Former pastor and founder of Harvest Bible Chapel, James MacDonald is suing radio host Erich Muller for defamation of character.
Former pastor and founder of Harvest Bible Chapel, James MacDonald is suing radio host Erich Muller for defamation of character.
After the elders at Harvest Bible Chapel issued a statement declaring founder and former pastor James MacDonald as "biblically disqualified" from its ministry, the fired pastor issued an apology on Facebook.
The elders at Harvest Bible Church offered clarity on founding pastor James MacDonald's standings with the church on Sunday saying he has been "biblically disqualified" from being an elder or preacher at the church.
About five years ago, the Village Church of Barrington, a congregation northwest of Chicago with a $1.8 million annual budget and average weekly attendance of 600, decided to become accredited with the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
Harvest Bible Chapel has apologized both privately and publicly to a freelance journalist and two bloggers whom it sued last fall.
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, a Christian financial watchdog group, has terminated the membership of Harvest Bible Chapel.
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, a Christian financial watchdog group, has suspended Harvest Bible Chapel, a Chicago-area megachurch, after church leaders admitted “a lack of financial control and oversight” under the church’s former pastor.
Harvest Bible Chapel, an embattled Chicago-area megachurch, announced this past weekend that the executive committee of its elders will resign.
After announcing his “indefinite sabbatical” only one month ago, Harvest Bible Chapel announced Wednesday morning that they have fired founder and lead pastor James MacDonald.
Harvest Bible Chapel fired a Florida campus Pastor this week after he asked them not to allow James MacDonald to preach at his church during his sabbatical.
