Disgraced Pastor James MacDonald Responds to His Felony Assault Charges: ‘I Blacked Out’
Disgraced former Harvest Church pastor James MacDonald has offered some insights into an incident that saw him arrested and charged with felony battery and assault after allegedly attacking a woman in a road rage incident four months ago, claiming that she was the aggressor, not him, and that he ‘blacked out’ during their interaction. According to previous reports:
James MacDonald, who was fired from Harvest Bible Chapel in 2019, was arrested March 22 in Coronado, California, after he allegedly attacked a 59-year-old woman.
He was trying to parallel park his truck about 10:15 a.m. in the 900 block of Orange Avenue when he struck the woman’s car. The two exited their cars, and he “attacked” her, according to Coronado police.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for serious injuries, police said.
Macdonald, 62, is charged in San Diego County with one felony count each of battery causing serious bodily injury and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury.
Details of the incident originally appeared on the city of Coronado’s Police Facebook page, though the details about the stolen gun were later corrected to note the gun was NOT stolen.
MacDonald plead not guilty. If convicted on all counts, he faces up to 7 years in prison.
In a recent article with Baptist News Global that paints MacDonald as a sympathetic figure and victim, MacDonald reveals:
“I barely touched the lady in front of me. She jumped out of her car and came running at me. And I was so startled that I jumped out of my car and didn’t even put it in park,” he said. “And it rolled into the person behind me, and I reached toward this lady.… And what I think we’ve been able to piece together, there isn’t a video, but I think I blacked out and I fell. The reason I know is because I fell to the ground. I never put my hands underneath me.”
Bonus:
Macdonald’s was officially terminated by the elder board of Harvest Bible Church in November of 2019 following a messy, public separation filled with lawsuits and name-calling. The elder board previously declared the money-grubbing guzzler to be so not above reproach, that they raked him over the coals sixty ways to Sunday and called him out for the abusive, greedy, two-fold son of hell that he is: explaining in an open letter all the ways MacDonald failed to be qualified for the pastorate.
- Above Reproach (Titus 1:6)–“To be above reproach is to have a reputation for being blameless and honorable.” The accusations against James are of great quantity and continue to be brought forward. His character should have been such that this magnitude of accusations would not have been believable. But sadly, James’ reputation does not defend his character. Instead, his reputation affirms many of the accusations against him as plausible.
- Respectable (1 Timothy 3:2)–The antithesis of being respectable is to be disruptive. We found that James had a pattern of being disruptive in public and private settings at the expense of other people’s well-being.
- Upright (Titus 1:8)–We found that James failed to meet the standard of dealing with others fairly and honorably. At times, he misrepresented gifts paid for by the church as gifts from him personally.
- Not Arrogant or Violent (Titus 1:7)–James’ behavior and language indicated that he thought of himself more highly than he should as evidenced by his pattern of insulting, belittling and verbally bullying others.
- Not Quick-Tempered or Quarrelsome (Titus 1:7; 1 Timothy 3:3)–We found James had a pattern of quickly becoming angry, manifesting itself in unmerited force and frequency. James’ behavior was of that of a combative person who insisted on his own ways and failed to cultivate peace.
- Not Domineering (1 Peter 5:3)–We found that James had a pattern of improperly exercising his positional and spiritual authority over others to his own advantage.
- Not Greedy for Gain or A Lover of Money (Titus 1:7; 1 Timothy 3:3)–We found that James made repeated efforts to profit himself beyond what was honorable. There was a pattern of extravagant spending utilizing church resources resulting in personal benefit.
- Disciplined (Titus 1:8)–James failed to keep his emotions under control. The failure is not in the dynamic range of his personality, but in the lack of self-discipline, which an Elder should display in a bridled tongue and sound speech.
- Self-Controlled and Sober-Minded (Titus 1:8; 1 Timothy 3:2)–We found that James had a pattern of acting on sudden impulses with insufficient deference to wise but differing views. In some of the most crucial moments where James needed to be calm and cautiously wise, he was hasty and reckless.
MacDonald was living the high life prior to being ousted, giving Brian and Bobbie Houston of Hillsong a run for their money. MacDonald was likely rolling around naked each night in his Scrooge McDuckian Money Bin, reveling in the filthy lucre he was amassing and spending as if it were candy.
Since leaving Harvest, MacDonald has been keeping busy as an itinerant preacher, running his Home Church Network, and appearing on TBN with Kirk Cameron.
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In other words, MacDonald STILL refuses to take responsibility for anything. Next blaming it on an addiction to drugs or alcohol in 3,2,1……
His actions are never his fault. Sad.
Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
Narcissist never do. We have an epidemic in the world of narcissism.
Well, I’m thankful that I don’t have to hear that retarded song that he had on his Bible study. Occasionally I would be changing stations and that “walk-walk-walk- in the word 🎶” noise would infect my ears. The song was so cheesy I knew that whoever was teaching had to be clueless.
Not necessarily biblical discernment but it clearly worked. 😂
Oh no! I had forgotten that ear worm of a song…but alas, now it’s back in my head 🙁
Is James McDonald about to get off Scott free on his assault and battery charges? Bingo! Yes he certainly is! James McDonald will never admit to wrongdoing and will find any kind of rathole to crawl through to get out of accountability. He says he blacked out during the incident with the woman then he goes on to give some details about the incident. How can a person who blacked out give particulars about an incident? And then there is a picture of him returning to the scene of the crime the following day. I’ve often wondered who received the brunt of his violence during his time as lead pastor at harvest Bible. I can only hope it wasn’t his family.