ADDENDUM::Highpoint Church Cancels Parenting Conference on How to Keep Children Safe Featuring Andy Savage

A parenting conference set for April on how to keep children safe featuring embattled Highpoint Church Teaching Pastor Andy Savage, has been canceled following his confession last month that he had a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old girl while he was her pastor 20 years ago.

It is unclear how many tickets for the event had been sold previously but the #7000 Days Conference announced the cancellation last Wednesday and promised to refund payments made by early registrants in a few business days.

The concept behind the annual conference spearheaded by Savage is that parents only have 7,000 days with their children "from crib to college."

Highpoint Church Cancels Parenting Conference on How to Keep Children Safe Featuring Andy Savage

Addendum::Church leader, tied to embattled Memphis pastor Andy Savage, placed on leave in Texas

A Texas church has placed on leave a staff member who was on staff with Memphis pastor Andy Savage when Savage was involved in a sexual encounter with a 17-year-old.

The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas, placed Larry Cotton on leave in connection with allegations made by Jules Woodson against Savage, whose title is now teaching pastor at Highpoint Church in East Memphis.

Monday's move by the Texas church is the latest twist in the story since the allegations against Savage came to light. Savage remains on staff at Highpoint, which has expressed support for him.

Church leader, tied to embattled Memphis pastor Andy Savage, placed on leave in Texas

UPDATED::Andy Savage sexual assault case: Memphis Highpoint pastor gets ovation for apology | The Kansas City Star

UPDATE::  Andy Savage resigns from Highpoint Church following investigation

Andy Savage, accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Texas 20 years ago, has resigned from his ministerial post at Highpoint Church. 

The Memphis megachurch announced the resignation Tuesday, saying that while an investigation found no other instances of abuse, "the leadership team at Highpoint Church agrees that Andy's resignation is appropriate."

The statement is the first time the church leadership has termed the encounter involving Savage as "abuse."

Members of a Memphis megachurch stood and applauded their pastor on Sunday when he admitted to and apologized for engaging in a “sexual incident” with a high school student 20 years ago.

Jules Woodson, who accused Highpoint Church Pastor Andy Savage of sexually assaulting her when she was 17, told The New York Times she watched the moment, streamed live on the church’s YouTube page, in disbelief.
“It’s disgusting,” she said.

Though Savage, an author and podcast host, remains on the Highpoint staff, repercussions have begun for what Woodson says happened two decades ago.

Andy Savage sexual assault case: Memphis Highpoint pastor gets ovation for apology | The Kansas City Star

See also::
Silent no more: a survivor of sexual assault by prominent Memphis pastor Andy Savage shares her story #metoo #churchtoo #silenceisnotspiritual 

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Thought He Was Taking Me for Ice Cream: One Woman’s #MeToo Story of Molestation By Her Former Youth Pastor, Andy Savage