With more on this disturbing story there is this from NewsChannel 5 Investigates: 

A few former members of a church said they were sexually abused as children and the church did nothing to stop it. "The man that raped and abused me was the brother of the minister of this church," said Crystal Mears…

Mears said she was 8 when she was raped by her grandfather, a leader in the Christian Gospel Temple in Cross Plains…Videos obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates show Cornelius Mears leading worship services. He originally led the congregation in Chino, Calif. But in 1993, Mears told the 400 members they needed to move to White House, Tenn…

And WSMV Nashville reports: 

Some women are coming forward and claiming they were sexually abused as children at their church. Also, they said leaders of their church knew about it… The women are former members of Christian Gospel Temple. In the early 1990s, approximately 400 members moved from Chino, Calif., to White House, Tenn…

Channel 4 spoke with church’s current minister, Steve Farmer, over the phone. He said he has only been served with one lawsuit. Farmer said the church is not trying to hide anything. Their services are streamed live over the internet, and their doors are always open to the public. "We believe that the allegations against Christian Gospel Temple are not true or correct,” said Farmer…