Baptist Site Condemns Late Megachurch Hate Pastor: “Toxic, Mean-Spirited, Divisive, Judgmental Cult Leader”

July 16, 2025 Christianists, Hate Groups

From the publisher of Baptist News Global:

Upon the death of John MacArthur yesterday, BNG published two articles — one a traditional obituary and one an analysis piece that used MacArthur’s own definition of a false prophet to assess his ministry. That second piece has stirred a hornet’s nest, particularly with MacArthur’s vast fan base but also with some friends of BNG who think we went too far in speaking ill of the dead.

Let me reiterate: John MacArthur did more harm to the cause of Christ than Paul Pressler — and that’s saying a hell of a lot. Pressler took control of one denomination; MacArthur influenced pastors and lay leaders across evangelical Christianity and taught them to be mean-spirited, divisive, judgmental and absolutely certain he alone held God’s truth. That is the definition of a cult leader, not a pastor.

MacArthur’s theology was and remains toxic. It was and remains abusive. It was and remains cruel. It was and remains untrue to the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Not to say so — especially at his death — is to be complicit with allowing that theology to go unchecked.

Read the full column. It’s worth your time.

As I recounted here yesterday and many other times over the last decade, MacArthur was arguably the most viciously anti-LGBTQ prominent evangelical. And that is really saying something.

Regarding the above-cited Paul Pressler, he’s the now dead accused pedophile and mentor to House Speaker Mike Johnson whose alleged crimes were covered up by the Southern Baptist Convention and at least one prominent fellow anti-LGBTQ activist.



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