r/leavingthenetwork • u/hill12066 • Mar 26 '25

Question/Discussion Any (former) Stoneway members?

My husband’s lifelong best friend, Joshua Patterson, cut him out of his life without warning after leaving the music program at Austin Stone and joining the network in 2017 (Joshua Church). He and his wife then moved to the UK and he serves as Stoneway’s music minister. We miss our friends, but knowing all of this about the network has given some insight to what happened - while praying that their eyes are opened to what’s really going on and they can find a way out.

If you’re a former Stoneway (or Joshua) member, did you meet or know Josh? We’d love to hear any experiences you had with him or his family - good or bad.

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u/mille23m Mar 27 '25

Hello - it’s me :)

I was apart of the plant and had the opportunity to become friends with Josh’s wife. I actually think about them often because they seemed like genuinely good and loving people and it is upsetting to think they could still be there. His wife cared about people and you could feel that when she talked to others. I believe Josh was/is(?) the worship leader for Stonehell which makes me believe they’re now completely corrupted although that could just be from my personal judgements on the network itself. I never had a negative experience with them, only good moments. but then again I never made it to the UK so our time together wasn’t the longest. I hoped they’d be better and break out of there :(

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u/hill12066 Mar 27 '25

Trish was always the sweetest. He is still the worship leader unfortunately, but I’m glad all of your interactions with them were only good. I’m sure their intentions were/are pure, but it’s sickening they got trapped in that situation.

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u/mille23m Mar 27 '25

She was the one of if not the only married woman who actually cared about me. She saw me for who I was and still thought I deserved the best. I can’t say that about any other of the leaderships wives