John Macarthur Health: How Is He Doing After Surgery?

Since 1969, John Fullerton MacArthur Jr., a well-known American pastor, and author, has led Grace Community Church, a non-denominational congregation in Sun Valley, California.

He also hosts the Grace to You radio and television program, transmitted worldwide. 

Expository preaching, which involves elucidating and applying biblical passages in their original historical and cultural contexts, is strongly supported by MacArthur.

Because of his knowledge in this field, Christianity Today named him one of the most important preachers ever.

More than 150 publications by him have been authored or edited, including the well-known MacArthur Study Bible, which has sold over a million copies and won the Gold Medallion Book Award.

MacArthur serves as the emeritus chancellor of The Master’s Seminary and The Master’s University in Santa Clarita.

John MacArthur Health

Pastor John MacArthur was playfully requested by another pastor, Ligon Duncan, to give a health update during a recent conference. 

MacArthur revealed that although he feels fantastic after successful heart surgeries, monitoring his medicines has been his biggest problem.

Duncan related how MacArthur made a joke about the conference being sponsored by Pfizer at a recent pastors’ gathering. 

It is significant given the GCC’s legal issues due to its choice to hold in-person meetings during the pandemic.

MacArthur revealed that despite never being this old, he spent ten days in the hospital and is improving daily. 

He expected to be better than or back to normal within a few months. A documentary named “Essential Church” that will be released soon will detail the legal problems that GCC has to contend with.

On Monday, John MacArthur’s health was addressed in a statement by Grace Community Church.

The statement claims he is healthy after visiting a doctor on Sunday afternoon. 

According to his statement, MacArthur needed some downtime after the hectic holiday week.

The church did not provide further details about MacArthur’s condition or the reason for his visit to the doctor. 

However, they did assure their followers that he was doing well. And he needed rest. MacArthur is 82 years old. He has been a prominent figure for decades. 

MacArthur is serving as the pastor of Grace Community Church in California.

He has also been a vocal critic of pandemic-related restrictions on religious gatherings, which led to legal battles with Los Angeles County and California.

John MacArthur’s Artery Blockages Surgery

Pastor John MacArthur explained to host Phil Johnson what had happened to him on the morning of New Year’s Day at the opening of the May 8 program.

He recalled his sermon from Grace Church on January 1: “I just felt like I couldn’t recover my breath as I stood up to give the sermon in the first service—we have two duplicate services. I had never experienced that before. 

MacArthur said, “I believe I told the congregation, “Excuse me while I take a deep breath.”‘” And so, that was somewhat unexpected. I continued to preach for 50 minutes after feeling better at that point.

After the first ceremony, the priest left for his office to await the second one. You’re done, he was told by his elders and a few medical professionals who had met him there.

You are removed from the game. You miss out on playing. According to MacArthur, after taking his blood pressure, medical professionals “determined that I had some kind of atrial fibrillation, and they took me to the emergency hospital.” 

MacArthur underwent surgery on January 13 to remove blockages from his heart’s arteries. According to him, the result was that they placed four stents in my arteries, which were 80–90% clogged.

The good news is that you didn’t suffer a heart attack. And your heart is extremely robust. And your heart is now like a 16-year-old’s heart. 

The pastor remarked, “So I was grateful to the Lord that there was no harm done to my heart and that they could correct the condition. 

John MacArthur’s Health History

GCC has a track record of hiding John MacArthur’s medical issues.

While involved in a legal battle with California and Los Angeles County for disobeying restrictions on indoor worship in December 2020 and January 2021, MacArthur missed several weeks of preaching. Since then, MacArthur has acknowledged having COVID.

However, GCC said MacArthur was “resting” and preparing for the upcoming Shepherd’s Conference. 

GCC concealed a deadly COVID outbreak at the church, according to publications published by The Roys Report (TRR), and the church did not comment on those articles.

In a declaration submitted to the Superior Court of the State of California on April 9, 2021, MacArthur reaffirmed that his earlier absence from the pulpit was that “I decided to rest and instead let another Pastor preach.”

There is nothing sinister about me having another Pastor preach, MacArthur continued in my 81st year. I do occasionally pause from preaching.

However, MacArthur acknowledged the COVID outbreak at GCC and his own COVID bout in August, right before GCC won its legal dispute with the state and county.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors paid GCC $400,000 to end their legal dispute with the church a few days later.

ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t7XZmpqaZpOkunC2zqGlZqWRmK6zwMeuqWaglZa5tbSMrqedmaSafA%3D%3D