Mike Pilavachi

{{Short description|British evangelist and pastor (born 1958)}} {{good article}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox clergy | honorific_prefix = | name = Mike Pilavachi | honorific_suffix = | image = Mike Pilavachi speaking in the Scottish Parliament on 31 May 2022.png | alt =  | caption = Pilavachi in 2022 | nationality =  | citizenship =  | pronunciation = | birth_name = Michael Pilavachi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|7 March 1958}} | birth_place = | burial_place = | death_date =  | death_place = | years_active = | occupation = | education = | alma_mater = St Mellitus College | known_for = | spouse =  | partner =  | parents =  | children = | relatives = | website =  | footnotes = | signature = | signature_alt = | nocat_wdimage = | religion = Christianity | church = Church of England | ordained = {{ubl|2012 (deacon)|2013 (priest)}} | laicised = 2024 | writings = | congregations = {{indented plainlist| * St Andrew's Church, Chorleywood * Soul Survivor Church, Watford}} | offices_held = | title = | module = }} '''Michael Pilavachi''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɪ|l|ə|ˈ|v|ɑː|tʃ|i}} {{respell|pill|ə|VAH|chee}}; born 1958)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Silverman |first=Rosa |last2=Leake |first2=Natasha |date=2024-10-02 |title=How Soul Survivor’s predatory pastor Mike Pilavachi hid in plain sight |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/02/soul-survivor-mike-pilavachi-christian-glastonbury/ |access-date=2024-11-21 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=4 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004022911/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/10/02/soul-survivor-mike-pilavachi-christian-glastonbury/ |url-status=live }}</ref> is a British charismatic evangelist, former Anglican priest and author. He is a co-founder and former leader of the Soul Survivor charity based in Watford, England.

Pilavachi founded the Soul Survivor summer festivals in 1993, which subsequently ran every year until 2019 and grew to a yearly attendance of around 32,500 young people. Pilavachi was known for encouraging direct contact with the Holy Spirit and practising this at the festivals. Pilavachi and others from his former church established the Soul Survivor Church, Watford, where Pilavachi served as pastor.

In May 2023, Pilavachi was suspended from ministry while under investigation for safeguarding concerns, having stepped back from ministry the previous month. In July 2023, Pilavachi resigned from his role at Soul Survivor Watford. The internal investigation being undertaken by the Church of England concluded in September 2023: they substantiated the accusations against him and concluded that "he used his spiritual authority to control people and that his coercive and controlling behaviour led to inappropriate relationships".<ref name=substantiated />

== Early life == Pilavachi was born in London in March 1958 to a family of Greek Cypriot heritage.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Swerling |first=Gabriella |date=2024-04-09 |title=Christian singer Matt Redman reveals details of Soul Survivor’s Mike Pilavachi abuse for the first time |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/09/christian-singer-matt-redman-mike-pilavachi-abuse-church/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Peacock |first=Ruth |date=2023-05-17 |title=Explainer: Soul Survivor |url=https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/news/explainer-soul-survivor/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Religion Media Centre |language=en-GB}}</ref> He stated in an interview with ''Reform'' magazine that his parents were "militant atheists" who banned him from going to church, but nonetheless he became a Christian at 16 years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reform |date=2017-01-30 |title=Interview: Soul Survivor |url=https://www.reform-magazine.co.uk/2017/01/interview-soul-survivor/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Reform Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

After studying at the University of Birmingham he worked as an accountant at Harvey Nichols.<ref name=":3" /> At 29 years old, a year after joining St Andrew's Church, Chorleywood, he was appointed as a full time youth minister there.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Talking To Mike Pilavachi |url=http://www.jesus.org.uk/ja/mag_talkingto_pilavachi.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317161651/http://www.jesus.org.uk/ja/mag_talkingto_pilavachi.shtml |archive-date=2005-03-17 |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Jesus Army}}</ref>

==Ministry==

=== Soul Survivor === {{Main|Soul Survivor (charity)}} thumb|right|Pilavachi speaking at the Soul Survivor festival in 2009Pilavachi started the Soul Survivor summer festivals in 1993, after he saw the success of the Christian festival New Wine and was inspired to create a festival for young people to experience charismatic Christianity. The early festivals were supported by St Andrew's and were held at the Bath and West showground.<ref name=":2" /> At the same time, a group from St Andrew's went on to establish a permanent Soul Survivor church in Watford, where Pilavachi served as pastor.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":2" /> During the summer festivals, Pilavachi encouraged active interaction with the Holy Spirit.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-13 |title=Soul Survivor: Farewell in the Big Top |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/13-september/features/features/soul-survivor-farewell-in-the-big-top |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716153500/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2019/13-september/features/features/soul-survivor-farewell-in-the-big-top |archive-date=2024-07-16 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Church Times}}</ref>

The festivals continued yearly until 2019,<ref name=":2" /> when Pilavachi announced that the Soul Survivor conference would be ending, after the Soul Survivor team felt that God had told them to stop.<ref>{{cite web |title=Soul Survivor summer festival to end in 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44252891 |accessdate=31 May 2018 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024182700/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-44252891 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the final year, around 32,500 young people attended over three separate week long festivals.<ref name=":2" />

=== Ordained ministry === Pilavachi trained for ordination at St Mellitus College, an Anglican theological college in London. He was made a deacon in the Church of England at St Albans Abbey on 1 July 2012, and ordained a priest the following year.<ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Pilavachi | forenames = Michael | id = 24190 | accessed = 4 August 2021}}</ref> He served as a curate at St Peter's Church, Watford, in the Diocese of St Albans from 2012, and was made an honorary canon of St Albans Cathedral in 2016.<ref name="Crockford" /> On 30 June 2020, The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby awarded Pilavachi with the Alphege Award for Evangelism and Witness.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-07-03 |title=Archbishop of Canterbury’s awards |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/3-july/gazette/personals/archbishop-of-canterbury-s-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714073631/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2020/3-july/gazette/personals/archbishop-of-canterbury-s-awards |archive-date=2024-07-14 |access-date=2024-11-20 |website=Church Times}}</ref>

== Safeguarding investigation and substantiated allegations == On 2 April 2023,<ref name="SSlatestupdates">{{cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Latest Updates |url=https://www.soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk/latestupdates |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522173023/https://www.soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk/latestupdates |archive-date=22 May 2023 |access-date=20 May 2023 |website=Soul Survivor Watford}}</ref> Soul Survivor Watford announced that Pilavachi had "stepped back from all ministry" while "non-recent safeguarding concerns" were investigated by the Church of England National Safeguarding Team and the diocese of St Albans.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 April 2023 |title=Canon relating to Mike Pilavachi 'steps back' during safeguarding investigation |work=Church Times |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/6-april/news/uk/canon-mike-mike-pilavachi-steps-back-during-safeguarding-investigation |access-date=3 April 2023 |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403120155/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/6-april/news/uk/canon-mike-mike-pilavachi-steps-back-during-safeguarding-investigation |url-status=live }}</ref> On 28 April, the phrase "non-recent" was removed after more recent concerns had become apparent.<ref name="SSlatestupdates"/> Pilavachi resigned as a director of the Soul Survivor charity on 4 April.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |date=11 April 2023 |title=Christian youth festival founder quits charity amid 'inappropriate massage' claims |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/11/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-festival-founder-resigns/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428225954/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/11/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-festival-founder-resigns/ |archive-date=28 April 2023 |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>

Also on 4 April, ''The Daily Telegraph'' reported on the concerns, adding that the allegations were related to inappropriate messages and intimate relationships with young adults involved in Soul61, a Christian gap year project.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |date=4 April 2023 |title=Christian youth festival founder quits over 'inappropriate massages' claim |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/04/youth-festival-pastor-allegations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428230114/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/04/04/youth-festival-pastor-allegations/ |archive-date=28 April 2023 |access-date=28 April 2023 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref> On 1 May and 12 May, ''The Telegraph'' released further reports detailing the allegations. They alleged that Pilavachi straddled young people to apply full-body oil massages, engaged in up to 20 minute long wrestling matches and preyed upon a "conveyor belt" of young attractive men who he made feel "special".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swerling |first=Gabriella |date=2023-05-01 |title=Victims of Christian 'cult' leader speak out for first time |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/01/soul-survivor-church-of-england-rev-canon-pilavachi/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230501202629/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/01/soul-survivor-church-of-england-rev-canon-pilavachi/ |archive-date=2023-05-01 |access-date=2023-05-01 |work=The Telegraph |issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref name="introduced">{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |date=12 May 2023 |title='I introduced hundreds of young men to him': US Christian leader's fears over festival vicar |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/12/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-paul-martin-concerns/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512121937/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/12/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-paul-martin-concerns/ |archive-date=12 May 2023 |access-date=12 May 2023 |work=The Telegraph}}</ref> According to ''The Telegraph'', there were allegations by over 100 people spread across three decades, with the most recent in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |date=2 May 2023 |title=Allegations against Soul Survivor vicar are recent as well as historic, Church admits |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/02/pilavachi-investigation-church-of-england-soul-survivor/ |access-date=24 May 2023 |work=The Telegraph |archive-date=24 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524142905/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/02/pilavachi-investigation-church-of-england-soul-survivor/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |title=More than 100 people come forward to accuse Christian 'cult' leader of abuse |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/07/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-watford-church-investigation/ |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 June 2023 |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711223730/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/06/07/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-watford-church-investigation/ |url-status=live }}</ref> ''The Times'' stated that concerns about Pilavachi's behaviour were first raised with Soul Survivor leadership in 2004 but were not followed up.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gatens |first=Katie |last2=Burgess |first2=Kaya |last3=Hellen |first3=Nicholas |date=7 June 2023 |title=Soul Survivor: Church knew about 'teen massages' for 19 years |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-first-reported-2004-inappropriate-behaviour-5brvp6jsr |url-access=subscription |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606024646/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor-first-reported-2004-inappropriate-behaviour-5brvp6jsr |url-status=live }}</ref> On 15 May, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said he was "deeply conscious of the impact" of the reports and backed the Church of England's investigation as being independent from Soul Survivor.<ref name=":1" />

Pilavachi was suspended as an employee of the Soul Survivor charity on 20 May,<ref>{{cite news |date=21 May 2023 |title=Christian youth festival founder suspended after 'inappropriate massages' claim |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/mike-pilavachi-suspended-soul-survivor-massages-claim/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521210141/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/21/mike-pilavachi-suspended-soul-survivor-massages-claim/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=McMenemy |first=Rachael |last2=Lewis |first2=Katy |date=2023-05-23 |title=Watford Church of England youth leader suspended in safeguarding probe |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-65619623 |access-date=2024-10-30 |work=BBC News |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529140642/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-65619623 |url-status=live }}</ref> and on 11 July, Pilavachi resigned as Associate Pastor of the Soul Survivor Church in Watford. In a Facebook post announcing his resignation, Pilavachi stated, "I have taken this step because the Church needs to heal and I have realised that my continued presence will hinder that process" and "I seek forgiveness from any whom I have hurt during the course of my ministry."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thornton |first1=Ed |date=11 July 2023 |title=Canon Pilavachi resigns as Associate Pastor of Soul Survivor, Watford |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/14-july/news/uk/canon-pilavachi-resigns-as-associate-pastor-of-soul-survivor-watford |access-date=11 July 2023 |publisher=Church Times |archive-date=11 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711144138/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/14-july/news/uk/canon-pilavachi-resigns-as-associate-pastor-of-soul-survivor-watford |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 6 September, the investigation by the Church of England National Safeguarding Team and the Diocese of St Albans concluded. The investigation substantiated the accusations of massaging, wrestling and abuses of power. The associated press release also stated that Pilavachi had resigned his licence to officiate and therefore could no longer minister in the Church of England.<ref name="substantiated">{{cite web |date=6 September 2023 |title=Concerns substantiated in Mike Pilavachi investigation |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/concerns-substantiated-mike-pilavachi-investigation |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=The Church of England |archive-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907123407/https://www.churchofengland.org/media-and-news/press-releases/concerns-substantiated-mike-pilavachi-investigation |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition, the report noted that a complaint under the Clergy Discipline Measure had been taken out against Pilavachi, which related to "verbal interactions with a vulnerable person" and was ongoing at the time of publication.<ref name="substantiated" /> In January 2024, this investigation concluded and the Church of England gave Pilavachi a written warning for his conduct.<ref name="written warning">{{cite news |title=Mike Pilavachi receives written warning after alleged misconduct |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/26-january/news/uk/mike-pilavachi-receives-written-warning-after-alleged-misconduct |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126101702/https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/26-january/news/uk/mike-pilavachi-receives-written-warning-after-alleged-misconduct |archive-date=26 January 2024 |access-date=26 January 2024 |work=Church Times}}</ref> They clarified that Pilavachi had no authority to minister, but could return after being "fully risk assessed".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Statement on complaint against Mike Pilavachi |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/safeguarding-news-releases/statement-complaint-against-mike-pilavachi |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=The Church of England |language=en |archive-date=26 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126142307/https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/safeguarding-news-releases/statement-complaint-against-mike-pilavachi |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="written warning" /> However, by September 2024, he no longer had a licence to minister.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Team |first1=Communications |date=10 July 2024 |title=Statements on Mike Pilavachi and Soul Survivor |url=https://www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/statements-national-safeguarding-team-diocese-mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor/ |access-date=27 September 2024 |website=The Diocese of St Albans |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927190126/https://www.stalbansdiocese.org/news/statements-national-safeguarding-team-diocese-mike-pilavachi-soul-survivor/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following concerns of the Church of England's objectivity in their investigation,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Swerling |first1=Gabriella |date=16 May 2023 |title=Archbishop of Canterbury gives 'full support' to Soul Survivor investigation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/16/justin-welby-soul-survivor-watford-investigation-archbishop/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |work=The Telegraph |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517173349/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/05/16/justin-welby-soul-survivor-watford-investigation-archbishop/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /> in November 2023, Soul Survivor commissioned the law firm Landmark Chambers to provide an independent report into Pilavachi's conduct.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review |url=https://www.soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk/review |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=Soul Survivor Watford |language=en-GB |archive-date=27 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927132423/https://www.soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk/review |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Appeal from independent Soul Survivor Review |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/safeguarding/safeguarding-news-releases/appeal-independent-soul-survivor-review |access-date=2024-10-30 |website=The Church of England |language=en}}</ref> The report was published on 26 September 2024, and verified the reports of coercion, wrestling matches and intimate massages.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/547c7dfde4b028a1612a4736/t/66f5374e329e35524f9c0f7c/1727346512153/Soul+Survivor+Review+-+Final+Report+260924.pdf |title=Independent Review into Soul Survivor |last=Scolding |first=Fiona |last2=Fullbrook |first2=Ben |date=2024-09-26 |access-date=2024-10-30 |archive-date=14 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241114235307/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/547c7dfde4b028a1612a4736/t/66f5374e329e35524f9c0f7c/1727346512153/Soul+Survivor+Review+-+Final+Report+260924.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGuinness |first=Fintan |date=2024-09-27 |title=Soul Survivor: full report published on Mike Pilavachi abuse |url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/24614121.soul-survivor-full-report-published-mike-pilavachi-abuse/ |access-date=2024-10-30 |work=Watford Observer |archive-date=29 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929151534/https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/24614121.soul-survivor-full-report-published-mike-pilavachi-abuse/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It also suggested that his "spiritual celebrity" may have been a factor in the failure to stop his behaviour.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Maqbool |first=Aleem |date=2024-10-01 |title=Preacher abused his power as 'spiritual celebrity' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl808nxjw5o |access-date=2024-10-30 |work=BBC News |archive-date=3 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241003033459/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crl808nxjw5o |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April, Matt Redman, an early worship leader at Soul Survivor, released the documentary "Let There Be Light" on his YouTube channel, which documented his experiences of abuse by Pilavachi.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Swerling |first=Gabriella |date=2024-04-09 |title=Christian singer Matt Redman reveals details of Soul Survivor’s Mike Pilavachi abuse for the first time |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/09/christian-singer-matt-redman-mike-pilavachi-abuse-church/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=26 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926194021/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/09/christian-singer-matt-redman-mike-pilavachi-abuse-church/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life == In the 2020 New Year Honours, Pilavachi was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to young people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-12-27/new-year-honours-hertfordshire/|title=New Year Honours: Hertfordshire|website=ITV News|access-date=2019-12-28}}</ref><ref name="London Gazette2">{{London Gazette | issue = 62866 | date = 28 December 2019 | page = N21 | supp = 1 }}</ref> In August 2025, Pilavachi's MBE was revoked by the sovereign following calls to remove it after the safeguarding allegations were substantiated.<ref name="LG">{{London Gazette |issue= 64812 |date= 1 August 2025 |page= 15290 |supp= |city= |title= |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Swerling |first=Gabriella |date=2023-09-15 |title=Victims say Soul Survivor vicar was 'wolf in sheep's clothing' who should lose MBE |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/15/mike-pilavachi-victims-soul-survivor-call-stripped-mbe/ |access-date=2024-11-20 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=5 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240305003302/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/15/mike-pilavachi-victims-soul-survivor-call-stripped-mbe/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pilavachi has stated that his celibacy enabled certain work which he would not have been able to balance with having a family.<ref name="Jesus Army">{{Cite web |date=January 2005 |title=Talking To Mike Pilavachi |url=http://www.jesus.org.uk/ja/mag_talkingto_pilavachi.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317161651/http://www.jesus.org.uk/ja/mag_talkingto_pilavachi.shtml |archive-date=17 March 2005 |website=Jesus Army Magazine}}</ref>

== Books ==

* ''Live the Life'' (1998)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Live the Life |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |date=1998-06-04 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-0340713853 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Walking with a stranger, discovering God'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Walking with a Stranger: Discovering God |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |date=1999-12-31 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-0340735343 |language=en}}</ref> * ''My first trousers, growing up with God'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=My First Trousers: Growing Up with God |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |date= |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=1999 |isbn=9780340735350 |language=en}}</ref> * ''For the audience of one, the soul survivor guide to worship'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=For the Audience of One: The Soul Survivor Guide to Worship |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=1999 |isbn=978-0340721902 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Weeping before an empty tomb, struggling with God'' (1999)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Weeping Before an Empty Tomb: Struggling with God |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |year=1999 |isbn=978-0340735367 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Afterlife, facing the future with God'' (2000)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Afterlife: Facing the Future with God |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |date=2000-06-08 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-0340735374 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Life, death (and everything in between)'' (2001)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Life, Death (and Everything in Between) |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |date=2001-07-19 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton |isbn=978-0340785928 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Wasteland?, encountering God in the desert'' (2003)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Wasteland: Encountering God in the Desert |publisher=Kingsway Publications |year=2003 |isbn=9781842911389 |publication-date=2003-07-04 |language=en}}</ref> * ''When Necessary Use Words, Changing Lives Through Worship, Justice and Evangelism'' (2007)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=When Necessary Use Words: Changing Lives Through Worship, Justice and Evangelism |last2=Hoeksma |first2=Liza |date=2007-05-07 |publisher=Baker Publishing Group |isbn=978-0830738144 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Storylines: tracing threads that run through the Bible'' (2008)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Storylines: Tracing the Threads of the Bible |last2=Croft |first2=Andy |date=2008-07-18 |publisher=Kingsway Publications |isbn=978-1842913840 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Life Beneath the Surface, Thoughts on a Deeper Spiritual Life'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Life Beneath the Surface: Thoughts on a Deeper Spiritual Life |last2=Borlase |first2=Craig |date=2011-08-29 |publisher=Bethany House |isbn=9780830738977 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Storylines, your map to understanding the Bible (2013)''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Croft |first=Andy |title=Storylines, your map to understanding the Bible |last2=Pilavachi |first2=Mike |date=2010-03-01 |publisher=David C. Cook |isbn=978-1434764751 |language=en}}</ref> * ''Everyday Supernatural: Living A Spirit-Led Life Without Being Weird'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Williams |first=Hattie |date=2016-09-02 |title=Christians’ supernatural experiences surveyed |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2016/2-september/news/uk/christians-supernatural-experiences-surveyed |access-date=2024-10-30 |work=Church Times}}</ref> * ''Lifelines: sound advice from the heroes of the faith'' (2018)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pilavachi |first=Mike |title=Lifelines: Sound Advice from the Heroes of the Faith |last2=Croft |first2=Andy |date=2018-07-01 |publisher=David C. Cook |isbn=9781434711861 |language=en}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons}} *{{official website|http://www.soulsurvivor.com}} of Soul Survivor

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