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| Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potter's House in Dallas, Texas (R) and his protege, Pastor Chris Hill of the Potter's House of Denver in Colorado. |
Hill is also expected to formally separate from his
wife Joy who first made the allegations of his
infidelity public to members of their congregation in an angry text message.
"The
Potter's House Church of Denver announces that Senior Pastor Chris Hill, has
tendered a letter of resignation effective immediately. Further, after several
weeks of ministry, counseling and contemplation, Pastor Chris and his wife Joy
Hill will be seeking a formal separation," the church noted in a
statement.
"While they are both saddened on many accounts
they feel it is the best decision for both their personal healing and the
successful continuation and growth of the Denver Church body. All of us here at
the Potter's House Denver are praying for Pastor Hill and his wife as they
embark upon this very personal journey. The Church leadership will respect
their privacy at this time as any further decisions about the state of their
marriage will be a private one between them and their families," the
statement continued.
The
resignation comes just two weeks after Jake's ministry confirmed with The Christian Post that
Hill had been nixed from the International Pastors & Leadership Conference set
for April 27-29 at Jakes' The Potter's House of Dallas in Texas.
Hill was
originally scheduled to teach a workshop on vision, according to promotions of
the conference which were up as recently as March 16. When asked to comment on
the situation in earlier reports, Jake's ministry referred all questions to the
Denver church. The Denver church was not available for further comment at the
time this report was filed.
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| Shirnae McFarlane (L) the woman at the center of an alleged affair with high profile Potter's House Denver Pastor Chris Hill (R) poses with her husband. Pastor Hill poses with his wife Joy Turner Hill who is alleged to have made the alleged affair public. |
"Pastor
Craig McMullen will continue to serve in his current role as Executive Pastor
while the Corporate Church in Dallas continues to provide oversight and
leadership covering. Any future leadership appointments will be evaluated by
the board at a later date," the church said.
"The local church office along with the Corporate
Board members has assembled a team of speakers well known to the church body to
continue to serve during regularly scheduled services. All outreach, ministries
and events will continue to operate as normally scheduled," it ended.
Several weeks
ago, Joy Hill, Chris Hill's wife of more than 20 years, alleged in a mass text
message to church members that she was able to verify that her husband carried
on an affair with their young goddaughter, Shirnae McFarlane, who got married to
Arthur McFarlane III on September 26, 2014.
"FYI
Pastor called the police on me tonight because I yelled at him asking him to
leave the house tonight and he wouldn't. I was upset because he won't stop
having an affair with Shirnae, and I can't live like this anymore. They've been
having an affair for SEVERAL months, and he finally admitted it yesterday
(after I hired a private investigator to have them followed over the past 6
weeks)," Joy Hill reportedly said in the text message first cited by
the Obnoxious Television blog, which broke the
news about the late Bishop Eddie Long's cancer last September.
Shirnae McFarlane's alleged cuckolded
husband, Arthur McFarlane III, has since updated
his relationship status on Facebook to "Separated" while his wife's
status remains "married."
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