After being fired for making crude threats on a recording, as well as over allegations for financial mismanagement and bullying, James MacDonald of the megachurch Harvest Chapel has posted an apology on Facebook.
“I was, am, and will remain very sorry for the careless and hurtful words that were illegally recorded and publicized,” the apology states. “I immediately sent written apologies where appropriate, grieving what it revealed about the state of my heart at the time, as well as the hurt caused to those who trusted us to be a more consistent example of Christlikeness. I have no excuse and am truly sorry.”
He continues in the lengthy response to confess “a regression into sinful patterns of fleshly anger and self-pity that wounded co-workers and others.”
But, according to Relevant Magazine, several of the people harmed by MacDonald have not received apologies.
“I have not received one of these written apologies, though MacDonald mocked me repeatedly on the recording and joked about me having an affair with a Christianity Today editor,” said Julie Roys, the freelance journalist who exposed many of the allegations against MacDonald. “I also don’t know of anyone else who’s received one either, including the more than two dozen sources who went on the record with me with horrific stories about MacDonald.”
MacDonald, who was a founder of Harvest Bible…
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