Gerald Coates

"[1] A safeguarding review was initiated by Pioneer Trust in response to a complaint raised in July 2023 via social media regarding Coates who had been their late founder and former national leader.

[2] However, these are merely allegations and many profess to have been helped by his work particularly amongst younger christian men - such as a notable example Samuel Freed - whose testimony is available on YouTube.

[4] Along with Roger T. Forster of Ichthus Christian Fellowship and Lynn Green of Youth with a Mission, he was one of the founders of March for Jesus.

He was the chair of the Charismatic Evangelical Round Table for 16 years, was involved with Pioneer's National Churches Forum,[6] and CRAC (the Central Religious Advisory Council).

Coates greeted him with an uninvited kiss and that during the interaction, started talking about pornography and masturbation in graphic detail which he (the complainant) found very uncomfortable and was prying into his private life.