The lawsuit seeks to keep Brave Church leaders from taking over the church property and cutting ties with PenFlorida and the General Council of the Assemblies of God 'without adhering to the required contractual procedures for doing so.'

These actions, the suit claims, were to the 'detriment of the parishioners who are Assemblies of God members.' PenFlorida also sought damages for the board members' 'breaches of their fiduciary duties to the members of the Brave Church congregation in covering up the misconduct of their pastor, failing to protect the congregation and failing to adhere to the bylaws governing the church.' from continuing to wrongfully operate in his ministerial capacity at Brave Church following an investigation and finding by PenFlorida that he is guilty of significant incidents of gross sexual misconduct and immoral actions,' the lawsuit reads. 'This is first and foremost an action to protect the integrity, sanctity and morality of the world's largest Pentecostal denominational fellowship and its parishioners by preventing Defendant David Stocker Jr. The defendants were also accused of trying to illegally break away from the denomination to keep Stocker in the pulpit. to continue leading, although an investigation found him biblically unfit as a leader. The Peninsular Florida District Council alleged that Brave Church Miami board members Yarilend Taboada, Josephine LeJuez and Nivia Pena, failed to protect congregants when they allowed Pastor David Stocker Jr. A settlement was reached earlier this month. The lawsuit was filed in late May but was recently made public by The Miami New Times. The Peninsular Florida District Council of The Assemblies of God, a branch of the world's largest Pentecostal denomination, recently sued several Brave Church of Miami board members for allowing their now-former pastor to continue leading even though an investigation found 'significant incidents of gross sexual misconduct and immoral actions.'

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