India, Aug. 31 -- The release of Netflix's Death of the Pastor's Wife has renewed attention on Reginald Wayne "Reg" Miller, the father of South Carolina pastor John-Paul "JP" Miller, whose estranged wife Mica Miller died in April 2024. Reginald's decades-long religious career has also been marked by legal disputes and allegations.

Religious ministry and Bible college

Reginald Wayne Miller established Cathedral Baptist Church and Cathedral Bible College in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the early 1970s. The institution recruited students internationally for religious training, helping Miller build a wider evangelical network.

That ministry later came under federal scrutiny over allegations that foreign students were brought to the US on...