A familiar face, Preacher Bob, as many lovingly called him, was standing in the pulpit. A man somewhat small in stature, older than I remember as a kid, was instead a giant that morning.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas — Gateway Church founder and senior pastor Robert Morris resigned Tuesday amid allegations he sexually abused a woman in the ‘80s, starting when she was 12 years old.

For three months, he and his wife Julie did long haul trucking, transporting explosives to north Alaska. The tractor-trailer ...