John MacArthur/Masters Seminary
- Leadership ·
John MacArthur’s replacement named
Grace Community Church announced Pastor John MacArthur’s replacement on Sunday, one year and six weeks after the controversial Bible expositor died at 86. The new…
- Leadership Misconduct/Abuse ·
Construction workers suing John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church say leaders’ hypocrisy has rocked their faith
Mauricio Calderon has been thinking a lot about the sermons he heard at Grace Community Church — even though he hasn’t attended in more than…
- Evangelicalism ·
Phil Johnson retires from Grace to You as Matt MacArthur announces ‘something new’
Phil Johnson, executive director of Grace to You (GTY), the media ministry of the controversial late Pastor John MacArthur, has retired after 43 years. Johnson,…
- Education ·
The Master’s University threatens neighbors with federal lawsuit
A Christian university associated with the late John MacArthur is threatening to sue its Southern California neighbors. A long-running dispute over land use in Santa…
- Church Issues ·
Grace Community Church no longer certified to train biblical counselors
The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) has dropped Grace Community Church from its list of approved training centers without explanation. The prominent Reformed church,…
- Abuse ·
Lawsuit: Grace Community Church Pressured Mother to Return Children to Alleged Abuser and Rebuked Her for Reporting to Police
A recent lawsuit claims leaders of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, ignored repeated warnings about child sexual abuse and domestic violence and pressured…
- Education ·
Grace Community Church Lied About Asbestos in School, Then Fired Workers for Complaining, Lawsuit Alleges
Three former employees of the late John MacArthur’s megachurch have filed a lawsuit, claiming they were forced to work on an asbestos-laden construction site in…
- Evangelicalism ·
John MacArthur’s Son Gives Surprise Eulogy at Father’s Funeral, Which is Scrubbed by Ministry
John MacArthur’s son, who was disgraced by his involvement in a fraudulent investment scheme, took the stage Saturday to give a surprise eulogy at his…
- Leadership Misconduct/Abuse ·
Navigating Grace and Truth: Addressing John MacArthur’s Legacy with Love
If you haven’t yet heard, John MacArthur, one of the most influential voices in evangelicalism, passed away Monday. For many Christians, this news stirs up…
- News ·
Died: John MacArthur, Reformed Expositor with Worldwide Reach—and Tainted Legacy
John F. MacArthur Jr., a megachurch pastor, author, and broadcaster revered as a premier expositor but reviled for protecting abusers while punishing their victims, has…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur Hospitalized and May ‘Be in the Presence of the Lord Soon’
John MacArthur, 86, one of America’s best-known biblical expositors with a mixed legacy due to his treatment of abuse victims, has been hospitalized with pneumonia…
- Spiritual Abuse ·
Former Member Sues John MacArthur’s Megachurch for Public Shaming
A former member has sued Grace Community Church, led by prominent evangelical pastor John MacArthur, saying church leaders disclosed confidential information about her during a…
- Leadership ·
Reclaiming Church Discipline: From Power Play to Community Practice, Part 1
(Opinion) A recent study by Lifeway Research revealed that only one in six pastors engages in church discipline. More than half of U.S. Protestant pastors told researchers…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur’s Church Faces 20% Budget Cut as Donations Plummet: Announcement
Grace Community Church (GCC), the influential evangelical megachurch led for 56 years by radio preacher John MacArthur, will slash spending by 20% in its new…
- Leadership Misconduct/Abuse ·
Steve Lawson Says He’s ‘Sinned Grievously’ in Post Breaking His 6-Month Silence
Disgraced preacher Steven Lawson has broken his silence since his Dallas church removed him six months ago for an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman not…
- Evangelicalism ·
John MacArthur Released From Hospital, Now Recovering At Home
Author and pastor John MacArthur has been released from the hospital, following multiple recent surgeries, Grace To You Executive Director Phil Johnson announced in a post on…
- News ·
John MacArthur Hospitalized and Recovering ‘Slower than Expected’ From Surgeries
Well-known author and pastor John MacArthur has been hospitalized for two weeks and is recovering “slower than expected” from multiple recent surgeries, his California megachurch,…
- Leadership Misconduct/Abuse ·
If Steve Lawson Isn’t a Church Member, What Does That Say About the Ministries that Platformed Him?
For decades, John MacArthur has stressed that every Christian should become a member of a local church and submit to that church’s leaders. Then, if…
- Pastoral Misconduct/Abuse ·
Steve Lawson Had ‘5-Year Relationship’ with Woman in Her 20s, GCC Pastor Says
Disgraced pastor and former dean at The Master’s Seminary, Steve Lawson, had a “5-year relationship” with a woman in her “late 20s,” Phil Johnson, an…
- Leadership Misconduct/Abuse ·
Pastor & The Master’s Seminary Dean Steve Lawson Fired from Church for ‘Inappropriate Relationship’ With a Woman
Steve Lawson, Lead Preacher of Trinity Bible Church of Dallas and Dean of D.Min. studies at John MacArthur’s The Master’s Seminary, has been removed from…
- Leadership Misconduct/Abuse ·
Woman Claims John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church Wrongly Disciplined and Shamed Her
A woman has come forward, claiming John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC) wrongly disciplined and shamed her when she sought separation from her husband. The…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Robert Morris & the Selective Outrage of John MacArthur Defenders
(Opinion)—Gateway Church Pastor Robert Morris has been exposed as an alleged child molester and defenders of John MacArthur are outraged. “If parents come to a…
- Abuse ·
John MacArthur Denies Mental Illness: Says ‘There Is No Such Thing’ as PTSD, OCD & ADHD
Speaking recently at a church conference, popular author and pastor-teacher John MacArthur told attendees that mental illness doesn’t exist. He also implied that children who…
- Abuse ·
Book Publishers Refuse John MacArthur’s ‘War on Children,’ Following Child Abuse Controversies
Following allegations John MacArthur failed to protect victims of child abuse, publishers have declined to publish MacArthur’s new book, “The War on Children,” an employee…
- Race Relations ·
Charlie Dates Counters John MacArthur’s Declaration That MLK ‘Was Not A Christian’
The Rev. Charlie Dates, the pastor of two historically Black churches in Chicago, is defending the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. after California pastor John…
- Abuse ·
Grace Community Church Pastor Removed as Approved Biblical Counselor
A pastor from John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church has been removed as an approved counselor by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC), the oldest…
- Evangelicalism ·
Analysis: John MacArthur Disqualified Others for Their Kids’ Behavior But Exempts Himself
For decades, famed preacher John MacArthur has taught that pastors and elders with wayward children are disqualified from ministry, even if those children are adults.…
- Evangelicalism ·
John MacArthur’s Son Agrees to Pay SEC $367K for His Role in Investment Scheme
Mark MacArthur, son of Pastor John MacArthur and former Grace to You board member, has agreed to pay more than $367,000 to the Securities and…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur Tells Seminarians Not to Speak at Conferences With Women, Even Though He Has
Speaking at The Master’s Seminary last week, well-known author and pastor John MacArthur urged seminarians not to speak at conferences with women speakers, even though…
- Evangelicalism ·
John MacArthur Tells Female YouTuber to ‘Keep Her Thoughts to Herself’ and Listen to Him
In a comment reminiscent of his “Go home” quip to Beth Moore, John MacArthur recently told a female YouTuber critical of Calvinism “to keep her…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Opinion: Purity Rings, John MacArthur, and That Wretched TGC Article
On my 13th birthday, my well-intended parents took me out to a fancy waterfront restaurant, where they announced that I was becoming a young lady,…
- Abuse ·
Opinion: John MacArthur and ‘We’ vs. ‘They’
A particular thought pattern now permeates our civic discourse: “We” don’t have to believe what “they” say, because “they” are dishonest, unfair, speak in bad…
- Christian Living ·
Opinion: John MacArthur’s Church Let Her Down. Now She is Standing in the Gap for Women.
Eileen Taylor’s 20-year-old self could never have imagined her life today. At age 20, Eileen — known to many by her previous, married name of…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
Former Elder at John MacArthur’s Church Confronts ‘Awful Patterns’ of Endangering Abuse Victims
Hohn Cho, a lawyer and former elder at John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC), accused the influential California megachurch of “awful patterns” of siding with…
- News ·
John MacArthur Recovering from Procedure to Clear Blockage in Arteries, Church Says
Well-known author and pastor John MacArthur is recovering from a “very successful” procedure to “clear some blockage in his arteries,” his California megachurch, Grace Community…
- Abuse ·
Former Members of John MacArthur’s Church Tell of ‘Whacker’ & Culture of Abuse
For decades, John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC) not only promoted corporal punishment of children, but also encouraged the use of a “whacker”—a 6-to 12-inch…
- Abuse ·
EXCLUSIVE: Woman Says John MacArthur’s Church Taught Her to Stay With Abusive Husband
“Krista” believed it was God’s will that she marry her husband. She believed it was His will for her to deny herself. To endure the…
- Abuse ·
Opinion: An Open Letter to John MacArthur
Dear John MacArthur, I recently read your open letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom, excoriating him for his upside-down morality and failure to protect the…
- Church Issues ·
Small Church Apologizes for Alleged Pedophile Pastor; MacArthur Claims Persecution
A small church in Washington that allowed an alleged pedophile to continue pastoring has posted a statement apologizing for its actions, following a recent exposé…
- Abuse ·
John MacArthur’s Church Failed to Report Kidnapper & Child Molester for Two Years
In June 1982, Albert Alegrete, a Sunday School teacher at John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC), confessed to a pastor at GCC that he had…
- Sexual Harassment/Abuse ·
EXCLUSIVE: John MacArthur Covered Up Pastor’s Sexual Abuse, Witnesses Say
Warning: This report contains graphic accusations of sexual abuse. In August 1979, Wendy Guay told her best friend that her father, Paul Guay—then a pastor…
- Church Issues ·
Prominent Elder Resigns from John MacArthur’s Church
A prominent elder at John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC) has resigned, stating in email leaked to The Roys Report that his “conscience and convictions”…
- Counseling & Psychology ·
Head of Counseling at John MacArthur’s School: Wife Should Endure Abuse Like Missionary Endures Persecution
A Christian wife should endure abuse by an unbelieving husband the same way a missionary endures persecution, according to John Street, chair of the graduate…
- Abuse ·
MacArthur Church Elder: We’re Keeping ‘Exculpatory’ Evidence ‘Confidential’
As more outlets report that John MacArthur excommunicated a wife for not taking back her child-abusing husband, an elder at Grace Community Church (GCC) is…
- Abuse ·
MacArthur Ministry Employees Defend Child Abuser, Dismiss ‘Screeching’ Pushback
Following exposés revealing that John MacArthur excommunicated a wife for not taking back her child-abusing husband, prominent employees of MacArthur’s broadcast ministry are defending the…
- Evangelicalism ·
John MacArthur Pulls Out of Ligonier Conference
John MacArthur has pulled out of the Ligonier 2022 Conference. The cancellation comes after revelations that MacArthur had apparently promoted a convicted child abuser and…
- Church Issues ·
EXCLUSIVE: John MacArthur’s Church Supported Convicted Child Abuser & Pedophile, Records Show
On February 20, 2004, David Gray, a former teacher at John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC), was charged with multiple counts of sexual and physical…
- Christian Media ·
Harper Collins Apologizes for ‘Editorial Mistake’ in Alleged MacArthur Plagiarism Controversy
Harper Collins Christian Publishing has apologized to a former vice president at The Master’s University and Seminary (TMUS) for misattributing a chapter the VP wrote…
- Church Issues ·
EXCLUSIVE: John MacArthur Shamed, Excommunicated Mother for Refusing to Take Back Child Abuser
On August 18, 2002, prominent radio pastor and author, John MacArthur, took time during an evening service to address a grave matter at his 8,000-member…
- Christian Media ·
Former Master’s Seminary VP Accuses John MacArthur of Plagiarism
A former vice president at The Master’s University and Seminary (TMUS) publicly accused John MacArthur of plagiarism in a tweet on Sunday. The accusation came…
- Education ·
The Master’s University & Seminary Withdraws from Financial Accountability Group
The Master’s University and Seminary (TMUS), where John MacArthur is chancellor, has withdrawn its membership from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA). According to…
- Evangelicalism ·
Director at John MacArthur’s The Master’s University Arrested for Embezzlement, Perjury
A director at John MacArthur’s The Master’s University in Santa Clarita, California, is facing felony embezzlement and perjury charges, stemming from the man’s previous job…
- Church Issues ·
California & LA County to Pay $400K Each in Settlement with John MacArthur’s Church
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today voted to authorize a $400,000 payment to settle a legal battle with Grace Community Church (GCC) over…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur Admits Prior Church COVID Outbreak, Own Illness
On Sunday, John MacArthur acknowledged for the first time that COVID-19 swept through Grace Community Church last winter — a fact he’s failed to admit…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur Defends Church’s Failure to Report COVID Outbreak with Problematic Claims
In a statement submitted to a California court on Friday, well-known pastor John MacArthur defended Grace Community Church’s (GCC) failure to report an outbreak of…
- Church Issues ·
Who Owns John MacArthur’s Sermons?
Who owns the rights to John MacArthur’s sermons? And is it okay for MacArthur to be profiting from them? Recently, Phil Johnson, executive director of…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur Claims Current Criticism is Persecution for Preaching the Gospel
John MacArthur recently claimed that the heat he’s facing for his expensive lifestyle, millions in contracts to his son-in-law, alleged embellishing of stories, and handling…
- Evangelicalism ·
Is John MacArthur’s Story about Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination True?
Did John MacArthur lie when he claimed to be the lone “white guy” with Black civil rights leaders the night Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…
- Education ·
Sam Horn Resigns as President of The Master’s University and Seminary, Capping Three Years of Tumult
Dr. Sam Horn has resigned as president of The Master’s University and Seminary (TMUS), the school and university associated with John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church.…
- Church Issues ·
OPINION: Phil Johnson’s Defense of MacArthur’s Salaries & Nepotism Raises More Red Flags
Phil Johnson, director of John MacArthur’s broadcast ministry, Grace to You (GTY), argued in a recent videotaped interview with Justin Peters that MacArthur’s large salaries…
- Church Issues ·
OPINION: My Response to Phil Johnson of Grace to You, Part One
Grace to You Executive Director Phil Johnson this week appeared in a video with Justin Peters ostensibly to set the record straight, following my February…
- COVID ·
John MacArthur’s Church Postpones Shepherd’s Conference Due to “Threats” from County & State
John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church today announced it is postponing its Shepherd’s Conference due to “ongoing litigation and recent threats” from Los Angeles County and…
- Evangelicalism ·
Director of John MacArthur’s Broadcast Ministry Doxes Julie Roys & Defends It
Phil Johnson, the director of John MacArthur’s broadcast ministry, Grace to You, doxed me yesterday in a document he posted online. When confronted, Johnson defended…
- Church Issues ·
The Prosperous Lifestyle of America’s Anti-Prosperity Gospel Preacher
For decades, John MacArthur has railed on prosperity preachers, likening them to “greed mongerers” who led First Century cults. Recently, he’s also taken aim at scandal-plagued…
- COVID ·
OPINION: The Master’s Seminary—COVID-19 Denial, Dishonesty, and Deception
On January 6th, The Roys Report published the article, In Wake of Classmate’s Death, Master’s Seminary Student Accuses School of Flagrantly Violating Its Own COVID-19…
- COVID ·
John MacArthur Returns to Pulpit after Apparent, Undisclosed Illness
John MacArthur has returned to the pulpit at Grace Community Church after about a month-long absence that began in the midst of an alleged COVID-19…
- Evangelicalism ·
Top 10 Stories of 2020
Already, people are talking about 2021 as a time of reckoning for the evangelical church. But 2020 was a reckoning, as well, with scandal after…
- COVID ·
In Wake of Classmate’s Death, Master’s Seminary Student Accuses School of Flagrantly Violating Its Own COVID-19 Protocols
A student at The Master’s Seminary, which meets on the campus of John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church, says the school is flagrantly violating its own…
- COVID ·
John MacArthur’s Church Knew of at Least a Dozen Congregants with COVID; No Sign Church Reported
A document obtained by The Roys Report shows John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC) last week knew of at least a dozen people in one…
- COVID ·
Members of John MacArthur’s Church Say They’re Being Pressured Not to Report New COVID Outbreak
John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC), which has defied county orders banning indoor worship, appears to be having an outbreak of COVID-19 among its leadership…
- COVID ·
LA County Clears John MacArthur’s Church of COVID-19 Outbreak
Los Angeles public health officials have cleared John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church of an earlier COVID-19 outbreak and lifted all outbreak-related requirements and restrictions on…
- COVID ·
First Cases of COVID-19 Reported at John MacArthur’s LA Megachurch
John MacArthur’s Los Angeles-area megachurch, which has defied county orders banning indoor worship services, has three confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to LA County officials.…
- COVID ·
John MacArthur will Face New Hearing in November for Defying Ban on Indoor Services
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Thursday refused to decide whether to hold Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in contempt for…
- COVID ·
Judge Bans John MacArthur, Grace Community Church From Meeting Indoors
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge today granted a preliminary injunction against Grace Community Church, prohibiting Pastor John MacArthur from holding indoor worship services. The…
- COVID ·
LA to evict John MacArthur’s church from parking lot; MacArthur says “There is No Pandemic”
Los Angeles County is evicting Pastor John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church (GCC) from a parking lot it’s leased since 1975—the latest in an ongoing battle…
- Church Issues ·
Judge Rejects Request to Hold John MacArthur & Grace Community Church in Contempt
A judge today rejected a request by Los Angeles County to hold Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church in contempt for defying county restrictions…
- Church Issues ·
MacArthur Defies Late-Night Appellate Court Ruling; Mocks Social Distancing & Wearing Masks
Despite a late Saturday night ruling by a California Appellate Court, barring John MacArthur and Grace Community Church from meeting indoors, the California megachurch met…
- Church Issues ·
Judge Rules that MacArthur’s Church Can Hold Indoor Services
A judge on Friday ruled that John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church can hold indoor services despite coronavirus health orders, as long as the church practices…
- Church Issues ·
L.A. threatens John MacArthur & Grace Community Church With Fines, Arrest
The city of Los Angeles has issued John MacArthur and Grace Community Church a cease-and-desist letter, threatening a $1,000 fine or arrest for continuing to…
- Church Issues ·
Pastor John MacArthur, Grace Community Church defy bans on singing, indoor worship
Grace Community Church congregants in Sun Valley gathered indoors and sang hymns on Sunday (July 26), defying California regulations that aim to limit the spread…
- Church Issues ·
John MacArthur Defies State Restrictions on Worship; Says Compliance is “Disobedience”
Well-known author and pastor, John MacArthur, announced yesterday that his megachurch in California will not comply with state restrictions on congregational worship, adding that doing…
- Church Issues ·
Shepherds’ Conference Confirms Conference Guest Died of COVID-19
The Shepherds’ Conference—a pastors’ conference in early March hosted by Pastor John MacArthur‘s church—today confirmed that a 90-year-old pastor who had attended the conference passed…
- Church Issues ·
Pastor Who Attended John MacArthur’s Shepherds’ Conference Dies From Suspected Case of Coronavirus; Attenders Not Notified
An elderly man who attended John MacArthur’s Shepherds’ Conference earlier this month has passed away due to a”highly suspected case” of coronavirus, according to multiple…
- Evangelicalism ·
SEC Charges Son of John MacArthur & Grace to You Board Member with Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Mark MacArthur—son of prominent author and pastor, John MacArthur, and a board member of his father’s radio ministry,…
- Evangelicalism ·
John MacArthur Warned Moody Years Ago About James MacDonald, Emails Reveal
Eight years ago, prominent author and pastor, John MacArthur, strongly warned the Moody Bible Institute about its association with now-disgraced celebrity pastor, James MacDonald. This…
