Christian author confesses years-long extramarital affair, declaring he 'disqualified' himself from ministry

Christian writer Philip Yancey, who has been joined for much than 5 decades, confessed to engaging successful a multi-year affair, telling Christianity Today successful a connection that helium had "disqualified" himself from ministry.

Yancey did not mince words oregon question to support the matter — helium acknowledged the sinfulness of his behaviour and the devastating consequences of his actions.

"To my large shame, I confess that for 8 years I willfully engaged successful a sinful matter with a joined woman. My behaviour defied everything that I judge astir marriage. It was besides wholly inconsistent with my religion and my writings and caused heavy symptom for her hubby and some of our families. I volition not stock further details retired of respect for the different family," helium noted successful the statement, according to the outlet.

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Philip Yancey astatine Waterstone Community Church connected April 18, 2019, successful Littleton, Colo. (Joe Amon/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

"I person confessed my misdeed earlier God and my wife, and person committed myself to a nonrecreational counseling and accountability program. I person failed morally and spiritually, and I grieve implicit the devastation I person caused. I recognize that my actions volition disillusion readers who person antecedently trusted successful my writing. Worst of all, my misdeed has brought dishonor to God. I americium filled with remorse and repentance, and I person thing to basal connected but God’s mercy and grace," helium noted, according to the outlet.

"I americium present focused connected rebuilding spot and restoring my matrimony of 55 years. Having disqualified myself from Christian ministry, I americium truthful retiring from writing, speaking, and societal media. Instead, I request to walk my remaining years surviving up to the words I person already written. I commune for God’s grace and forgiveness — arsenic good arsenic yours — and for healing successful the lives of those I’ve wounded," Yancey wrote successful the emailed statement, according to Christianity Today.

He besides supplied the outlet with a connection from his wife. 

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A Denver County Jail inmate confined to dormitory Twelve Alpha reads a publication by Philip Yancey called Where Is God When It Hurts?  ( Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images)

In the statement, Janet Yancey noted that successful the look of this "trauma and devastation" she does not program to interruption her "marriage vow," and she asked for radical to commune for her and her husband.

"I, Janet Yancey, americium speaking from a spot of trauma and devastation that lone radical who person lived done betrayal tin understand. Yet I made a ineffable and binding matrimony vow 55½ years ago, and I volition not interruption that promise. I judge and recognize that God done Jesus has paid for and forgiven the sins of the world, including Philip’s. God assistance maine the grace to forgive also, contempt my unfathomable trauma. Please commune for us," she said successful the statement, according to the outlet.

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Christian transverse against the sky.  (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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In a 2023 portion astir being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Yancey wrote, "I person an omnicompetent woman of 52 years who takes my wellness and well-being arsenic a idiosyncratic challenge."

"Sixteen years ago, erstwhile I laic strapped to a backboard with a breached cervix aft an car accident, Janet drove done a blizzard to retrieve me. Already she was mentally redesigning our location successful lawsuit she needed to hole for beingness with a paralytic. She shows that aforesaid selfless, fierce loyalty now, adjacent arsenic she faces the perchance demanding relation of caregiving," helium wrote successful the piece.