Another prominent pastor in North Texas is no longer with his church due to sexual impropriety. In a letter to congregants, Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco announced that Lead Pastor John McKinzie had resigned on Sept. 14.

According to the letter obtained by religious watchdog website Watchkeep , church elders noted that McKinzie “confessed to sexual sin and moral failure,” leading to his resignation.

“No one on staff had knowledge of this moral failure before John’s confession,” the letter reads. “And aside from John’s resignation, there will not be any other staff changes at this time.”

This is the second major departure Hope Fellowship in Frisco, which reportedly has an average attendance of over 5,000, has endured this year. In January, youth pastor Jerry Nickerson, of the chu

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