Bestselling Christian Author Heather Thompson Day Arrested on Child Injury Charge; Husband Faces Child Sex Abuse Charge

Bestselling Christian author Heather Thompson Day has been arrested and charged with injury to a child, elderly, or disabled person. Seth Day, her husband and professor at Southwestern Adventist University (SWAU), faces the same charge, as well as a charge of sexual assault of a child.

Heather Thompson Day is a Christian speaker, podcaster, and the author of several books, including “What If I’m Wrong?: Navigating the Waves of Fear and Failure,” “I’ll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You Want To Quit,” and “It’s Not Your Turn: What To Do While You’re Waiting for Your Breakthrough.”

Her work has been featured by Religion News Service, Christianity Today, Barna Group, and Newsweek.

Seth Day and Heather Thompson Day were taken into custody by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office in Texas on Thursday (Sept. 24).

Seth Day is an assistant professor of psychology at SWAU. Both Seth and Heather previously served on the faculty of Andrews University, a Seventh-day Adventist school in Michigan.

SWAU said in a statement posted to social media that the school “has been informed that Seth Day, a faculty member of our school, was taken into custody.”

“Mr. Day has been placed on administrative leave. We are fully cooperating with law enforcement,” said SWAU. “We understand that the current allegations do not involve SWAU students, staff, or other faculty members.”

“The safety of our University community remains our first priority,” the school added. “We will share additional details as appropriate.”

ChurchLeaders has reached out to Heather Thompson Day for comment and will update this article in the event of a response.

Was a Christian speaker, podcaster and author of several Christian books.

2 posted on 09/30/2026 10:40:00 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Male simping and female promiscuity is the same thing. Resources without reciprocation.)

The daughter alleged her father had repeatedly physically abused her. On Sept. 22, according to the affidavit, Seth Day allegedly struck his daughter with her cell phone, “causing lacerations and multiple areas of bruising on her face.”
The daughter also told police the abuse had happened repeatedly in the past, leading to Texas Child Protective Services Investigations, and the daughter alleged the family moved homes because of those reports.

Daughter of Heather Thompson Day and Seth Day reported alleged abuse, leading to arrest

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4 posted on 10/01/2026 12:09:45 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)

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