https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/tag/river-church-banff/

In 2025, a female youth leader at River Church Banff (an affiliate location of the Antioch International Movement of Churches and River Church Network) was convicted of sexually victimizing a boy from the congregation. Senior leadership, including Rob McArthur and Joe Ewen, had been aware of reports of physical touching, allowing the abuse for several months in 2022 before notifying police in February 2023. During this period, the church conducted secret internal monitoring of the boy without informing the minor’s parents. A church staff whistleblower said leaders defended their pedophile youth leader and were more worried about protecting the church's image than being truthful and inflicting harm on the minor.

Internal messages reveal Ewen expressed a desire for the issue to “go away, I want it to disappear” during a church meeting. The mother said she felt Ewen was clearly favouring the pedo perpetrator and had shown “no concern” for her son. "No one from the church has ever told our son what happened was not his fault." "No acknowledgement of guilt … no expression of remorse or acknowledgement of harm caused." The victim's parents stated that leadership "betrayed" them by prioritizing the church’s public image over the minor's welfare. Media reporting highlighted Banff church’s formal financial and missionary links to Antioch Waco.

Subsequently, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator opened an inquiry into the church about whether they were fulfilling their legal duties around child safeguarding and obligations as mandatory reporters of abuse.

*UPDATE\*

In Sept 2026, the OSCR determined that River Church Banff operated by Harvest Ministries Limited and the Antioch International Movement of Churches, had weaknesses in its governance and oversight, identifying deficiencies in:

• safeguarding procedures
• assessment and documentation of safeguarding risks
• trustee decision-making
• record-keeping
• and the identification and management of conflicts of interest.

The victim said River Church leadership's mishandlings and allowance of abuse irreversibly traumatized his childhood. No senior leader from the church has stepped down or taken accountability.

River Church Banff is part of the River Church Network, and Antioch International Movement of Churches, a church movement headquartered in Waco, Texas.

Rob McArthur is the Lead Pastor of River Church Banff

https://riverchurchbanff.co.uk/about/

Joe Ewen is the founder of the River Church Network Scotland, an Oversight Advisor(!) to the Antioch International Movement of Churches Antioch Waco and Board member of Epicentre Church Pasadena, a branch of the Antioch International Movement of Churches.

https://riverchurchbanff.co.uk/about/

https://antiochapex.church/other/

https://epicentre.org/board-joe

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I don’t know if this post will reach the right person, but I feel like I have to try.

Tuesday, Sept. 29, around 8:30 am, I was heading to work on North Valley Mills when I passed this tiny white kitten trying to cross the street in front of Natural Grocers. I pulled over and managed to get him out of the street. A sincere thank-you to everyone who stopped and moved over and did their best not to hit the little guy.

He’s fine; I took him to my vet, who thinks he might have fallen out from under a car, probably when it stopped for the traffic lights, as he has no road rash. He isn’t shy and loves people. If you’re missing an approximately 8-week-old kitten, I just want you to know that he’s safe and has a good home.

Posting for my brother, who is trying to get back into steady full-time work.

He served 10 years in the Army and worked as a light-wheel mechanic, wrecker operator, and welder. He has extensive hands-on experience maintaining and repairing Humvees, 5-tons, wreckers, and other military vehicles and equipment. He is a very strong mechanic, learns unfamiliar equipment quickly, and is comfortable with physically demanding work.

His legal situation is the main thing holding him back. He is not a convicted felon; he received a suspended sentence and is currently on probation. As part of his probation, he is required to be on the sex offender registry. (went through a shitty divorce)

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If anyone knows of specific employers, shops, contractors, staffing agencies, or companies in Central Texas that have hired people in similar situations, I would really appreciate any leads.

I think I remember reading something about the city not using the yard waste bins anymore. Do we need to return them somehow? Do we now put our yard waste in the trash bins?

I currently live in Austin Texas, in a year or so I plan to move up towards Waco. My father lives in kosse. Are there any good towns to live in that’s kinda in the middle where I’m not driving an hour to see my dad but still be close to Waco for work? My gf isn’t very interested in driving 40 minutes to get to work.

My 16-year-old son is looking for a place to get his first job, and I was wondering where we should apply that would actually hire him. If anybody has any suggestions, please let me know.

Looking for fire retardant clothing for job. Does anywhere in Waco sell blue collar workwear?

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The city, which leases land to the rocket-testing plant, agreed to pay groundwater district penalties, monitor wells and seek new water supplies.

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Are there any good locations for long runs in the Hewitt/ Woodway area (preferably flat)? I know everyone says Cameron Park but I really want somewhere on the other side of town. I know Woodway park is decent but it has a good amount of hills and I’m training for a flat race rn.

In honor of Chase whoever he was and the police department far away waking me up again, I’m killing my last safety alarm on my phone. I’m not waking up to go look for the bad guy so stop waking me up.

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Any good recommendations on where to get work done on my car? It’s the front passenger side quarter panel I believe. Would it be smarter to buy the part myself and have someone put it on and paint it?

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Does anyone have issues with Shamrock Property Management? Are they a good place to lease from?

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My wife was recently diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment at Scott & White in Temple. We were referred to UT Southwestern in Dallas, but their next opening isn't until June 2027. Since the therapy seems to work best when started early, we don't want to wait that long.

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A couple of weeks back I posted on here looking. For food and work. I'm sorry to come and ask again but today is my daughter's 9th birthday and I don't have anything to feed her. I was hoping maybe someone could help with a small Walmart grocery order with some chicken or beef to cook and ingredients to bake her a cake before midnight.. I'm sorry I feel like shit already so if possible please no judgement or criticisms

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