Pastor Steven Lawson, a once-prominent figure in evangelical circles, has been thrust into the public spotlight after being removed from his leadership role at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas due to allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a young woman,

Steven J. Lawson, the once prominent pastor at Trinity Bible Church of Dallas, was fired after he admitted to an "inappropriate relationship" with a younger woman. The 73-year-old husband, father and prolific author of books on Calvinism and religious icons had an alleged five-year relationship with a woman in her twenties,