This wasnt anything else. She was a late comer to those of us who had been exposing MacD for a long time. But again, you push that issue, you got those letters. Thank you for loving the Church and the Lord God Almighty, to take the hard but righteous way rather than the hard way. And and its sad to me other than when they did finally, the former elders apologize for the lawsuit that was brought against me. Theres no joy in doing this. And we were at a stalemate. And I just felt this incredible weight. But it happened to me in the meeting where I raised a couple things and James McDonald is like, I dont remember that. And I said, I understand that. Im sorry, before a so called board.removes a man of God they must first consider the fruit of his ministry. And then you know, you would categorize these things. Yes, yeah, there were a number of people. And I was still on the board. Yeah. We brought up several things from the letters with James McDonald that night, and he was just dismissing everything we brought up. year. A strong woman with a stronger husband will become an unstoppable, gracious, and capable woman. And then out of the blue, I get slapped with a lawsuit from James McDonald before I published anything. And when he sees he cant save it, it sounds like then he was trying to lobby for being able to resign, and a lot of emotional manipulation being used that weekend from from what youve told me. The elder board of Harvest Bible Chapel formally apologized to independent journalist Julie Roys and several former members, months after joining founder James MacDonald in a defamation lawsuit accusing them of publishing false information about the church's management and finances last fall. Its not being nice, polite, or inoffensive. What Happens Now? So Rick was, in effect, the Assistant senior pastor. And he said, you know, James Macdonald had requested that I come out to a meeting and he had requested Mike Dunwoody and one other elder Mark Hopwood was a longtime elder from Elgin that we would all join them for a meeting at seven oclock on that Thursday night. And lets just, for people who dont know, tell them who Rick Donald is and the position he held and his relation to James McDonald. You know, they asked him as an executive committee member and the elder board chairman. The whole crooked machine needs to be brought down. And we talk about that Scripture and quote it over and over again. You dont know how I got ahold of them. Very sad situation for James and the elders as well. She said a survey of 20,000 women for her book, The Great Sex Rescue, found that when men make the final decision in the marriage, even if they consult with their wife first, chances of divorce increases 7.4 times . And in those letters like Jacob Ross, who was the bodyguard of James McDonald. And I knew that I needed to do something publicly. Jared Prayed for you just now. What does the bible say about that? So lets move on to these letters. Were talking about the difference of maybe a day. On that Haiti trip. And learn how MacDonald almost escaped being exposedand how six scathing letters that revealed MacDonalds true nature almost failed to reach the elder board. But as, as these excerpts of James speaking as, as James did, to so many people knew that, that this was the way he really, really spoke and who he really was. @Cynthia Wright Love your comment. But over there, you know, I, you know, six, seven people who had read the letters, probably more than that by the time, and we talked about what was in the letters. The Roys Report is a Christian media outlet, reporting the unvarnished truth about what's happening in the Christian community so the church can be reformed and restored. Keep in touch with Julie and get updates in your inbox! I remember saying we got to pray. It basically says Jesus is as real as Santa Claus. He was in the many meetings leading up to McDonalds termination. And this was a spiritual battle. The Roys Report has over 78 articles dedicated to MacDonald and/or HBC, many of which were written by Roys. You can imagine it wasnt it wasnt long before the elders were, you know, talking and I dont remember the timing exactly. That this wasnt just James failure. And I remember talking to another elder and I looked at him, he was almost in tears, saying, I cant believe were not going to do what Gods word says. It was a four hour meeting. He wasnt bringing it to the elders and through a discussion with a couple of the pastors, chose to give it to the elders, which we were thankful for. And he conspired with these staff to bring these letters because they all just were out to get James. You could tell where it was headed probably. We STILL confuse sex and gender, which leads to conflating a lot of issues when discussing this. I say this as a Christian who was taken to task by Christian doctors who told me of all sorts of cases that are not as the woman loved murdering her baby as many pro-life conservatives want everyone to believe. We had a group of Pastors who interviewed him and he gave us free tickets to his Straight Up conference. Marin, Jennifer The 8 Best Julie Roys Podcasts. His employment is coming to an end. James MacDonald, who was recently fired as senior pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel, is now facing an allegation of sexual misconduct by the church's former worship leader. I mean, here he is in Haiti, thats just been wracked by an earthquake, unbelievable poverty and devastation. Prominent evangelical scholar, author, and missiologist, Ed Stetzer, is leaving his position as executive director of Wheaton Colleges The Billy Graham Center to become dean, Despite being disqualified from public ministry by his former megachurch for a pattern of sinful behavior, James MacDonald is preaching at Generation Churchan Association of, An Arizona megachurch has hired Landon MacDonald as a lead pastor, despite allegations MacDonald bullied and abused those in his care while pastoring at Harvest, It has been said, Show me a persons checkbook and I can tell you what he cares about. Social Action, 1964 James MacDonald, the, Christian actor Kirk Cameron on Monday featured disgraced pastor James MacDonald as a guest on Camerons TBN Takeaways program on biblical illiteracy. MacDonald was fired, Mark DeMoss, a man described by Christianity Today as Evangelicalisms PR Guru and a former Liberty University trustee, is apparently spending time with two men, Its been more than two years since Harvest Bible Chapel fired James MacDonald for engaging in conduct . It is grounds for separation but not divorce., This view is popular in fundamentalist Christian circles. Thats even though MacDonalds former megachurch, Harvest Bible Chapel, disqualified MacDonald from public ministry in 2019 for a pattern of sinful behavior.. Do you expect ANYONE to say yes to your question. Thanks! How come church leaders and male congregants are always beating up the women with this particular Scripture but no one ever (to my knowledge) addresses the husbands responsibility to love their wives as Christ loved the church? Because Julie, I knew that, even if Id gotten the chance to read it in front of Harvest, which would have been really hard, but would have been healing to people. This is the most used and abused (pun intended) argument. Who Will Pay for the SBCs Abuse Reforms Over the Long Term? Also, any comments with profanity, name-calling, and/or a nasty tone will be deleted. And I was muted on my phone. I dont see that as absolving James McDonald. I dont understand how folks in a church can continue to contribute to the church knowing that a significant portion of their contributions have gone / are going to line someones pocket in this dispute. And thank you for loving our Lord and showing the way. If youd like to find me online, just go to Julieroys.com. And I got the text. The Asbury Revival Is Over. I dont know whether its the way way down or the way back Id have to reread the letter, but I mean, they stopped and went to the DR,. We see this is the third article this month youve found worth reading. Christian counselor and author, Leslie Vernick, took exception to Viscontis post. How can we approve this? The audio recording that the elders reference was aired on popular Chicago radio personality Mancow Muller's show.Muller, once a trusted friend and confidant of MacDonald and also a member of Harvest Bible Chapel, has used his platform recently to call the pastor out on his less-than-exemplary handling of his critics. And Im just trying to smear him. If the church wants to regulate marriage, let them say you cant get remarried in their church if you are already married in the eyes of the church. Understanding & Overcoming Spiritual Abuse, Part II, Understanding & Overcoming Spiritual Abuse, Escaping & Healing from Abusive Churches, Part 2. And to give you the flavor of the meeting, when I walked in the room, and we all greeted each other, we were in the former executive pastors office around an oval table, and James McDonald sitting across from me. #JRgossipslut James MacDonald (@jamesmacdonald) June 15, 2021 Both are true. Think of the godly ones youve known and thank God for them. But its also an important podcast, because as you may know, James McDonald is aggressively trying to rewrite history and relaunch his ministry. And it became so obvious to be like that that was what it was. I think of the timing, I think it was earlier that day, that I actually I sent I had sent Sandys letter out, because Sandy sent, she addressed her letter to the elder board. And in case you dont know, Dan Marquardt was one of three former elders at Harvest, who stood up to James McDonald in 2013, and was excommunicated as a result. That was you, wasnt it? And this is this was this was hard, but at the end of the night, we talked through it, we shared things from the letters. I knew that there were hundreds of people, probably more, that were hurt that all this stuff happened. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. And it was a pretty tough meeting. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. I agree. So far, I feel the leadership of my current church embodies this well. This is going amongst the elders now. This was months months later. Mine havent offered any blessings, but at least they havent eaten my extremities while I sleep. Good to be here. None of my sources said it was wrong. harmful to the best interests, Disgraced celebrity pastor, James MacDonald, continued his tirade against me and The Roys Report on Tuesday, repeatedly calling me #JRgossipslut and asserting that I am, According to anindependent auditof Harvest Bible Chapel, disgraced celebrity pastor, James MacDonald, siphoned off millions in church funds to support his lavish lifestyle. So that tells you something about the backbone and the integrity of Dan Marquardt. So I had a pretty good sense of what the meeting was gonna be from that point on. 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