The day after a California appeals court ordered Grace Community Church to close its doors, Pastor John MacArthur welcomed thousands of churchgoers into the building for an in-person service. He’s ...
(RNS) — On Sunday (Sept. 13), Grace Community Church defied a court order and held a packed, indoor morning service without masks or social distancing. Members of the Sun Valley, California, ...
John MacArthur, the California-based Bible teacher, pastor and author known for his polarizing theological stances and defiance of ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns, has died at 86. Grace to You, the ...
The head of MacArthur’s media ministry and book editor, Phil Johnson, said the pastor died in a hospital after coming down with pneumonia about a month ago, The New York Times reported. The Grace ...
UPDATE: Hours after this article was published, the California Court of Appeal issued a stay of the lower court’s order, allowing the county’s Health Order to remain in effect and prohibiting John ...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)-- Los Angeles County is pushing back even further against a Sun Valley church that defied court and health orders not to hold indoor services during the pandemic. County officials ...