November 10 Update
Hills and Plains Presbytery has released the following statement: “Having received a confession from TE Jeremy Fair, Senior Minister of Christ Presbyterian Church, Hills and Plains Presbytery inflicted the censure of deposition, accompanied with indefinite suspension from the sacraments.”
Original reporting
On Thursday, October 23, Jeremy Fair was arrested as part of a sting operation conducted by local authorities. Jeremy Fair is the senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a member of Hills and Plains Presbytery. Fair is the fourth PCA pastor arrested this year.
The sting took place at a local hotel on Thursday evening and resulted in the arrest of five individuals. Fair and others have been charged with solicitation of prostitution. Following news of the arrest, the session of Christ Presbyterian Church sent the following statement to its members:
It is with a heavy heart we communicate information concerning Senior Pastor Jeremy Fair. Yesterday, Jeremy was arrested and charged with engaging in prostitution. This is an ongoing investigation, and we do not have all the details. We will communicate as we know more. The Session has decided to place Jeremy on indefinite leave.
The Session is currently in contact with the Hills and Plains Presbytery in regards to our next steps per the Book of Church Order. Please join us in prayer for the Fair family, our church, the Session, the Presbytery, and Jeremy during this time. We ask you to direct any questions to the Clerk of the Session.
We ask if you communicate with the Fair family, you approach them with love and grace. We also ask that you do not spread rumor or conjecture, as this is an ongoing investigation and we will share with you as we know more.
According to his biography on the church’s website, Fair “is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University (BA), Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Mdiv), and Knox Theological Seminary (DMin). Before coming to CPC he served as associate pastor at Eastern Shore Presbyterian Church in Fairhope, Alabama and then as senior pastor at Arlington Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Texas.”
At the time of publication, no trial date has been set. The session of Christ Presbyterian Church informed byFaith, “We will continue to communicate to our congregation, care for them and those affected, and will keep the community up-to-date as we know more.”