The pastor who once led Sovereign Grace Churches, which was embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal that broke in 2012, has withdrawn from an upcoming Reformed conference amid contentions that concerns remain about how the cases were handled.
In a statement Wednesday on the Together for the Gospel conference website, CJ Mahaney, former president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, now called Sovereign Grace Churches, announced that he would not be speaking at the T4G gathering scheduled to take place the second week of April in Louisville, Kentucky. He explained that he chose to withdraw so he could promote the conference, which began in 2006, so as not to be a distraction.
Mahaney went on to say that he also felt the need to defend himself and Sovereign Grace in this instance.
“Sovereign Grace churches are led by godly men and filled with good and godly people who love Christ and His Gospel. So that there is no lack of clarity on this: I am innocent of the allegations that have been made against me personally, and the recent, public characterizations of Sovereign Grace as a whole are absolutely false. I categorically reject the…
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