Elevation Church Scandal 2025. Earlier in june, the sbc representatives overwhelmingly voted at their annual meeting to affirm the expulsion of saddleback church, the southern california megachurch founded by rick warren. The elevation megachurch caused a minor controversy over the easter weekend, after it was revealed that the church would be avoiding certain religious phrases in its easter.
Following pivotal decisions at the recent sbc annual meeting, elevation church in north carolina becomes latest megachurch to leave denomination. Furtick is pastor of elevation church, a megachurch in charlotte, n.c., with a weekly attendance of about 20,000, whose ministry has generated much controversy in recent.