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Newsboys Scandals Show Christian Music Has Few Moral Guardrails

Newsboys Scandals Show Christian Music Has Few Moral Guardrails

Thursday, July 17, 2025
When frontman Michael Tait left the Newsboys suddenly, he wasn’t the first.  In 1997—long before Tait’s recent departure and subsequent confession—John James abruptly left one of the biggest acts in contemporary Christian music (CCM).  At the time, the Newsboys said James was returning to Australia to preach. That was not the truth. The truth, as Read more... The post Newsboys Scandals Show Christian Music Has Few Moral Guardrails appeared first on Christianity Today.