{"id":54493,"date":"2025-03-13T21:08:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T01:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=54493"},"modified":"2025-03-14T10:44:08","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:44:08","slug":"victory-christian-church-and-academy-no-commitment-no-commitment-no-commitment-what-are-they-hiding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/13\/victory-christian-church-and-academy-no-commitment-no-commitment-no-commitment-what-are-they-hiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Victory Christian Church and Academy No comment No comment No comment what are they hiding???"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Editorial <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"8a7e6c\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pastor-Blackburn-3.webp?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54443 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #8a7e6c; width:436px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pastor-Blackburn-3.webp?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pastor-Blackburn-3.webp?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pastor-Blackburn-3.webp?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pastor-Blackburn-3.webp?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">M. WAYNE BLACKBURN Senior Pastor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SPljJMiPQ0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/victorys-church-current-and-former-pastors-being-sued-for-battery-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-and-vicarious-liability\/\">Victory\u2019s Church Current and Former Pastors being sued for BATTERY, INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, and VICARIOUS LIABILITY<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Victory\u2019s Church Current and Former Pastors being sued for BATTERY, INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, and VICARIOUS LIABILITY&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/victorys-church-current-and-former-pastors-being-sued-for-battery-intentional-infliction-of-emotional-distress-and-vicarious-liability\/embed\/#?secret=8qC9gseQL6#?secret=SPljJMiPQ0\" data-secret=\"SPljJMiPQ0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5IscyQFNXo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/the-grinch-strikes-withno-explanationthanks-victory-church-lakeland\/\">The Grinch Strikes with \u201cNo Explanation\u201d Thanks Victory Church Lakeland<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Grinch Strikes with \u201cNo Explanation\u201d Thanks Victory Church Lakeland&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/12\/19\/the-grinch-strikes-withno-explanationthanks-victory-church-lakeland\/embed\/#?secret=DvdEnvstX8#?secret=5IscyQFNXo\" data-secret=\"5IscyQFNXo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Zx2NamHaVs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/how-well-do-you-know-your-children-at-victory-christian-academy\/\">How well do you know your children at Victory Christian Academy?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How well do you know your children at Victory Christian Academy?&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/04\/27\/how-well-do-you-know-your-children-at-victory-christian-academy\/embed\/#?secret=gRbscYK0l8#?secret=Zx2NamHaVs\" data-secret=\"Zx2NamHaVs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MT21YCieT7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/04\/23\/victory-secrets\/\">VICTORY CHURCH\u00a0SECRETS&#8230;..<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;VICTORY CHURCH\u00a0SECRETS&#8230;..&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2022\/04\/23\/victory-secrets\/embed\/#?secret=nYMNlODPpH#?secret=MT21YCieT7\" data-secret=\"MT21YCieT7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2AvUrghuK1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/fa-la-la-la-casual-victory-church\/\">Fa la la la&#8230;..CASUAL???? Victory Church<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fa la la la&#8230;..CASUAL???? Victory Church&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/fa-la-la-la-casual-victory-church\/embed\/#?secret=0rexNTFCyB#?secret=2AvUrghuK1\" data-secret=\"2AvUrghuK1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-wp-embed is-provider-embed wp-block-embed-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cc0m4HrJXn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/10\/22\/letter-to-editor-victory-christian-academy-headmaster-is-a-socialist\/\">Letter to editor \u2013 Victory Christian Academy Headmaster is a SOCIALIST?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Letter to editor \u2013 Victory Christian Academy Headmaster is a SOCIALIST?&#8221; &#8212; \" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2020\/10\/22\/letter-to-editor-victory-christian-academy-headmaster-is-a-socialist\/embed\/#?secret=WfYEU2vw0u#?secret=cc0m4HrJXn\" data-secret=\"cc0m4HrJXn\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Breaking News &#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am a former student of Victory Christian Academy. I saw your reporting on the recent lawsuit filed against the church and would like to submit a tip on a former teacher\/ coach at VCA who was arrested in the past few years for child sexual abuse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was reported in the local news where he lives, but never in Lakeland and I&#8217;ve never seen anyone draw the connection between him and VCA.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"787068\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ricky-Brewer.webp?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54494 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #787068; width:472px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ricky-Brewer.webp?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ricky-Brewer.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His name is Rick\/ Ricky Brewer, and he was a high school social studies teacher and the girls&#8217; head basketball coach. He was at the school for at least 4 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was widely joked about in the school that he was weird with the girls, but to my knowledge, the administration never took it as something serious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161006041519\/http:\/\/www.vcaonline.org\/about-us\/faculty\/secondary-faculty\">https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20161006041519\/http:\/\/www.vcaonline.org\/about-us\/faculty\/secondary-faculty<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.21alivenews.com\/2022\/01\/19\/wabash-teacher-charged-with-child-seduction-possession-child-pornography\">https:\/\/www.21alivenews.com\/2022\/01\/19\/wabash-teacher-charged-with-child-seduction-possession-child-pornography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editorial Breaking News &#8212;&#8212; I am a former student of Victory Christian Academy. 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