This article is about American evangelical writer and minister John F. MacArthur. For other people named John MacArthur, please see John MacArthur (disambiguation)

Dr. John F. MacArthur, Jr. (born 1939) is an American evangelical writer and minister, most noted for his radio program entitled Grace To You. He is currently serving as Pastor-Teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and as President of The Master's College (and the related Master's Seminary ) in Santa Clarita, California. The son of Dr. Jack MacArthur (an accomplished preacher in his own right), John MacArthur was a gifted athlete and attended Bob Jones University before transferring to Talbot Theological Seminary in Los Angeles. He graduated with honors and in 1969, he became the third pastor in the then-short history of the nondenominatinal Grace Community Church.

In 1985, MacArthur became president of The Master's College (formerly Los Angeles Baptist College), an accredited, four-year, liberal arts Christian college, and in 1986, founded The Master's Seminary. His daily radio program, Grace To You is broadcast throughout much of the world. He is the author of dozens of books, notably his MacArthur Commentary Series and the MacArthur Study Bible (ISBN 0849912229).

MacArthur has been embroiled in a number of controversies, the most famous of which was the first time an evangelical church had ever been sued for malpractice. Kenneth Nally, a 24-year old seminary student, committed suicide in 1979. The following year, MacArthur and several members of the staff were brought to court. It took seven years of court rulings, challenges, and appeals before MacArthur's name and that of Grace Community Church was cleared of wrongdoing.

His theology is best described as evangelical and dispensational although he rejects some of the classic dispensational ideas – hence his self-description as a "leaky dispensationalist".

External links

• Grace to You
• Grace Community Church