Amid mounting accusations and public scrutiny surrounding his ministry, evangelist Todd White issued a lengthy statement addressing leadership failures, repentance and the future direction of his organization.
White acknowledged that some individuals were hurt under his leadership and expressed regret, while also outlining what he described as significant growth and renewed stability within the ministry.
The following is White’s full statement:
You know, for my Christian life, I’ve tried to stay very, very close to the Lord, and I’m very thankful for that. But He’s been firmly just confirming to me over and over and over again. And He’s shown me where people have felt hurt or unseen. And there are people out there that are wounded or distanced from God, and it’s through my leadership.
And I am deeply sorry. I’ve asked you to forgive me. And I ask you once again, repentance to me isn’t just a word. It’s actually changing the way that you think and it’s thinking from God’s perspective towards a situation and sometimes at the pace and the way that we are running and trying to make sure that we got everything done.
Sometimes that is something that falls to the back and I take full responsibility for any confusion, all pressure, any kind of pain that I might have caused in our journey to try to get things done. You know, repentance isn’t just a moment. It’s an actual continued lifestyle of surrender. And I welcome correction and the people around me to actually give me that. I don’t want just yes people.
I need people that want to see this go forward in the best way that we possibly can. And I am so thankful for wise counsel and for people that have been in my life to be able to point things out and to bring that to the light. And this is an amazing time. And I am thankful that I have that.
And I am so sorry that people have been hurt. I want to make sure that I bring into context the reality of the timeline in this because this isn’t a 20 year or 30-year thing. First I’ve only been saved for 21 years and we didn’t move here until 2016. Moved to Dallas in faith in 2018. We purchased a building and we had school growth and all these students in order to nurture and we tried the best with what we had and the pace was really really really fast.
In 2020, you know, we launched a congregation during Covid on Yom Kippur which when I look back that absolutely happened way more quickly than grace allowed and I moved with zeal ahead of grace. And unfortunately, when you do that, even though you have a goal in mind, there’s people that get hurt along the way.
In 2021, I actually was diagnosed with congestive heart failure about a year later. So, September, we launched the congregation and then a year later around Thanksgiving, I am in the hospital with congestive heart failure. And I am so thankful that Pastor William Hinn was here. And when I came back after about a 100 days of being absent, when I came back, William had nurtured the church, amazing.
And I am so thankful. And I took the stage and told everybody that William’s your pastor. And I am so thankful for what we started here. And William was able to nurture, which was really amazing. And I am very thankful for that.
Guys, what I really have learned from this is that you can really move ahead in zeal without wisdom.
And that’s exactly what I did in this case. And honestly, we need to have a culture established and formed intentionally instead of trying to find the culture after you’ve built. And we fell short. And unfortunately, the consequences of that is expectations were unclear. Therefore, they were never met.
Some carried way more weight than were supposed to and others lacked proper support. Fatigue, misunderstanding increased, and wounds surfaced, both old and new. I’m sharing this in context not to excuse anything, just to share where I came from. I wasn’t trained in large ministry. I came out of the itinerate background knowing that God loved me.
And my heart cry is to make sure that everybody knows that they’re loved by God and that they can share their faith openly everywhere they go. You know, and launching a church, I stepped out of my lane and the grace that’s on my life. And with that caused strain and disappointment and God has since just realigned and I am so thankful.
You know, accountability is such a big deal, having people around you that can speak into your life. And I never wanted to be above that. And I am so thankful that God has given me that. And I have those people that can do that. And I am so grateful for the team that we’ve had for the last two and a half years.
The present stability that we have because this has been absolutely the most fruitful time we’ve ever had. We actually have historical student growth right now. We’re almost at 400 students now. That’s in person and online. And the retention rate, which is the most important part because that means a student’s not just coming for a little bit of time.
They’re actually coming and signing up for second year. And second year, actually this year is the biggest that we’ve had as far as the interest in internship in third year. You know, doctrine is really important. The standards of doctrine are very important and we want to make sure that our students get a top-of-the-line education.
Last fall, we were able to get accreditation. We were able to get accredited to give people a degree in biblical studies. They can come here for a two-year associates degree. Just this last year, we had record partnership involvement because of our shared national vision about seeing the United States saved because we believe that America needs to come to the feet of Jesus.
Our major push is the power and love schools that we do. And in 2026, we’re actually going to be able to equip 20,000 people in the 12 month span. 20,000 people to be able to share their faith. And if they share their faith only three times a week, that is 3.1 million people being able to hear the gospel. It’s so important that we become witnesses in the church.
We need to witness for Jesus. Every day you’re witnessing something. You’re either going to witness for the world or you’re going to witness for Christ. And our goal is to be able to teach people how to witness for Jesus Christ. Just so that you know, there has been 10 years of this ministry putting video after video after video out there just because we want to see people understand what this looks like practically.
And thousands and thousands and thousands and thousands of people have been impacted all over the world. I go to other countries, get off the plane and talk to pastors, talk to people, talk to security, talk to all kinds of people that tell me that the impact of the videos and what they’ve done and it’s been able they’ve been able to step out in their faith and actually believe that God is going to save souls.
And I think that’s what we’re all about. I think that’s what the whole body of Christ is about. I think that that’s the main goal is we want people to be saved. We want them to come to know Jesus. and we want them to go and be in heaven with us eventually. We want hell empty and heaven full. And that is super powerful.
And I just want to thank you if you have sown into this. If you have prayed for us, if you have watched the videos, if you’ve shared the video with somebody else, you’re a part of what’s happening right now. And there’s fruit laid up into your account because you are a part of everything that we do.
To us, culture matters way more than expansion. And we have a very healthy leadership team. and they have decades of experience and I am so thankful to have those type of people here because we need mothers and fathers in the body of Christ and these people have really helped us to be able to create a healthy culture you know in going after the Lord and even in this time it’s caused me to run into Him and I am so thankful the Lord’s called me. I mean He called me out of drugs. He called me out of all the things that I lived in
He changed my life. He gave me a wife and kids and I’m running the race and I’m going to go after it with everything that I am with humility, but I’m still going after Jesus. And He gave me this verse and I want to share it with you guys. Acts 20:24, but my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for the finishing, the work assigned to me by the Lord Jesus Christ.
He’s assigned me work and for me to live as Christ and to die as gain. And I need to go after this with everything in me because He saved me from darkness and He translated me into the kingdom of the Son of His love. Guys, I just want to say thank you so much. Thanks for being a part. Thanks for praying for us. Thanks for lifting us up.
We just really appreciate it and we love you and we bless you. Father, thank you so much in the name of Jesus. I thank you for prodigals coming home. I thank you for families being reunited. I thank you for marriages being restored. I thank you for salvation for everyone out there listening and watching. And I thank you that we might grow together and come together and be a part of the same body in Jesus name. Bless you guys.
We love you. Thank you.
Prepared by Charisma Media Staff.
