While it appears no formal announcement as been made by John MacArthur‘s Grace Community Church (GCC) or The Master’s Seminary (TMS) regarding the moral failure of Dr. Steven Lawson, Lawson has been scrubbed from both websites.
Last week, Trinity Bible Church of Dallas released a statement sharing that Lawson, the church’s lead pastor, had been “removed indefinitely from all ministry activities” in light of an “inappropriate relationship” with a woman.
Lawson had been serving as the professor of preaching and dean of D.Min. studies at The Master’s Seminary and has frequently preached for MacArthur at GCC and at GCC conferences. He is also the founder of OnePassion Ministries.
Following the news of Lawson’s “inappropriate relationship,” OnePassion Ministries released a statement indicating that Lawson had “resigned from all his duties,” and the ministry removed all access to ministry resources featuring Lawson.
ChurchLeaders reached out to TMS for comment and was immediately referred to Trinity Bible Church of Dallas’ statement.
Over the weekend, it appears that both TMS and GCC have removed all of Lawson’s content from their respective websites. GCC previously hosted many of Lawson’s sermons and content on its website. That content is no longer on the site or available to be searched. TMS has done the same, removing Lawson’s profile from its site, as well as that of Trinity Bible Church of Dallas.
‘Permanently Disqualified’–GCC Elder Speaks To Dr. Steven Lawson’s Removal
On Friday (Sept. 20), a day after Lawson’s removal from Trinity Bible Church of Dallas, Lawson was scheduled to speak at the TMS-hosted Men of the Word Conference at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, Virginia. He was removed in light of the scandal.
Others who spoke at the conference were H.B. Charles Jr., Abner Chou, Jesse Johnson, Austin Duncan, George Lawson, and Mark Zhakevich.
Austin Duncan, who is the director of the MacArthur Center for Expository Preaching, director of D.Min. studies and pastoral ministries department chair at TMS, and a GCC elder, explained to the nearly 500 men in attendance why Lawson wasn’t speaking.
“I’m sure all of you have heard, one of our previously scheduled speakers permanently disqualified himself from pastoral ministry this week and brought disgrace to the name of Christ,” said Duncan.
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