Missouri’s largest church, which has recently made headlines over several controversies, has severed ties with the Assemblies of God, its founding denomination.
On Wednesday, John Lindell, lead pastor and co-founder of James River Church in Ozark, a suburb of Springfield, announced the megachurch’s disaffiliation during a Wednesday night service, reported KOZL.
Lindell told the congregation that the vote of the church’s board of trustees had been unanimous in support of what he called an “administrative change,” according to the news report…