On a Sunday evening in August 2002, conservative evangelical powerhouse John MacArthur rose to address his 8000-member congregation at Grace Community from his lofty pulpit.
As men began distributing the elements for communion, a stern-faced MacArthur launched into a tirade about a woman in the church who was apparently living in sin.
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Where is Eileen Gray’s husband today?
Fast forward to the present, and we find David Gray residing behind the walls of a California prison, serving a sentence of 21 years to life. His transgressions? Convictions of “aggravated child molestation, corporal injury to a child, and child abuse.”
Most churches give away a only a tiny percentage of what they take in. Donations for the poor or otherwise disadvantaged are usually a special collection or special fundraising.