Four women say a former musician and videographer at North Point Community Church sexually abused them when they were between 14 and 22 years old, accusations that stretch back nearly two decades and that the women say they only recently felt able to share publicly. The women, identified only as Jane Does, issued a statement through their attorney on Oct. 30 detailing the allegations against Steve Thomason, who held roles at the Alpharetta megachurch and its parent organization, North Point Ministries.
According to The Roys Report, which first detailed the allegations, the women accuse Thomason of kissing, fondling, spiritual manipulation, coercive control, grooming, groping, and soliciting sexual acts. Much of the alleged abuse occurred roughly two decades before the report, and the women say they had waited nearly that long to come forward together. One woman said she met Thomason through North Point's high school program when she was 16, and that he took her virginity when she was 17 and he was 34.
Church Says It Learned of Claims Last Year
The women's legal team notified North Point Community Church leadership about the allegations on July 26, 2025, but Thomason was still working with the church as of that October, according to the women's statement reported by The Roys Report. Pastor Andy Stanley has said Thomason, who worked as an independent contractor, was not working for the church when leaders first learned of the allegations — and that it was only a few months later that leaders discovered he was part of a crew contracted for a church project under a business name.
“When we became aware of this, we ended the contract,” Stanley said, according to the outlet. That contracted crew had been working on a video set rather than a youth event, per the report. Stanley said church leaders learned of the allegations when the victims' law firm first contacted North Point, and he described the accusations as devastating and heartbreaking.
One Woman Flagged Concerns Back in 2006
Stanley's letter, as detailed by The Roys Report, said one of the women alerted two North Point Ministries pastors to concerns back in 2006 but did not report them as sexual misconduct at the time. Separately, two of the four women said they had reported alleged grooming and sexual abuse to two North Point Community Church staff members roughly 20 years ago. Stanley said legal counsel reviewed the church's response and concluded it acted appropriately based on the information available at the time, and he maintained the church has been cleared of mishandling the situation.
Stanley's letter also stated that none of the alleged abuse occurred on North Point Community Church property or at events run by the church or its related ministries. He denied that the church had failed to institute safeguards to protect women and children, saying staff and volunteers follow extensive safety measures in church environments.
Women Describe Lasting Toll and Frustration With Response
One woman said she has spent two decades reconciling the abuse, while another said Thomason's conduct caused her to lose her faith, her church community, and her friends at age 18. A third woman said Thomason moved from grooming to outright sexual abuse when she was barely out of middle school and that he threatened her into silence; she said she felt retraumatized by church leaders' response when she came forward two decades later, and that North Point had created a culture of protecting abusers. A fourth woman said the abuse affected every area of her life and relationships, and that she spoke out now to stand for women who had been abused and ignored.
One of the women said the four of them approached the church last year hoping for meaningful change but instead experienced retraumatization. Another said she believes North Point has continued to fail survivors and prioritize protecting abusers over accountability more than 20 years after the alleged abuse began. According to the women's statement, Thomason's accusers reported the alleged abuse to law enforcement officials. Thomason told The Roys Report he was aware of the accusations but declined to comment.
Allegations Follow Separate Findings Against Church Co-Founder
The women's statement said Thomason also had ties to Orange, the youth ministry curriculum organization, as well as youth camps Camp KidJam and BigStuf; those organizations did not respond to the outlet's request for comment. The four women say they found each other after an anonymous woman accused Reggie Joiner — a North Point Community Church co-founder and the founder of Orange — of clergy sexual abuse dating to when she was a teenager, in April 2025.
A third-party investigation concluded earlier this year that Joiner was guilty of sexual misconduct, according to a separate Roys Report account of that inquiry, which identified six victims — four women who worked for Joiner and two who had been under his pastoral care at North Point. MinistryWatch reported that investigators, who spent 14 months reviewing thousands of documents and interviewing more than 40 people, found Joiner had six extramarital relationships, including two while he was a pastor; Joiner did not consider them nonconsensual or abusive but acknowledged that one, with a 19-year-old, was an abuse of his role.
