How can a husband love his wife as Christ loved the church when he is emotionally, mentally, physically, and sexually abusive? Whoever said the dumbest thing had to take off an, Despite being disqualified from public ministry by his former megachurch for a pattern of sinful behavior, James MacDonald is preaching at Generation. But he demanded that he be flown home on a private jet. This is the passage. And thank you for loving our Lord and showing the way. But by the middle of day, right, we were talking about how we were clearly going to have to have an elder board meeting that night. Not all he said was false because then it would have been obvious to any discerning Christian. ARC is one of the largest church planting organizations in North America. And Dan said it was just so unnerving. . And we got to a Saturday meeting then on the ninth. He knows! I dont know how the person who gave them to me got them. We see this is the third article this month youve found worth reading. It is not an ecclesiastical remedy at least not any longer. And Stetzer is a huge, huge part of the crooked machine. Im Julie Roys. And then out of the blue, I get slapped with a lawsuit from James McDonald before I published anything. But I had all I had all the letters by that point. 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. And the demands that James McDonald made to try to go home a day early. And there were meetings on Wednesday, where James McDonald was informed of the decision of the elder board. But some of these people, for 10 years or more, had been maligned. I think, how is it that we had the word of God sitting in front of us, which is pretty clear about what to do. That would be my word to Ron Duitsman. *Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that Visconti and Generation Church had deleted their social media accounts. And scripture is really clear that its got to be, you know, two or three witnesses. I remember one other elder leading over to me and said repentant people dont ask for money. And there was just this push against a public rebuke. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. Yeah, I got sued, but the case got dropped. Dominican Republic, a resort there and invited their wives to come with them. And I stopped my car. And when I look back at it, thats what I think. Also, any comments with profanity, name-calling, and/or a nasty tone will be deleted. year. I really am so very sick of these self-righteous, insensitive, insulting church leaders who think they are the only ones who have a hardwire connection to God preaching on the subject of wives submit to your husbands while they leave out the husbands responsibility to love their wives as Christ loved the church. Also, if youre in the market for a car, I encourage you to check out my friends at Marquardt of Barrington. 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? And welcome to the podcast. So if youre listening, you need and you havent read those letters, you need to go back and Dean Butters, I mean that one has to be just the emotional impact of the the bullying and the abuse, and then even a video where he mocked a very well known Christian leader because she was getting married in midlife for the first time and mocking her for never having sex before. If you went back to when the Elephants Debt was launched, I think this is telling. Maybe some have on this platform for posting Julie has provided, but Ive never seen it. Instead of focusing on who is stronger and who is weaker, why dont we focus on how both of us can be strong for the kingdom and live out the calling that God has given to each of us individually and as a couple?, Visconti also posted recently on his Instagram story that abuse is not a biblical justification for divorce. And I hope I hope that a lot of people have read that and they dont owe me anything, but I hope its been healing to them. Im gonna put it up on my Facebook page, on my blog. Thank you. Literally more than two dozen people. Again, she was the the wife of Dave Corning who was an elder at Harvest for over 20 years, and telling her stories, and one of her stories was you know about pictures of her being put up on a on a wall as a target practice for James McDonald and her seeing this shot up with a pellet gun. Dan George served as an elder at Harvest Bible Chapel over a period of 10 years, actively serving on the elder board from 2010 through 2015, and rejoining the board in late 2018. Malachi 2:16 has been harmfully interpreted & practiced based on twisted translations, Malachi 2 clearly talks about husbands dealing treacherously w their wives these husbands are the ones who hate and divorce 16 The man who hates and divorces his wife, says the Lord, the God of Israel, does violence to the one he should protect, says the Lord Almighty. 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. Im not positive on that. The devil is at work. it's time for the cult of personality of James MacDonald at Harvest chapter to close and the actual Bible to be opened . Toward that end, the site requires that people use their full name when commenting. Hes asking for money. If youd like to find me online, just go to Julieroys.com. But I think it was And anyway, hes fired. Its almost like he got a bit weird with elephant conference and his new ministry associations as he left the Gospel Coalition and jumped into the Prosperity group. We see this is the third article this month youve found worth reading. TRR reached out to Visconti numerous times for comment about his partnership with MacDonald and his provocative social media posts, but Visconti did not respond. That didnt happen. Its more of a social teaching of extreme patriarchal churches to protect and promote the power structure of who is God-ordained to be in charge. And I thought, Oh, my gosh! This is going amongst the elders now. I knew that there were hundreds of people, probably more, that were hurt that all this stuff happened. Yeah, I can share some of it. And my job was to get it to fellow elder board. A man of God who just wanted to take a vacation with his family, has the right to use church money which is his only source of income. 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. The text included the hashtags #gossipslut #gossipmonger #filthygutterwebsite #cancerinChristsbody., MacDonald also tweeted the invitation, referring to me as Julie Jezebel Roys.. And eventually, and I know you send them with a lot of safeguards, so they couldnt be forwarded. Yeah. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. Julie, thank you for your excellent work in exposing that which is done in darkness, among the body of Christ. If theres other passages we should be talking about, lets talk about them. I am so sorry to report that he has not changed. You disseminated down to the elders, and then that became really the sticking point for James, wasnt it? And I was still on the board. Were talking about the difference of maybe a day. You could tell where it was headed probably. I felt physically sick reading the letter. And so really appreciate that and appreciate the time at which you did that. So that tells you something about the backbone and the integrity of Dan Marquardt. And that was the day that Mancow Muller aired these excerpts. This isnt phrased to have constructive conversation. My spouse and I and many others went to college with James in the eighties in Canada. 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. A Christian leader, according to 1 Timothy 3:3, should not be "greedy for filthy lucre.". And were like, boy, I hate to say this, but that just felt demonic. Welcome to The Roys Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. 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. So then James McDonald flies in, right? Julie Roys is a veteran investigative reporter and founder of The Roys Report. . She declined. For more information just go to Judsonu.edu/visit. And then if you could, please share the podcast on social media so more people can hear about this great content. How do spot a safe pastorand can. On February 13, the elders announced James MacDonald had been fired . 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 we would be loved, it would actually be a loving thing for us to do. And you couldnt be accused of disseminating them to the larger public. SMH. In an email to The Roys Report (TRR), Vernick noted that in the Old Testament, Abigail, the wife of the boorish and immature, Nabal, was a strong woman, married to a weak characterand she wasnt toxic. 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? The Lord made it really clear. Today the guys share their conversation with journalist, author, and speaker Julie Roys. Guard your heart and keep it diligentlyfor from it flows the content of your life. So were in the meeting. And then you know, you would categorize these things. And I remember a comment being made. His employment is coming to an end. As youll hear in this podcast, there was a strong push to suppress those letters by those loyal to James McDonald. Had it not been for that recording, I mean, what do you think? And my wife, my wife and I looking at each other and going are we really doing this? Okay. Again, only you and Mike Dunwoody, did that publicly. Jesus died on the cross for to take the weight of our sin so that we could be released from it. She also previously hosted a national talk show on the Moody Radio Network, called Up for Debate, and has worked as a TV reporter for a CBS affiliate. Ill tell you on that Saturday, there were, we took a break, because it was a long meeting. And yet so many still have not and still waiting for James McDonald to do that. If you read his letter, he was going to publish his letter. If this passage defines what a strong husband looks like, I think most of the issues take care of themselves. 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. Ron Duitsman, Chairman of the Board, who agreed to fire James, now appears to be out there, saying that after James got fired, that the elders were were spinning what happened in a false way. And everyone who stayed just drank the Kool-Aid. If you find yourself unaware of And man, if you go back and listen to this morning, morning show I I just, I remember turning on the radio and hearing this, you know, Old MacDonald had a call, e-i, e-i, o This young man had put together it only Mancow can can deliver something the way that he does. Because when you report on this for months, you feel the pain of the people that are involved. I mean, again, it was a meeting into the wee hours of the night, early morning. You did you have any idea that that this was out there, and might get aired? But this is a story that just is not going away. This man has been your pastor for decades. And marital and sexual satisfaction plummet.. And with that opening, I felt like it was confirmed. Id read through everything and all the letters. And why do you do it in front of everybody? And I just remember my first feeling, you know, just honestly, relief. On that Haiti trip. Tim, thanks I should have read before commenting and exactly! And all of the elders should resign and repent for what they did. And it became so obvious to be like that that was what it was. 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. This was months months later. 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