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Case File · Nov 3, 2026 · 1:52

Offered $100K to Stay Silent? (Lakepointe NDA Allegation)

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Exhibit AKey Evidence

  1. A former Lakepointe worship pastor says she was offered over $100,000 to stay silent, and refused. The church hasn't responded.
  2. On Church Disrupted, Jeff Cochran read posts from Mary Britt Kuti. She says she and her husband Chris were offered "over $100,000 in church tithe dollars" to sign a document that would have required their silence, and that they declined "because truth does not need to be protected by silence."
  3. Josh Howerton's side, from DMs quoted by Baptist News Global: "I said we never used an NDA, which is true. A CA [confidentiality agreement] is categorically different…"
  4. These are allegations, not independently verified.

Exhibit BFrom the Word

“Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear.”
1 Timothy 5:19-20 NKJV
“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.”
Ephesians 5:11 NKJV
Credit

Source: Church Disrupted (Jeff Cochran, Spiritual Abuse Institute)

From Church Disrupted, "Did Lakepointe Church & Josh Howerton Offer a $100,000 NDA? Former Staff Say Yes" (YouTube, Nov 3, 2026). Footage and audio belong to Church Disrupted; shared for commentary. The $100K claim is Mary Britt Kuti's account and hasn't been independently verified.

ClassifiedFull Briefing

A former Lakepointe worship pastor says she was offered over $100,000 to stay silent, and refused. The church hasn't responded.

On Church Disrupted, Jeff Cochran read posts from Mary Britt Kuti. She says she and her husband Chris were offered "over $100,000 in church tithe dollars" to sign a document that would have required their silence, and that they declined "because truth does not need to be protected by silence."

Josh Howerton's side, from DMs quoted by Baptist News Global: "I said we never used an NDA, which is true. A CA [confidentiality agreement] is categorically different…"

These are allegations, not independently verified. Scripture's standard: two or three witnesses (1 Tim 5:19–20). Expose darkness (Eph 5:11).

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Sources

  1. Spiritual Abuse Institute report: https://www.spiritualabuse.institute/about/the-way-the-truth-and-the-church-nda
  2. Church Disrupted, "Did Lakepointe Church & Josh Howerton Offer a $100,000 NDA? Former Staff Say Yes" (YouTube): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9aBxZYQZxg

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