Pastor and author John MacArthur has had a “slower than expected” recovery from a series of three surgeries that kept him out of the pulpit for much of 2024.
The 85-year-old preacher has been the head pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, since February 1969, but, because of a host of health issues, he was away for more than half of the past year, according to GCC Elder Tom Patton, who updated the congregation on MacArthur’s condition Sunday.
He’s had “occasional setbacks affecting his heart, lungs, and kidneys,” Patton said, going on to explain, “The doctors have not yet discovered any single root cause for these diverse troubles.”
The elder disclosed MacArthur has been hospitalized for the last two weeks, during which time he has undergone a battery of tests and treatments to determine the origins of his ailments.
“So please pray for him and for the physicians that are handling the case,” Patton said. “[Pray for] the physicians, that they would identify a suitable treatment or treatments and for John, that he would recover strength and health enough to resume public ministry. Pastor John and his family covet your prayers. Please pray earnestly and steadfastly. Our pastor desires to return to his beloved church soon.”
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