An audit of troubled suburban Chicago church Harvest Bible Chapel showed that the ministry lost nearly 10 percent of its revenue from 2017 to 2018, the most recent period reviewed.
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A “massive corporate governance failure apparently developed over several years” at Harvest Bible Chapel primarily because of its former senior pastor, James MacDonald, according to a report released Thursday evening (Nov. 21) by the Chicago-area ...
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(UPDATED) Under James MacDonald, Chicago-area megachurch was in “serious violation” of 4 out of 7 stewardship standards, says Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. Update (April 17): Harvest Bible Chapel has lost its standing with the Evangelical Council ...
Following the publication of World Magazine’s investigative report on Pastor James MacDonald and Harvest Bible Chapel (HBC) last week, HBC quickly issued a highly unusual; one might even say bizarre, response, which can be found below. MinistryWatch ...
The megachurch pastor will step down for at least six weeks while elders investigate charges against him
Mark Driscoll, pastor of Seattle’s Mars Hill Church, will relinquish leadership of the megachurch for at least six weeks while elders investigate charges against him.
It brings us no pleasure at all to report that “Bishop Bling” is hardly an isolated situation. Just in the past week we have heard reports on several US church leaders who are engaging in ...