Four Women Accuse North Point Contractor Steve Thomason of Abuse Today

Four women say a former contractor at Andy Stanley's North Point Community Church sexually abused them when they were between 14 and 22 years old. The women, named only as Jane Does, made the claims in a joint statement from their lawyers on October 30, 2026, accusing Steve Thomason, a contract musician and videographer, of grooming, coercive control and sexual abuse going back about 20 years. The allegations, reported widely on November 10, have gone to law enforcement and to the megachurch.

Thomason has not been charged with a crime, and no lawsuit has been filed against the church. He told The Roys Report he knew of the accusations and declined to comment. What the women want, their lawyers say, is accountability and protection for anyone else at risk.

Four women accuse North Point contractor Steve Thomason

The statement came from The Stier Group, a Fort Worth law firm, with lawyers Zeke Fortenberry of Dallas and Jordan Van Matre of McDonough, Georgia. It says Thomason used his spiritual position and access to young people to carry out "devastating conduct" against their clients. The listed acts include grooming, coercive control, spiritual manipulation, kissing, fondling, groping and soliciting sexual acts.

The women came forward in April 2025, learning there were four. That followed a separate case, in which a woman accused Reggie Joiner, a North Point co-founder and founder of the Orange youth curriculum, of grooming her as a teenager. Joiner resigned in 2024 after admitting an inappropriate relationship with a former chief executive, Kristin Ivy.

At least two of the four women say they reported Thomason to two church staff leaders about 20 years ago. Stanley, in a November 5 message to staff, acknowledged one woman raised concerns with two North Point pastors in 2006, but said she did not report sexual misconduct at the time.

The abuse they describe occured over years, not in a single incident, and the full account has not yet been tested in court.

Andy Stanley responds to North Point abuse allegations

Stanley called the allegations "devastating and heartbreaking" in his November 5 message and said his team will take them seriously. He clarified that Thomason was a contractor, never an employee of North Point Ministries or a volunteer with the church. He also said none of the abuse took place on church property, at a church event or in a ministry environment.

They say they notified North Point leadership, including Stanley and registered agent Richard Holliday, in writing on July 26, 2025. They also raised concern that Thomason was still working on a North Point youth production as recently as October 2025.

Stanley told The Roys Report Thomason was not under contract when the church learned of the accusations. The gap between those two accounts is now the heart of the story.

The women say the church was warned twice, once 20 years ago and once in writing last year. The church says the contractor was not on its staff and the abuse did not happen in its spaces.

Both sides agree the claims have been reported to law enforcement, and the facts have not yet been tested in court. Church leaders elsewhere have faced the same hard questions this week, as a South Carolina judge dismissed criminal charges against Pawleys Island church leaders while civil suits continue, as reported in Charges Dismissed Against Pawleys Island Church Leaders.

North Point Community Church leadership change 2027

The allegations land in the middle of a handover at one of America's largest churches. Stanley, 68, announced last month that he will step down from his primary leadership of North Point Ministries on January 1, 2027, and from the flagship Alpharetta campus on June 1, 2027, after 31 years. Joel Thomas, approved by 95.65% of the congregation, will succeed him as senior pastor, as reported in Andy Stanley Steps Down After 31 Years at North Point.

Earlier this year the state moved to criminalise clergy sexual abuse, but no charge against Thomason under that law, or any other, has been reported. The women's lawyers have not filed a lawsuit, and their statement was framed as a public warning rather than the start of court proceedings.

For a church preparing a careful goodbye to its founding pastor, the timing could hardly be harder. The congregation that voted overwhelmingly for its next leader must now weigh what its last one knew and what was done about it. A Virginia court delivered its own verdict on a church leadership dispute this week, sending the McLean Bible case back to trial, as reported in Virginia Supreme Court Rejects McLean Bible Bid Today.

What happens next for the North Point allegations

The next steps belong to investigators and the church. Law enforcement has the reports, the lawyers have the statements, and the church has promised to take them seriously. What has not happened yet matters most: a full, independent account of who was told what, and when.

Until that account exists, the story stays where it started, with four women who waited 20 years to be heard together. Whether the church's answers satisfy them is a question the coming weeks will settle.

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