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Longtime missionary arrested on solicitation of prostitution charge
Dennis Cady says he has ‘made it right with God’ after his recent arrest.
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Police in Wichita Falls, Texas, have arrested longtime missionary Dennis Cady on a charge of soliciting prostitution.
The Christian Chronicle has reported multiple times on Cady’s work as a missionary to Southeast Asia and as director of The Starfish Foundation, which supports humanitarian efforts, education and evangelism in South Sudan. He also appeared on The Christian Chronicle Podcast to discuss church growth in that east African nation.
Dennis Cady’s mugshot.
According to an arrest affidavit, Wichita Falls police received reports on three dates in 2024 and 2025 of a man soliciting sexual acts, primarily at Faith Mission, a faith-based nonprofit that operates homeless shelters and other housing programs.
Initially, the man would approach men at the shelter, offering them $10 to $20 for day labor, police allege in the affidavit. The man then would offer them money to perform sexual acts in front of him — sometimes immediately and other times after driving them to another location for legitimate day labor.
Police said in the affidavit that they identified Cady through his vehicle license plate and conversations with complainants and a Faith Mission director.
The suspect solicited at least one complainant after the individual completed day labor at a real estate business associated with Cady, according to the affidavit. The document also alleges an instance where Cady solicited a person near the business after offering the individual a water bottle.
The affidavit does not allege any sexual acts occurred in any of the reported incidents, and all known individuals solicited were adults.
After a police investigator attempted to make contact with Cady at his home and at the real estate business on Dec. 2, Cady called the investigator by phone, according to the affidavit. The investigator quotes Cady as saying, “I know I shouldn’t have done it, but I did it. Where do we go from here?” Police arrested Cady later that day.
Cady later expressed regret in a written statement to the Chronicle.
“I am utterly heartbroken that my failure has hurt so many good people,” Cady said. “My actions have hurt my wife, brought shame on my family, disappointed my friends, and tarnished some of God’s good work around the world. While I cannot discuss the specifics, I hope that people will hold their final judgement until all the facts come to light.
“For what I did do, I offer no excuses and take full and complete responsibility,” he added. “I ask that this not be held against anyone or any group other than me. As I have had to say many times already and will need to say many more times, I am so incredibly sorry.
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“I have made it right with God, and confessed this before my congregation but I know I might never be able to adequately remedy this with each of you who I have hurt. This is a consequence of my actions that I alone must bear. I solicit your prayers.”
Faith Mission, the homeless shelter, declined to comment. Faith Village Church of Christ in Wichita Falls, where Cady is a member, acknowledged the Chronicle’s request for comment last week but did not provide one before publication.
Cady was released from the Wichita County jail on a $50,000 bond on Dec. 3. A court date has not yet been scheduled.
CALVIN COCKRELL is Managing Editor for The Christian Chronicle and serves as the young adult minister for the North Tuscaloosa Church of Christ in Alabama. Reach him at [email protected].
