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California settles with John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church

John Fea   |  September 1, 2021

Here is Alejandra Melina at Religion News Service:

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Aug. 31) voted to authorize a $400,000 payment to settle a legal battle with Grace Community Church over lead pastor John MacArthur’s defiance of COVID-19 restrictions in the early months of the pandemic.

Under the agreement, which the board unanimously approved without discussion, the state of California will also pay the church $400,000.

This agreement, county officials said, was reached in the context of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in February that told California it couldn’t enforce a ban on indoor worship because of the coronavirus pandemic. LA County modified its health order and lifted the indoor worship ban after the ruling.|

Read the entire piece here.

Yesterday, we did a post on how John MacArthur kept a December 2020 COVID-19 outbreak at his church under wraps and finally admitted that he and his wife both contracted the virus. Here are some Twitter responses we received in response to that post:

This is a very dark stain on his legacy. I just read comments from people who left GCC after decades and they feel heartbroken and disillusioned by the events of the last year.

— Søren (@ManBitesDog6) August 31, 2021
https://twitter.com/elliotphone33/status/1432703727199211525
https://twitter.com/BingScattergood/status/1432698287698677772

An evangelical leader covering up the truth to advance a BS agenda while gaslighting the sheep who are harmed? This is unprecedented 😱

My cynicism makes even me sad. Clearly a defense mechanism at this point

— Sarah Root (@SarahRoot14) August 31, 2021
https://twitter.com/jnthnwwlsn/status/1432691844731834369

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