Joel Anderson, a long-time staff member of Harvest Bible Chapel wrote the second opinion piece and sent it to Christianity Today requesting publication as well. “But I went a whole year without preaching, and I’m not just going to jump up, (saying) ‘I know how to do this.’”California is one of the states hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic, with more than 870 reported cases and 17 deaths (RNS) — Churches that have space and ample Wi-Fi may turn their buildings into remote learning sites for students whose schools aren't open in person. CHICAGO (RNS) — Former Harvest Bible Chapel Pastor James MacDonald plans to return to the pulpit this weekend.MacDonald’s message — the first in an eight-week series about Romans 8 titled “The Power to Change” — will mark the first time he has preached publicly since he was removed from his position as senior pastor at Harvest more than a year ago.“Candidly, there were quite a few weeks over the last 13 or 14 months where I just didn’t even know if I would preach again or if I even wanted to,” MacDonald MacDonald was fired in February 2019 from the Chicago-area megachurch he founded after radio host Erich “Mancow” Muller aired clips of purported remarks by the pastor in which he Both Christianity Today and Roys (for both World magazine and her own website) had reported on previous controversies at Harvest surrounding MacDonald’s leadership.“I know how to preach. I’ve done that my whole life since I was 18 years old,” he said. James MacDonald is an associate in Ashurst’s dispute resolution practice based in Dubai. Believers' Church in India has been prohibited from accepted foreign donations. But it was contingent upon the approval of the credit union to which the church owes nearly $40 million. How, then, will members of these churches—who are full of questions, hurt, … James has acted for clients on a range of mattes across the Middle East and Africa, with a particular focus on the energy, resources and infrastructure sectors.
This work has included providing training to commercial teams on compliance issues and assisting clients develop anti-bribery and corruption training programmes. I also reached out to MacDonald, but he did not respond either. Receive notification of new posts. Specifically, he confesses “sinful patterns of fleshly anger and self pity that wounded co-workers and others.” He adds that his decisions involving the lawsuit against Julie Roys, two former elders and their wives, his media ministry and Harvest Bible Fellowship were “regrettable.”In the end, however, he continues to contest the statements from Harvest and remains in arbitration.Decisions by the current Elder/staff, along with inaccurate announcements and recent public condemnation, signaled clearly the timing to communicate our message directly.
David W. Jones, James MacDonald's research assistant for ten years, wrote the first editorial piece and submitted it to Christianity Today for publication.
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