Mahaney Resigns Yet Again

[Jerome]

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/c...leadership-of-sovereign-grace-ministries.html

C. J. Mahaney Leaves Leadership of Sovereign Grace Ministries
Founder announces departure as beleaguered ministry requests dismissal of sex abuse lawsuit.

In February, board chairman Doug Loftness, named as a defendant in the lawsuit alongside Mahaney and other leaders, resigned in order to "give more time" to his church and family; board member Craig Cabaniss also resigned. Meanwhile, SGM continues to see churches defect over the issues facing the denomination.

SGM made headlines in 2012 when Mahaney took a leave of absence in July 2011 for a "season of examination and evaluation" of charges against him by alienated SGM pastors, including "various expressions of pride, unentreatability, deceit, sinful judgment and hypocrisy." Six months later, SGM reinstated Mahaney in January 2012 after vetting the charges against him. In May, SGM announced plans to relocate its headquarters from Gaithersburg, Maryland, to Louisville, Kentucky—a move that drew criticism.