# Calvary Chapel and Vineyard — cover-up culture > [!quote] > The investigation traces connections between Calvary Chapel and the Vineyard through figures like Lonnie Frisbee and Paul Cain, and a culture of covering up leadership failures (notably around homosexuality and accountability). Maps the lineage (Chuck Smith Sr./Jr., John Wimber, Lonnie Frisbee, Paul Cain) and shows the institution protecting leaders over congregants — concrete history behind the structural pattern. ## Links - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/The Institution Protects the Prophet Not the Congregation]] — this history is a case study of that pattern - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/The Guru Model - Single-Mediator Authority Persists Despite Protestant Reforms]] — the Calvary/Vineyard lineage shows single-mediator authority persisting through institutional succession - [[3. Resources/Permanent Notes/Charismatic Damage Control Runs on DARVO That Recasts Victims as Biased Outsiders]] — names the mechanism that keeps the cover-up culture running - [[NAR Accountability - Evidence Patterns and Unaccountable Authority - Literature Note]] — parallel evidence pattern of leaders shielded from accountability - [[NAR and Charismatic Authority Critique MOC]] — this institutional lineage is direct evidence for the authority-and-accountability cluster ## Source - [Reader: The Hidden History Behind Calvary Chapel and the Vineyard](https://read.readwise.io/read/01ktwh3v9kgpgy4a95ctzfx18z) *(vault source note pending next Readwise sync)*