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Chris Brain, who led nightclub-style services in the 1980s and 90s, is convicted of rape.
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Church of England service in Sheffield, England, from 1986 to 1995
The Nine O'Clock Service ("NOS") was a Christian young adult alternative evangelical movement started in 1986 at St Thomas' Church in Crookes, Sheffield, England, by a group of musicians and artists. The service and the group associated with it grew to national prominence, but the service was stopped in 1995 following allegations of sexual and emotional abuse.
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The leader of Sheffield's former Nine O'Clock Service movement is facing prison for abusing 13 women.
Christopher Brain abused his status to sexually exploit female followers of his evangelical ‘rave-style’ church movement