Pastor Tommy Nelson Announces Retirement Plan
Pastor Tommy Nelson Announces Retirement Plan:
Pastor Tommy Nelson, the founder of Denton Bible Church in Texas and best-selling author, has admitted that the church was powerless to stop a former youth pastor from abusing several young girls. Now, he is prepared to step down from the leadership of his megachurch and hand it over to a group of younger leaders.
Pastor Nelson, who has been with Denton Bible Church since he was 27, said Nyquist, who has been employed there for nine years, is well-suited for the promotion. Pastor Nelson started preaching full-time at the church at the age of 37.
In an email to his church on October 4 that Fox 4 obtained, Nelson, 73, stated that he will eventually be replaced by current Associate Pastor Logan Nyquist, 37, but he did not specify when the changeover from his position would be finalized.
“Most of you are aware by now of the man taking my place. Logan Nyquist is now the Associate Pastor, with the intention that his role and responsibilities will increase over time. You will see him in the pulpit more often,” Nelson said. “He is a DTS [Dallas Theological Seminary] graduate with great giftedness in biblical exegesis, preaching, and languages. He has a passion for evangelism and discipleship.”
“He has the tools needed, and he has been faithful where he has been planted. Most of all, he has been faithful to those things that the Denton Bible stands for,” he said.
Pastor Nelson said, “A church like Denton Bible Church needs to… always exist” to represent the “fundamental, premillennial, Calvinistic, dispensational, discipleship-focused, elder-ruled, complementarian, and ‘non-woke,'” congregation.
“Our goal is to transition the leadership of Denton Bible Church to the next generation who will preserve these truths,” Nelson added.
“I’ve never felt anything quite so strongly as the need to transition now to the next generation. Our church is as strong as it has ever been. Twelve new young elders have come aboard. We have ministries for all. Our staff is skilled, excited, and young. Of our fifty staff, forty-eight are younger than me. All our future leaders are Gen X and Millennials,” he said in his message.