He would then say that in opening the fridge door he allowed temptation in, in the same way young people must avoid “opening doors” to sex that in evangelical Christian tradition is only acceptable in marriage. In the story, he would open up the fridge door and be tempted into eating a cake he was saving for his friends who were visiting later. Pilavachi, 65, is unmarried, and compared premarital sex to chocolate cake in an analogy he would repeat regularly. “The best way to make marriage work is to embrace the gift of celibacy until the gift of marriage,” he has said on numerous occasions. Pilavachi and the Soul Survivor festivals were well-known for promoting abstinence till marriage.
He was also given an award in 2020 by the Archbishop Justin Welby, who had previously attended the Soul Survivor festival, for his “evangelism and discipleship amongst young people in the United Kingdom.” Since the festival stopped Pilavachi continued work in his ministry and other charitable activities associated with Soul Survivor. The Soul Survivor youth festival ran for 25 years from 1993 to 2019, attracting an average of 30,000 teenagers every year. Pilavachi was awarded an MBE, a British order of chivalry and prestigious honour, in 2019 for his services to young people. You can contact Sophia Smith Galer at or via Twitter or Instagram. They emphasised that the Soul Survivor Watford church is not part of the safeguarding investigation, which is being conducted independently by the diocese and the Church's National Safeguarding Team.ĭo you have a story to share? We'd love to hear from you. Shortly after this article was published, the Church of England issued a statement saying they continue to investigate non-recent safeguarding concerns relating to Pilavachi. VICE World News can reveal that further historic safeguarding allegations have been brought to the Church of England regarding Soul Survivor since Palivachi’s investigation was announced. It was announced he was being investigated over “non-recent safeguarding concerns” by the Church of England National Safeguarding Team, including claims of “inappropriate massages” that were first published in the UK’s Daily Telegraph newspaper.
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