David Wood is an Evangelical evangelist and a psychopath. Wood readily admits he is a psychopath, though he does not think this disqualifies him from the ministry. Recently, Wood admitted raping several girls years ago.
After a livestream in November 2025, Wood confessed to having partaked in sexual activities with two minors when he himself was 18 years old. In the livestream, he described in graphic detail with Ridvan Aydemir, claiming that the 13-year old “flung herself at” him, and with respect to the 15-year old, said that he: “had anal sex with that girl”, before rhetorically asking: “do you know what that would be in court?” In response to a commenter saying that he should face consequences, Wood asked whether: “think they’d send me to prison based solely on me saying I did something?”
Julie Roys, an investigative journalist, criticized Wood’s confession as egregious and seemingly having a “lack of remorse”, for: attempting to minimize the weight of his crimes; by describing the girls as if they were willingly participants; insensitively describing the girls’ physical features; and describing the events flippantly.
Wood is a disgusting human being, unfit to be in the ministry. Yet, many of his devotees think he’s still qualified for the ministry; that his crimes were committed before Wood became a Christian, thus his past sins are under the blood of Jesus, forgiven and remembered no more. According to 1 John 1:9:
If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (NSRV)
And 2 Corthinthians 5:17 says:
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (KJV)
According to the Bible, if any person is “in Christ”:
- He is a new creature (creation)
- His old life passes away
- All things become new
To Evangelicals I ask, are you really a Christian? Are you a new creation in Jesus? Has your old life passed away? Do you live in a way that shows all things have become new?
As I read through the comment sections on various posts and videos about Wood’s immoral behavior, I was shocked by how many Christians defended Wood’s actions; that his crimes were committed before he was a Christian, so they have been wiped away by the wondrous blood and grace of Jesus. And yet these same people pompously say that Christianity provides them a superior moral and ethical framework by which to live by. Sorry, but defending a rapist and justifying his crimes as mere blemishes on his record before Jesus saved him is beyond disgusting. And for those Christians who think Wood is qualified to remain in the ministry as an apologist, would you let your teen daughters spend the weekend at his house?
Wood uses his psychopathy to justify raping the girls. According to Wood, these girls wanted it, so he didn’t really rape them. Wood claimed:
[One girl] “flung herself at me.” [With the other one, he had anal sex.] “I did nothing against their will. I didn’t forcibly do anything.”
Should Wood be given a pass for his past sex crimes? Should he be expelled permanently from the ministry? Is psychopathy a justification for criminal behavior? Please share your thoughts in the comment section.
Bruce Gerencser, 69, lives in rural Northwest Ohio with his wife of 48 years. He and his wife have six grown children and thirteen grandchildren. Bruce pastored Evangelical churches for twenty-five years in Ohio, Texas, and Michigan. Bruce left the ministry in 2005, and in 2008 he left Christianity. Bruce is now a humanist and an atheist.
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