EXCLUSIVE: Charismatic pastor, 46, of trendy Miami church is fired after having affairs with THREE worshippers - during which he 'drank frequently, got matching tattoos with one lover, and used church's credit card to fund trips for secret encounters'

Daily Mail UK ^ | August 5, 2022 | Greg Woodfield

[Morgana]

A Christian pastor of a trendy Miami church has been forced out for allegedly having steamy affairs with three women from his congregation, two while he was still married, DailyMail.com can reveal.

David Stocker, 46, was fired from Brave Church in the city's Westchester district in April after its overseeing body – the Peninsular Florida District Council of the Assemblies of God – found him guilty of 'gross sexual misconduct and immoral actions.'

The clergyman, who had preached at the church since 2014, is also accused of using the church's credit card to fund some of his illicit encounters, including paying for a flight to New York for one of his lovers.

The shocking allegations are contained in a 307-page complaint filed by the council that sued Stocker after he refused to step down and continued preaching despite being dismissed for breaching the church's bylaws.

Stocker's attorney did not immediately comment on the sex and alcohol allegations when contacted by DailyMail.com.

The pastor was investigated after the scorned woman from his first alleged affair reported him to the council in a damning email in January, in which she supplied 'hundreds' of photographs, videos, and text messages cataloging his shame.

The woman, whose identity is being protected by the council, was distraught after discovering Stocker went on to have relationships with two other worshippers – and is currently still with one of them, according to the legal papers filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.

The middle-aged mother alleged she and Stocker had sex on their first date as part of their 'whirlwind romance' and later had each other's names tattooed on their necks with the day they met.

She also claimed the fired minister, whose position demanded he abstain totally from alcohol, was frequently drunk, sometimes while in high-profile public places.

[Ann Archy]

He looks like a GIRL!

[Ikeon]

I don’t understand people cheating and having affairs. I mean, I asked my doctor if I was healthy enough for sex, he said “sure, but you’re really too ugly”.

[Boomer One]

Saw the words trendy and church and immediately thought they made a mistake by including Christian. Anyone who reads the Bible knows there is nothing trendy about religion.

[Hardastarboard]

David Stocker

Oooopsss. When I first saw this, I thought - "They finally nailed Joel Osteen".

[ealgeone]

yep....looks like Lentz from hillsong.

[Texas_Guy]

Maybe if protestants allowed their pastors to marry this wouldn’t happen.

Too soon?

[SERE_DOC]

LOL

The good news is it's not a catholic priest and a 10 y/o boy or girl.... this time.

Too soon?

[faucetman]

Organized “religion”. SUCKS!

I have “FAITH”, no need for “religion”.

[Salvavida]

My opinion doesn’t matter. God’s opinion is the only thing that matters.

[DIRTYSECRET]

If there was a God he would not let children die.

[jjotto]

https://aish.com/48970646/

“If You Were God”

[Salvavida]

Is that the god speaking that you created in your image? The first death isn’t to be feared. It is the second death that should have everyone’s full attention.

[SheepWhisperer]

“More weird stuff, considering that it’s Tisha B’Av...”

Both Temples were destroyed on that same day
...but how does this relate to “4:7”?

[Flaming Conservative]

Assemblies of God covered up a gay music minister who hit on young guys during choir trips. He threatened to sue AG, so they just moved him around. A family member was best friends with the mom of one of the kids he hit on. Fortunately, the kid refused him and called his mom to come get him.

[Flaming Conservative]

My aunt and uncle were missionaries in Canada when I was growing up. He had a big tattoo on his arm. I had never seen one, and asked him what it was. He told me what it was, that he got it in the Navy, and that he kept it to remind him of what he was before he became a Christian.
OT -— (my dad was in the Navy during WWII; never got a tattoo.)

[Ezekiel]

Both Temples were destroyed on that same day

...but how does this relate to “4:7”?

It was related to the age of the "pastor" named David and the quote about the destroyed 46 yo temple [of corruption], of Jesus' body, the 'body of Christ'.

In the modern era, 46 years ago was the big Bicentennial, the Spirit of Freedom, of '76 (Columbia = "the dove" , ha-yona = 76, היונה) all over the place. 7/4/76 was also date of the release of the prisoners, the Entebbe raid (aka Operation Thunderbolt), in which the only commando KIA was Yonatan Netanyahu (born in NYC).

John 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

Plus there's the interesting word play on Miami in the context of this "trendy Miami church":

Mi ami

who [מי] + my people [עמי]

My Ami..

Reminds me of the classic book, "Are you my Mother?" The little bird was determined to keep searching. He didn't have a full appreciation and understanding of his mother until he left the nest and went off on his little stroll.

Are You My Mother? By P.D. Eastman Read Aloud

When the human-approved channels of communication predicably become corrupted, the God of Abraham always has plenty of other options to choose from. (He's filled with ingenuity, the Spirit of Elohim.)

Good timing with the read-a-long:

Guf

It's all connected. Not only is Gabriel a big fan of birds, the "dove tree" is named David.

(People should take note that Gabriel is often depicted as a young man with wings and a ginger Jew-fro. Just sayin', to help with recognition.)

FOOTNOTES
1.
The soul of Mashiach has two dimensions. One is the enlightenment that all of creation will enjoy; and one is that there will be an individual (or a couple) that will master mind and master heart this giant planetary-scale project of coordinating all of humanity into a single, smoothly operating organism, that will run as efficiently as a person's body. According to Kabbala, all of humanity, actually all of creation, is really a single partzuf, a single Adam. In fact, one main feature of messianic consciousness is a greater awareness of our oneness in this regard.
The distinguishing feature of this individual (or couple) is that he become the point of entry for the soul of Mashiach. The highest tip of our world contacts the lowest toenails of the hovering soul of Mashiach, and the highest tip of our world is the person Mashiach.

2.
"And the spirit of G-d hovered upon the waters." (Gen. 1:2) Midrash Rabba explains that this "spirit of G-d" hovering upon the waters is actually the "soul of Mashiach," a term that refers to the highest possible G-d awareness/truth awareness that human beings are capable of...

Glass-Half-Empty Consciousness of Tisha b'Av

From a band from Miami:

Lonely, Mr. Lonely
That's what they'll call me
"That's Not My Name"

Must have been operating in the spirit and power of Elijah with those lyrics.

The last 2 verses in the Christian order of the Hebrew Bible:

Malachi 4:5-6

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Folks would do well to remember that the Egyptian "House of Life" is a pr-ankh.

Here's the combination hieroglyph:

𓉑

It's a scene right out of "Spies Like Us". Ingenious scare tactics.

(If you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a bunny with a pancake on its head.)

Life... finds a way. That really irks the oxygen thieves.

Dreadful.

Paradigm shift = great deliverance.

The brothers tried to explain to their father (by all of Joseph's words) that Joseph was still alive (and the governor over all the land of Egypt, no less), but it wasn't until Jacob saw the wagons that Joseph sent to lift him up that he was able to believe. It was at that point that the spirit of their father Jacob came back to life, and then *Israel* spoke.

What was it about those wagons that indicated to Jacob that only Joseph could have pulled something like that off?

The LM named Eagle was number 5. That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.

Is it any wonder that Lone Starr's special medallion a royal birth certificate? He was discovered on the doorstep of a monastery in the 4D galaxy.

Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

***

"Because of what you have done, the heavens have become a part of man's world. And as you talk to us from the Sea of Tranquility, it inspires us to redouble our efforts to bring peace and tranquility to Earth. For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one: one in their pride in what you have done, and one in our prayers that you will return safely to Earth."

Richard Nixon's Phone Call to the Moon

BTW, the CM (Columbia) returned safety to Earth after hovering over the surface of the waters like a "dove"...

..on Tisha B'Av.

It goes on.

See Jews in Space. By the overwhelming power of the Schwartz, Mega Maid flipped a switch and the rest was history.

It's all in there, in the historical documents.

Those poor people.

It makes sense why a matter rearranger was needed. 13 seconds could rectify one mistake, like this:

"The Lord, the Lord Jehovah has given unto you these 15... Oy! 5, 5 commandments for all to obey."

(Can-DO!)

Both Temples were destroyed on that same day

Remember what Big Joe said (in 1970)?

"I'm not sticking around and losing a third."

"We're all in this together!" ~ Bellamy

-- Look, we're not gonna wait 5 hours, either. If you can't keep up, that's your problem. Now we're pulling out, and we're pushing forward. Over. -- ~ The Good

Like in the lyrics of the classic song, "Sway":

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins:

In case of emergency, break glass.

[Texas_Guy]

Actually too late. Abuse cases were decades ago and involved mainly teenage boys. Big difference.

Plus those priests broke their vows on celibacy. There are no rules against what your man did.

Too soon to point that out?

[Campion]

Assemblies of God covered up a gay music minister who hit on young guys during choir trips. He threatened to sue AG, so they just moved him around.

According to Received FReeper Wisdom [tm], only Catholics do that.

(And if the "trendy" and "still married" ministers were allowed to be married, it would never happen at all.)

1 Cor 10:12

[AppyPappy]

His mistress was shocked to find he was an adulterer.

[AppyPappy]

Every pastor I know that got a tattoo after ordination has left the faith. Granted, I don’t know many but I found that odd.