The lead pastor at a North Texas megachurch has resigned after confessing to “sexual sin and moral failure.” John McKinzie, lead pastor at Hope Fellowship Church in Collin County, Texas, stepped down Monday, church leaders announced in an email to congregants. Hope Fellowship, with an estimated weekly attendance of 8,000 to 9,000, operates four campuses in Frisco, McKinney, and Prosper, Texas. The email described how leaders were blindsided by McKinzie’s confession on Sunday.
