Harvest Bible Chapel Won’t Reply to Media Questions During Peacemaking Process
Last week I wrote Harvest Bible Chapel’s spokeswoman Sherri Smith a couple of emails with questions about the firing of former Harvest Bible Chapel-Naples pastor John Secrest. Since I did not get a response, I wrote to ask if HBC planned to respond. In response, Ms. Smith answered this afternoon with the following explanation: While…
Read MoreMartin Luther King, Jr. – I Have a Dream – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. today, I link to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech delivered August 28, 1963 in Washington, D.C. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. I showed this today in one of my classes and was moved as I always am when I listen to it. Be…
Read MoreHarvest Bible Chapel Fires Pastor of HBC – Naples (UPDATED)
John Secrest today informed Julie Roys that he has been fired from his position as pastor at Harvest Bible Chapel in Naples, FL. Secrest planted the church there as a ministry of Harvest Bible Fellowship. HBF was once affiliated with HBC. Those organizations parted ways last summer. According to Roys, Secrest partnered with the HBC…
Read MoreWSJ: Liberty University Administrator Involved in Michael Cohen Fake News Scheme
They will know we are Christians by our fake news. In a surprising plot twist, the Wall Street Journal reports this morning that President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is being accused of failing to pay the Chief Information Officer of Liberty University John Gauger for his poll rigging services. Cohen arranged with Gauger’s tech…
Read MoreJames MacDonald to Take Sabbatical to Focus on Peacemaking
Last night, several sources told me that James MacDonald had resigned. I asked church spokeswoman Sherri Smith about those reports and she responded that MacDonald had not resigned. However, MacDonald was about to make a change. This morning Harvest Bible Chapel posted the following Elder Update: Dear Harvest Family, We have tried a variety of…
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