If youd like to find me online, just go to Julieroys.com. "I was sitting in the back seat. (Proverbs 27:12). However, you did sign a letter of unconditional support. And the pain is overwhelming. Yes, it is. Thats thats a much harder relaunch. No one takes joy in doing this. And I had already written back to Executive Committee Chairman at the time and said, we cannot say unconditional support. Yeah, I got sued, but the case got dropped. June 17, 2021 James MacDonald, the former megachurch pastor who's been embroiled in scandal and controversy for several years, is lashing out against independent journalist Julie Roys. https://biblehub.com/hebrew/898.htm bagad (treachery aka abuse) is used FIVE times in Malachi 2:10-16!!! She first came to my attention with James MacDonald, then with Ravi Zacharias, and now John McArthur plus one of his side-kicks is in her cross-hairs. And and its sad to me other than when they did finally, the former elders apologize for the lawsuit that was brought against me. Sandy talked about over the years, other staff members coming to her after meeting with James McDonald in tears, just crushed. Can you say what was in that letter? Prominent evangelical scholar, author, and missiologist, Ed Stetzer, is leaving his position as executive director of Wheaton Colleges The Billy Graham Center, Despite being disqualified from public ministry by his former megachurch for a pattern of sinful behavior, James MacDonald is preaching at Generation, An Arizona megachurch has hired Landon MacDonald as a lead pastor, despite allegations MacDonald bullied and abused those in his care while. And, again, this is five days after I published my expose of Harvest and World Magazine. Thats right. The Roys Report has over 78 articles dedicated to MacDonald and/or HBC, many of which were written by Roys. But would he have been able to save face do you think? Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse by Dr. Lisa Oakley and Justin Humphreys. I mean, again, it was a meeting into the wee hours of the night, early morning. Thanks for a thoughtful, educated, godly response. I remember talking and saying, guys, were all going to give an account to the Lord one day for what were doing in this meeting. I also dont believe girls (or boys) have to like certain colors or behave and dress in certain ways to be real girls/boys. Jesus help us. The 8 Best Julie Roys Podcasts. It was a heated discussion about letters and who should have the letters who should read the letters, etc., that night. And everyone who stayed just drank the Kool-Aid. And with that opening, I felt like it was confirmed. And you couldnt be accused of disseminating them to the larger public. Thats about my attitude lately. Then let me just ask you from the start, why are you doing this? Opinion: What is Revivaland is it Happening at Asbury? Yes, and I would add that baked into the command for husbands to love their wives is the definition of love in 1 Corinthians 13. You cant unconditionally support anybody. But like I said, Hes really working hard to rewrite history. We turned out to have six witnesses who wrote 28 pages with innumerable charges. I see that as just simply implicating a larger group and a conspiracy to use church money for stuff that was never intended. Julie, are you saying that you support trans mutilation/murder of pre-born children/and are against conservatives? Rather, its helping those in bondage find freedom. I followed up with this text but Julie did not respond immediately to my request for a comment. Dan was one of the elders who fired James McDonald. Also, any comments with profanity, name-calling, and/or a nasty tone will be deleted. If you find yourself unaware of Theres no joy in doing this. *, In an email to TRR, Gregoire claimed that Viscontis view about women does not match the research. We had a group of Pastors who interviewed him and he gave us free tickets to his Straight Up conference. Shame on you for reading scripture! To donate, James MacDonald Ministries June 13, 2021 Email, Ed Stetzer Named Dean of Biola Universitys Talbot School of Theology, James MacDonald Preaching at ARC Megachurch in Arizona, Landon MacDonald to Lead Arizona Megachurch Despite Allegations of Abuse When at Harvest Bible Chapel, Why Businessman Peter Chung Matters for the Future of The Kings College. There were six people who were brave enough, vulnerable enough to write letters. @jamesmacdonald. You know, Ive been here the whole time. Because again, that was one letter that never got published and the contents, other than what Ron Duitsman said in his recent video because he actually referenced that letter. I remember going home, my wife picked me up, I went home, and I just laid on the couch and looked at her. I said, again, please dont do it just because Im asking you. So far, I feel the leadership of my current church embodies this well. She keeps demanding I tithe to her and she will ask god to bless me. 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 . How does this relate to his view of women? The Lord made it really clear. Hes not qualified. Great! I didnt, I didnt argue with him. And you know, shepherds, I think of John 10, right, the the hireling runs away, the Good Shepherd stays. The only joy in doing this is we would be obeying Gods word. Dominican Republic, a resort there and invited their wives to come with them. And I hadnt I hadnt signed that yet, I hadnt given a statement yet. You did you have any idea that that this was out there, and might get aired? He was the second longest tenured pastor at Harvest. The Asbury Revival Is Over. Its funny how things turn out, and this situation isnt wrapped up, yet. It didnt sit right with me when I heard about it, that the church was suing you, and the Mahoneys, and the Bryants. I think he might have and the reason I say that is that weekend, so you know, here we are on Tuesday, Tuesday, the fifth. So the topic of you know, among other things, the topic of the meeting that night on the agenda was to go through the letters to look at the charges and to walk through it and decide, does he meet the qualifications of an elder? I mean, I got exonerated rather quickly. And that was the day that Mancow Muller aired these excerpts. But for us not to act would be unbelief. Instead, he blocked our access to his and Generation Churchs social media accounts. And if he doesnt, what does that mean in terms of employment at Harvest Bible Chapel? And we were at an absolute stalemate. Anne Green, who is married, alleged that MacDonald touched her inappropriately on a private plane in 2005. It was one of the big red flags to me, or I guess it was a yellow flag could have been a red flag, I wouldnt have done it. He further claims Harvests elders crafted false accusations against him as a pure act of vindictiveness to cover the churchs looting of his former broadcast ministry, Walk in the Word. If you went back to when the Elephants Debt was launched, I think this is telling. And yet so many still have not and still waiting for James McDonald to do that. You really didnt know at that point, whether he was going to get fired, or resign, or what was going to happen until Mancow Muller aired those vulgar excerpts from this hot mic recording that James McDonald didnt know he was on mic. The news came less than a week after another update from Julie Roys, . Chicago-area Republic Bank has stopped foreclosure proceedings against disgraced celebrity preacher, James MacDonald, and reinstated MacDonald's mortgage on his $1.5 million Elgin estate. And I remember reading through that scripture and reading through Hebrews 13:17, about elders overseeing and giving an account, and Galatians 1:10 about am I trying to please man, am I trying to please God? Yeah. And you know, told her that I would get it to the motherboard. Although as soon as, pretty much after Mancow aired it. And when I look back at it, thats what I think. If hes fired, and its in the church is very clear on him being fired and disqualified for ministry. @Cynthia Wright Love your comment. Keep in touch with Julie and get updates in your inbox! 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. Youre, youre characterizing it correctly. When I did, I told her letters were coming in, would she consider writing it. This man has been your pastor for decades. What really caused Harvest Bible Chapel to fire James McDonald? I had asked one of the one of the people on the reconciliation team earlier that day, I said, Im going to go into a meeting with James McDonald and I need I need to have the letters I need to know. James MacDonald. No One Knows. I dont know how the person who gave them to me got them. My spouse and I and many others went to college with James in the eighties in Canada. If hes ok with lying it places doubt on the gospel. Thankfully, I had headphones on. My husband and I pray that anyone who has been hurt or used by Im can heal. What Happens Now? For more information just go to Judsonu.edu/visit. So these letters, and this is what I found really riveting about your story, is when these letters were first given, as you said, they were given to pastors, with the exception of Sandys letter that went directly to you. Like this had been a months long drawn out battle. That didnt happen. That way youll never miss an episode. You know, they asked him as an executive committee member and the elder board chairman. . Not everybody had the physical letters, but we talked through what was in the letters. Thats what meeting and when youre in a conference called and youre making a decision like that, every elder everybody on the meeting on the call had to make right had the voice be asked any question you have. 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. A strong woman with a stronger husband will become an unstoppable, gracious, and capable woman. You could tell where it was headed probably. From the overflow of your heart your mouth (and thumbs) are speaking. But I think my kat has watched too much Kenneth Copeland. Welcome to The Roys Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. There was a whole discussion about whether he was repentant and I said, I dont know, hes not repentant. The G in freemasonry stands for generation. Why would anyone who follows Jesus Christ care what Generation Church thinks about anything? Others as well, who were defending and saying, well, the elders shouldnt even have these letters we had agreed, they go to the reconciliation team. He also advertised an upcoming GrampCampan overnight retreat providing training and tools for grandparents to connect with their grandkids. Dan resigned from the Harvest elder board in March 2019, calling for reform. There was just enough false doctrine so that it was swallowed up with the truth. I pray for the man. #JRgossipslut #JRcancerinChristsbody. Whats the point of arguing the point, you know, like, okay, youre gonna say you dont remember that part. Well, because Scripture says you do it in front of everybody. 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. Christian Rocker Posts Stunning Response to Recent Apostasy of Christian Leaders, Chicago Radio Host & a Former Bodyguard Say James MacDonald Asked Them to Arrange Murders, James MacDonald Took Millions from Harvest & Now Demands Broadcast Ministry, Mancow Airs Shocking Comments By James MacDonald: My Response. Guard your heart and keep it diligentlyfor from it flows the content of your life. And his email says, it seems we are being targeted. And from the video that he recorded with James, it sounds like the spin is that James was actually guilty. I look back at those meetings. On Thursday, the seventh, I got a text from one of the elders who said, Call me if you can before such and such a time. 2011 NIV. And today youre going to hear from a former insider at Harvest, former elder Dan George. He surrounded himself with yes men and used intimidation tactics to keep people in line. And welcome to the podcast. 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. Had they reached all the elders at this point? Well, youre welcome. Julie Roys lives for her anti gospel, anti authority, man hating bias - even partnering with shock jocks like Mancow Muller or worse. 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. Julie Roys knows she published many false statements about me, false statements now proven such in a court of law, yet she has retracted nothing. Plus, the school offers more than 60 majors, great leadership opportunities and strong financial aid. 28 Feb 2023 13:40:27 I wish Id never done it. And so what Id like to do is just rewind a couple of years to fall 2018. And I just asked the Holy Spirit to show me You have to show me You have to show me whats going on. (We're a church of around 4,000 members & regular attenders.) And I dont know whether it was Rick Donald, who was was talking at that point about he had the letters, and didnt think that the elders should read all of them. Its loving to give medicine to a sick patient, and its loving to speak the truth to a deceived person.. The way James MacDonald is said to have treated others while pastor of Harvest and the way he behaves on Twitter dont seem to be in keeping with the way the New Testament says we should behave. I payed for you and James. And if I would, you know, post some sort of statement. You know, theres, I would say, round two, but I my guess is there were lots of small rounds in there, of people being silenced and bringing charges and, and the board looking the other way. I remember waking up that morning. 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? You know, while while I was an overseer, I didnt know it. Yeah, I can share some of it. And Dan said it was just so unnerving. Because if he resigns, he gets up in front of the church, gets to spin things, and, you know, can probably relaunch somewhere else. And I actually requested the letter from Sandy, because Sandy had shared some things with us about what she had seen. Well, again, joining me today is Dan George, a former elder at Harvest, and one of only two former elders whos apologized to me personally, for some of the nasty things that were said about me when I was reporting on the church and James McDonald. Five of the six have been published. Can you share what was in it? And so really appreciate that and appreciate the time at which you did that. I believe it was from Mancow who texted me. Also, any comments with profanity, name-calling, and/or a nasty tone will be deleted. This is the most used and abused (pun intended) argument. Jacob Ross, all the credit card that James used for personal expenses. Sin has real consequences and sometimes those consequences are permanent. So they have no idea what they really these, the elder board was large and had no idea really who James MacDonald was, am I right? This is the passage. They should go to the reconciliation team. And I said, I understand that. So Rick was in the meeting, as were others, and they were defending saying the elders should not have the letters. You disseminated down to the elders, and then that became really the sticking point for James, wasnt it? And there were several of us saying, you know, looking at I Timothy 5, looking at Hebrews 13:17, which tells us that elders are going to give an account. I hope you have a great day and God bless. We see this is the third article this month youve found worth reading. Not long ago, I noticed that James MacDonald is still latched onto evangelical watchdog blogger Julie Roys as his number-one. And he opened the meeting, looking at me and said, I know what youre going to do, and the church is going to implode or blow up, and its going to be on you. Tragically . And there was a group and we had two prayer meetings of people who had been former elders, staff people who have gone on the record with me. 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