Predators in the Pulpit: Rick Ousley, Part II

November 20, 2024

We are in this position where a majority of people think that because they walked an aisle, said a “repeat after me” prayer, or attended a conference, they are saved. They declare their baptism as some magic key to the gates of heaven, and if you don’t see it in the fruits of their lives, just ask their pastor or vacation Bible school teacher- because they witnessed it!!!

These same “teachers” also witnessed the lack of growth, the intermittent faith, the bad decisions – of course followed by the constant and persistent kneeling with tears in their eyes and “I have done wrong,” on their lips, position at the alter every Sunday, and the “rededications” year after year…

But let’s just stick with the “God doesn’t lose anyone!”

Truth – But you would have to belong to Him first.

These wayward children grow up to be false converts – and some of them enter into ministry with stars in their eyes of the “mega” ministry, popularity, significance, notoriety, and money.

And fools praise them.

Paul Washer gave an illustration in a sermon that I’ll never forget. The basis of it is this: If you tell people that you have been hit by a freight train, there will be evidence, but if there is not, it is evident that you are a liar. The same is true with Christ – You cannot have an encounter with Christ and not be “a new creation,” there will be evidence of that encounter – your entire life will change.

Christian. I ask you, which has a greater impact? A freight train or Jesus Christ? (Narrow Gate, Narrow Way, 2018).

We are a disgrace to our God when we have men who have current, unrepentant sin while holding pastoral authority over congregations and ministries – (we are NOT referring to men who are redeemed – who have truly repented… who do not carry their sin into the pulpit– otherwise, all men- would be disqualified), whether it be alcoholism, DUIs, probation, adultery, pornography, neglect, or abuse – yet because they have found a needy church – desperate for significance, they are awarded the most prestigious position in the body of Christ: Preacher, even though they are disqualified due to their lack of repentance and ongoing, persistent sin… usually without elders, or if there are “elders,” they are a shadow of what God has ordained in Scripture.

What an embarrassment!

Even Paul, the Hebrew of Hebrews, didn’t take to the circuit until God sent him through years of discipleship – and with a band of brothers to hold him accountable. Never did Paul set up – or instruct a church to be set up without a group of Elders (preachers) – there was never ONE preacher! Elders are called to be “able to teach,” they all hold the position of preacher – never was the church designed to have one pastor – that position is taken, His name is Jesus.

We don’t even do a background check. We invite (beg) people to care for the community without vetting them. We call them “volunteers” and put them with women and children to teach vacation Bible school, lead the youth group, or teach Sunday School – and work in our nurseries. No real evidence of conversion or experience is necessary. Any warm body will do.

And for those like Rick Ousley, who has an extensive history of violating the holy God of the universe – through his perversions and sexual immoralities, we treat him like a believer and give him a pass… because he responded to someone who found him out… Not because he came forward to repent – and we foolishly do it in the name of “grace” without ever seeing the fruits of repentance, holiness, or righteousness.

And then we are so arrogant to call it “service to the kingdom.”  

We tell ourselves, “Everyone deserves mercy.” Although that is indeed true, we cannot vacate Scripture and twist forgiveness, grace, and mercy to mean total restoration to the highly scrutinized by God, position of teacher and preacher—we have been given guidelines that cannot be overlooked – these are the Scriptures, found in the Bible you say you believe is the infallible, holy word of God.

So why do we continue to put God to the test? God will not be mocked. His mighty men of valor will see to it.

“If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. (Only the noble need apply).

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, (no paid for murders of unborn children, no history of sexual immorality disguised as an “indecent proposals,” no stealing money to pay for gifts for women).

the husband of one wife, (no mistresses allowed).

sober-minded, (literally means to free your mind of intoxicating influences – like being a church whore).

self-controlled, (meaning able to control himself.. “self-regulation,” “discipline,”  – in mind, body, and spirit).

respectable, (no disrespectful behaviors allowed).

hospitable, (violating multiple women while promising them the world – at their expense, in their homes is not hospitable).

able to teach, (any true preacher will tell you they enter into the pulpit with fear and trembling, “for fear of [God’s] judgments…” This probably doesn’t follow phone sex with your mistresses in the church-paid-hotel room prior to going into the church to preach a revival).

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. (liar… thief… outbursts… causing division and confusion – not a good look).

He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church? (You would think being “engaged” to multiple women and alternating them at family events – someone in his “well managed and submissive household” would have called him out. Seriously? Who let this guy have an opportunity to teach in any capacity!).

 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil. (well, that proved itself true).

Moreover, he must be well thought of by outsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into a snare of the devil.” (you must consider the statements and experiences of the victims – not just take the devil at his word).

(1 Tim. 3:1-7)

Again – what moron thought Rick Ousley was a “good fit” for their organization.

Even his ministry name: Quixotic… Didn’t anyone find that alarming?

“romantic… extravagance… prone to pursue unreachable goals…”  – If you go with the Don Quixote character that the word is derived from – this is a man who is unstable in all his ways.  Just like Ousley, he is “absurdly chivalric, impulsive, non-sensible, a romantic disregard for money, ridiculously impractical, unachievable, extravagantly romantic… and doomed to fail” (The American Heritage Dictionary, 5^th ED).

A romantic narcissist.

One woman told me that she drove to meet up with Rick, who had come in for a football game (he was the chaplain at the time). When she got the text that “the hall was clear” and she could come into the hotel, she said the room was filled with candles.

He brought candles! On a bus full of football players!

Apparently, he didn’t want her to be “in the dark,” as she was commanded to stay in the room at all times. He forbade her to leave but was kind enough to bring her food.

Does anyone even check this stuff out?

We have laid down all of God’s holy standards and the entire world is suffering for it. Just look around you.  

“For all nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich from the power of her luxurious living.”

Your refusal to Honor God is complicit in the ongoing deeds of these men. You MUST repent!

Rather than being focused on God’s holiness and His mandate to keep His bride without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish, we opt for the optics of being seen as “loving” – as we “forgive” a man who has not honored women, dishonored his own wife – by defecating on the Bride of Christ, he was commanded to protect and provide for, and has never demonstrated one ounce of repentance.

This is what we have become.

A laughing stock to the world.

A disgrace to the kingdom.

What about standing up for justice?  Vindicating the weak and fatherless? What about rescuing the weak and needy by delivering them out of the hands of the wicked? (Ps. 82; Prov. 31; and too many other places throughout Scripture to list).

“Oh…” you say, “wicked is a little harsh!”

There was a sweet but broken woman who had lived a difficult life – and just when things couldn’t get any worse – she lost both her marriage and her child.

He found her in a bar.

He made promises that only a “preacher” would make – A life filled with Jesus: forgiveness, hope, and mercy… If she would just have a teachable spirit…

He took her to the mountaintop and showed her all the great things he would give her – if she would just follow him…

And in desperation, she bites into the deadly fruit.

After all, He’s a preacher… a man of God – He wouldn’t lie to her, would he?

Yes. Yes, he would lie. He’s been doing it so long it has become a natural part of his vernacular – Because he is not a man of God. Rick Ousley is a sexual predator, a false teacher, and a wicked deceiver.

He has never been changed by Christ.

Rick is the same today as he was when I knew him in 1980. He is the same pathetic excuse of a predatory human being as he has always been. He is the freight liner – barreling through the lives of unsuspecting women – not caring one bit about the lives he has destroyed or the harm he has caused.

A new position at a church. An affair is revealed, and a baby is aborted. “Asked” to resign, “indiscretion” buried – and A new position at a new church. An affair revealed, asked to resign, “indiscretion” buried – grace, of course…  

Rinse and repeat…

And what did Rick, along with all of the other “biblical” men, say when these women exposed this serpent?

“This woman… she did it…”

Rick told men he was the one seduced.

He said in one of the many articles about the violation of Donna Jones that “because this woman decided [to tell her story]…” and that he was going to “take the highest road possible…”

What a slimy snake.

At the funeral of his wife, Joyce, which had many people in attendance, there was one woman who caught Rick’s attention. The onlookers said the hug went on way too long, making them uncomfortable as they watched the woman try to wiggle out of his grasp – He would later tell her – and her children and grandchildren that she was “the love of his life.”

He paraded her around to football banquets—where he was the chaplain—and family gatherings, both his family and her family promising marriage. But there was a hitch: Rick was engaged to another woman who also accompanied him to family events—all while sleeping with at least two others.

According to witness accounts and verified location apps, Rick would visit one woman’s home, then proceed to the next woman’s home, only to leave her home and stay the night with yet another woman. Then, there were the occasional visits to even more women.

He also had rules for each woman… “to protect Joyce.”

Protect Joyce? You repulsive fraud of a human being! You disgraced Joyce the moment you laid eyes on her and presented yourself as her savior – to the moment she passed away – and every single moment in between.

But since he was speaking at two different churches, he would inform the women, by way of the same message: “protect Joyce,” which church service they were allowed to attend.

One of the women victimized by this vulture told me that Rick would have phone sex with her before and/or after preaching an out-of-state revival service.

“Rick is a master manipulator.” This phrase was repeated by every single woman I have spoken with. Rick had a way of making each woman feel like he could not live without them. To justify the sexual immorality – Rick has a history of “commitment ceremonies.” Promising a real marriage later.

(To date, the only marriage license I have located is the Marriage to Joyce – but I firmly believe he married his first wife as well as downloading a marriage license for his exposed and dissolved upcoming nuptials in 2024).

This is a consistent history with Rick Ousley – A pattern of behavior that dates back to his first marriage and his first youth group:

“Rick was my youth minister at Oak Ridge Baptist Church… Rick told us that he was leaving to be a youth minister at First Baptist Houston. Not too long after that, Rick was spending days and nights at his office at First Baptist. Then, he and his first wife, Deb, separated. Deb divorced Rick due to his infidelity at that time with a high school senior… there were rumors even then that there [were] other  girls which Rick had inappropriate conduct with.” (FS, 2008).

The interviews mentioned above, which I have conducted, do not refer to Rick Ousley’s “indiscretions” from the 1980s affair with the Phoenix student, the 1981 affair with his ex-babysitter, or even the Oak Ridge/First Baptist “indiscretions…”

This was last year, 2023 – into 2024.

And he is still allowed to step down and move on to the next one.

How many more women need to have their lives destroyed before real biblical men of courage rise up?

I have gotten phone calls, texts, and emails from IRATE individuals saying that I am trying to ruin his reputation.

Me? No. Rick did that for himself.

Others are telling me to “forgive.”

Newsflash: Forgiveness is not reconciliation. And it is undoubtedly not grace or a demonstration of love to The Bride of Christ – let alone Christ Himself, when this deceiver is allowed back in the pulpit – any pulpit – for any reason!

Someone with some backbone should have “turned him over to Satan” a long time ago – But judging from the state of the American Church: North Phoenix Baptist included – they were either caught up in their own “indiscretions” or had such a profound lack of Biblical theology and doctrine – that they simply opened the cage and tried to pet the wolf into submission.

That’s not how it works. Only the Holy Spirit has the power to change a heart, and we are not Him.

We are not given that directive. We hold no power to change a person! Nor are we ever commanded to do such a thing. We are, however, commanded to “purge the evil from among us.”  

He may be forgiven into the Kingdom – someday – but that is not ours to give – we are obligated to keep the church pure and holy, free from spot or blemish – and we are to protect and defend the victims of this viper’s ruthless attacks.

Church discipline. Where has it gone? Did we just forget those verses?

In the name of love…? Sure. That’ll fly.

What about love of victims? What about their honor?

What about love of God? What about His honor?

Rick Ousley is one of many men desecrating the pulpit. And the sissified religion of the day is not going to cut it.

And nobody explains it better than a true warrior – that I am blessed to call my beloved – and who has also encountered Rick Ousley – and the wicked “do nothings” that allow him and others like him to continue on their quest for prey:

The DO-NOTHING CHURCH WITH THE PREDATOR PASTOR…

So, what happens? The local church becomes the field of play for the predatory wolf in shepherd’s clothing looking for an easy target.

“The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes” (Prov 21:10).

Here comes a vulnerable woman who has been taught all the typical distortions about pastoral authority, love, forgiveness, and patience, and BAM! He sees her, gets his hooks into her, and you all know the rest of the story from there: cover-up, deny, play the victim, fake repentance. “Pastors, without blamelessness, you are less than a man—an insecure fool masquerading as a man.

Jesus came to a den of thieves like this and cleaned house. It’s long past time that we do the same, especially when they prey from the pulpit. Elder boards and church members, to refuse to repent and throw out the psychopathic evildoers – is to participate in their evil and to be condemned right along with them.

It’s time to make a whip and start flipping tables or pulpits.

Because ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE HAS CONSUMED ME- Psalm 69:9

Those of you hell-bound on the forgiveness and grace free-for-all – go for it – But direct those arrows in the righteous, right place. Release the viper from his debt against you, the church, and the victims – but for the love of God Almighty – NEVER back down from hurling stones into the forehead of the giant piece of dung, who defies the army of the living God.

He’s making a fool out of you.

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness’” (Matt 7:21-23).

So, you can blow up my phone, my email – or whatever – But the letters, emails, phone calls, texts, and every other form of communication will still go out to every known place Rick Ousley is set to “preach.” Every school he plans on speaking at. Every football team, he thinks he will infiltrate – and I hear he might even come to my stomping grounds – Tennessee…

Bring it, you worthless servant. It’ll make things much easier.

The Zeal for God’s house has consumed me.

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This series will continue. And will include a look into victimology and profiling of these predators the come into our houses of worship to steal, kill, and destroy.

Victim behaviors are the equivalent to the Biblical statement that women are the weaker vessels. We are. In the first part of this commentary I asked, “how does a woman lose custody of her child…” This was not a disparaging statement – it was a question – that not one of the millions of you who responded could answer. But I can. How does a woman have an abortion?

When the world is falling apart all around you – you do the unthinkable. At least Joyce loved her daughter enough to see to it that she got the best shot at a better life than herself… More than I can say for myself. I killed mine.

Stay tuned.

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