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Gateway Church Cuts Staff Following Steep Donation Decline, Mounting Legal Actions

Voluntary severance offers accompany the cuts under new lead pastor Daniel Floyd during ongoing lawsuits over former pastor Robert Morris’s abuse claims.

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Overview

  • Voluntary donations have fallen by 30–40% since allegations of Morris’s abuse became public in June 2024.
  • Staffers were offered a two-week voluntary resignation window with severance of one month per service year, capped at four months total.
  • In May, Gateway appointed Virginia megachurch pastor Daniel Floyd as its new lead pastor to guide the church’s next chapter.
  • Two multi-million-dollar lawsuits—one over tithing practices and another alleging defamation by church leaders—are pending in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
  • Robert Morris has been indicted on five counts of lewd acts with a child and separately sued the church for disputed retirement benefits.