(ChurchLeaders) 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. MacDonald, who was fired from Chicago-area Harvest Bible Chapel in February 2019 and disqualified from ministry, calls Roys a liar and apostate, discredits her work, and describes her website as a “millstone ministry.”
ChurchLeaders has reported extensively on MacDonald’s fall from grace, which involves accusations of financial mismanagement, bullying and even death threats. MacDonald has had harsh words for previous critics, but now he’s using Twitter and his blog to target solely Roys, whom he calls “a cancer on the body of Christ.”