFW to plant the church, which was launched in January of 2020. Ethan has a passion to see lives changed, and a heart to see people walk in the purpose God has for their lives. He and Elaine have been married for almost twelve years, and have four children, Adde, Kate, Preston and Jackson.
In 2009, Morris and Gateway Church worked with Jay Hayford to start a branch of the King's University in Southlake, with the Southlake branch ultimately becoming its main campus in 2014.[3]
Prior to the allegations against him, Morris had announced he intended to step down as senior pastor of Gateway Church and transition his son into the leadership role by Spring 2025.[3]
Advisor to Donald Trump
Morris served on a 25-person "evangelical executive advisory board" to Donald Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign,[4] and he hosted Trump at Gateway Church in June 2020. Following the sexual misconduct allegations, a spokesman stated Morris has no role in Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.[5]
Alleged sexual misconduct with a minor
In June 2024, it became public on The Wartburg Watch, an internet website focused on reporting abuse in churches, that Cindy Clemishire, a 54 year old woman, had claimed that on Christmas night in 1982, Morris, whom she has been staying in the same household with, had invited her to his room, instructed her to lay on his bed, and then proceeded to touch her breasts and feel under her panties. At the time, Clemishire was 12 years old and Morris was a 21 years old traveling evangelist.[6] She further claimed that similar encounters with Morris continued to occur over the next four and a half years. She recalled him saying, "Never tell anyone about this" and that it would "ruin everything."[7]
In 2014, Morris gave a sermon saying he struggled with sexual immorality as a teenager and that he "learned to lie and manipulate" and "looked for the girls that would be the most susceptible."[6]
Following the allegations by Clemishire, Morris confessed to a "moral failure."[7] It was reported by the Christian Post, a Christian news source, that Morris had stated that he priorly engaged in "inappropriate sexual behavior with a young lady" in a home where he was staying "on several occasions" over a period of years and that the behavior constituted "kissing and petting" but not intercourse.[5] The sexual relationship lasted between 1982 and March 1987,[6] when the "situation was brought to light" as he was serving as pastor of Shady Grove Church in Grand Prairie, Texas.[8][7] He then left ministry and underwent counseling before being approved to return in 1989.[5] He stated that he and his wife met the survivor and her family and that they "asked their forgiveness, and they graciously forgave me." Clemishire says although she forgave Morris, she never approved of his return to ministry.[8]
The Board of Elders of Gateway Church acknowledged they were aware of Morris having a past inappropriate sexual relationship, but they stated that it was their understanding that it was an "extramarital relationship, which he had discussed many times throughout his ministry" and that it "was with ‘a young lady’ and not abuse of a 12-year-old child."[5] The elders have hired a crisis management law firm to investigate the matter further.[6]