Jul 11 2011 2:41AM
Associated Press
Associated Press
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) The president of Sovereign Grace Ministries is taking a leave of absence to deal with charges made against him by former ministry leaders and pastors.
In a letter on the denomination's web site, C.J. Mahaney says the charges do not involve "immorality or financial impropriety." But he says former colleagues have faulted him for "expressions of pride, unentreatability, deceit, sinful judgment, and hypocrisy." Mahaney writes, "I have been grieved by my sin and its effects on others," and adds that he has confessed to some of those he hurt and has asked for their forgiveness.
Joshua Harris, pastor of Sovereign Grace's founding church in Maryland, told his congregation Sunday that the "entire denomination is being publicly spanked." Harris said he and other Sovereign Grace leaders share responsibility and will ask an outside panel to review the ministry's past and present practices.
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00:14 "getting our attention" Joshua Harris Joshua Harris, pastor of Covenant Life Church, says the accusations against C.J. Mahaney and Sovereign Grace Ministries are God's discipline.
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00:09 "brought this trouble" Joshua Harris Joshua Harris, pastor of Covenant Life Church, says he and other Sovereign Grace Ministries leaders share responsibility.
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00:16 "accusations more carefully" Joshua Harris Joshua Harris, pastor of Covenant Life Church, says Sovereign Grace Ministries President C.J. Mahaney has been accused by former colleagues of hypocrisy, coercion, deceit and sinful judgment.
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00:18 "hypocrisy, coercion, deceit" Joshua Harris Joshua Harris, pastor of Covenant Life Church, says Sovereign Grace Ministries president C.J. Mahaney has taken a leave of absence to confront accusations.
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