Pastor John MacArthur returned to the recording studio on Tuesday, April 15, where he informed his followers that his health is good and he is ready to come “roaring back” to public ministry.
“I feel fine. I’m not ill at all. My heart is working well; my lungs are working well…there’s nothing terminal that I’m experiencing,” said MacArthur in a video posted to X. “There’s no heart failure. In fact, my heart is probably stronger now than it’s been in the last decade of my life. I’m under good care from the doctors.”
The caption of MacArthur’s video says, “The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. So thankful to the Lord for your prayers as I continue to recover.”
The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated. 🤓 So thankful to the Lord for your prayers as I continue to recover. pic.twitter.com/rRCz3ebAIM
— John MacArthur (@johnmacarthur) April 16, 2025
John MacArthur: ‘I Feel Great’
John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, chancellor of The Master’s University and Seminary, and president and featured teacher with Grace to You (GTY).
The pastor has been dealing with a number of ongoing health issues, including complications from a heart valve replacement he had in the summer of 2024. These health problems have kept him from the pulpit and public ministry for the better part of a year. On Feb. 7, GCC elder and GTY Executive Director Phil Johnson shared that MacArthur was recovering at home after seven weeks in the hospital.
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MacArthur’s health prevented him from attending GCC’s Shepherds Conference in early March, but he provided a written version of a sermon he had prepared and shared a prerecorded video with attendees. In that video, he expressed his “disappointment” in missing the conference. “I haven’t had such a speedy recovery as I hoped to have,” MacArthur said, noting he had lost strength from his seven-week hospital stay.
“I realize I’m on the last lap,” he shared.
In the March 4 episode of “The MacArthur Center Podcast,” MacArthur revealed that his “kidneys have essentially come down to the final stage” and that he was on dialysis. The podcast description notes that “since June of 2024, the last time we released an episode, John MacArthur’s been in and out of the hospital, dealing with one medical crisis after another.”
