Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church are being kicked out of the parking lot they have leased continually since 1975 in what is being labelled a retaliatory move on the part of Los Angeles County. Thomas More Society attorneys are defending the renowned pastor and his congregation against an aggressive assault by the county over the right to hold indoor worship services.

A letter terminating the church’s lease on a large portion of their parking lot was issued by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works on August 28, 2020. Grace Community Church has been given 30 days to vacate the property they began using 45 years ago.

The county has attempted multiple times to shut down services at the West Coast megachurch and on August 25, 2020, a California Superior Court judge denied Los Angeles County’s fourth attempt to obtain a temporary restraining order against the congregation and its pastor.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled to take place on September 4, 2020, in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Read the letter of eviction dated August 28, 2020, addressed to Grace Community Church and signed by Mark Pestrella, Director of Public Works, County of Los Angeles here.