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Popular radio preacher and megachurch pastor, James MacDonald, has announced he is pulling his Bible teaching program, Walk in the Word, from all radio and TV platforms over the next couple months. The announcement comes about a month after my investigative report in WORLD Magazine, and subsequent blog posts, revealed allegations of spiritual and financial abuse by MacDonald and his Chicago-area megachurch, Harvest Bible Chapel.
In a surprise announcement to staff on Wednesday, MacDonald said he had decided to remove Walk in the Word from all “traditional” broadcast mediums and exclusively focus on digital delivery, like podcasts. MacDonald said the reason for the change was primarily pragmatic.
“Traditional broadcast is a dying thing,” MacDonald said in a live announcement to staff that was recorded by Harvest and sent to me by an anonymous source. “What that means is that the cost of it continues to rise while the demographic of it continues to age and the response to it continues to diminish.”
However, MacDonald also admitted that the current controversy is straining relationships with Christian broadcast ministries. Walk in the Word currently is broadcast on more than 2,000 outlets, including stations on the Moody Radio Network, Salem Radio Network and Trinity Broadcast Network.
“When our church goes through difficult times like of late, that becomes even more of a strain and a burden to carry in a way that none of you would ever even know what goes on behind the scenes.”
“There’s all the upkeep that’s going on with all the relationships,” MacDonald said. “When our church goes through difficult times like of late, that becomes even more of a strain and a burden to carry in a way that none of you would ever even know what goes on behind the scenes.”
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Over the past several weeks, numerous radio listeners have told me that they contacted Moody Radio to complain about the network carrying Walk in the Word.
In an email to Greg Thornton, Moody senior vice president of media, listeners Tim and Jessica Hockett of Evanston, IL, wrote: “We trust that you are familiar with the recent controversies involving James Macdonald and Harvest Bible Chapel, including the (mis)use of donations from Walk in the Word . . . We ask that you would carefully consider the weight of all allegations and supporting evidence against James MacDonald and the Elders of HBC—including their decision to file a defamation lawsuit against 5 believers—and remove Walk in the Word from Moody Radio programming.”
Thornton responded, “While we’re not at liberty to discuss programming selections, we prayerfully and closely monitor the impact of all Moody Radio programs to our constituents, and we invite you to join us in continued prayer for a Godly resolution to the internal conflict at Harvest Bible Chapel.”
Even so, MacDonald maintained that his decision was something that he had considered for years, but especially in the month of December. He complained that Christian radio networks like Salem continue to give their prime-time slots to veteran broadcasters like John MacArthur, Chuck Swindoll, and even deceased preachers like J. Vernon McGee. This, MacDonald claimed, forced programs like Walk in the Word to pay two-thirds to three-quarters as much money for time slots that delivered less than half the audience.
He said Christian radio is “increasingly trapped in an old generation,” and claimed that the future is in digital delivery. “We want to grow . . . and reach more people than we ever have before,” he said, “but less of the, you know, 75-year-old lady in Kansas City who’s listening to her third sermon today, and more of the young adults, or even college student, who’s consuming their media on their mobile device.”
According to MacDonald, 70-percent of Walk in the Word’s audience already is engaged digitally. He added that sales of Walk in the Word products—like CDs, curriculum, and books—have dropped by as much as 700-percent in the last five years.
MacDonald said Walk in the Word staff would be reduced but didn’t specify by how much. He only said that more than one-third of the staff would remain. According to Harvest’s website, Walk in the Word will no longer employ veteran radio host Wayne Shepherd.
Below is audio of the announcement MacDonald made to the staff:
https://soundcloud.com/user-932579306/witw-meeting
After this post published, I saw the following Facebook post by Rich McClary, general manager of Minnesota Christian Broadcasters Inc. Several radio executives told me the same off-the-record, but McClary was the first I heard say it publicly:
Walk in the Word…Igniting passion in the people of God through the proclamation of truth.
Follow James MacDonald: Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/DrJamesMacDo… Twitter:https://twitter.com/jamesmacdonald Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/pastorjames… Other Ministry Channels: Vertical Church Band:https://www.youtube.com/user/Vertical… Vertical Church Films:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4yx… Resources: Our Journey Blog (weekly):http://www.jamesmacdonald.com/teachin… Vertical Church Blog (for pastors):http://blog.jamesmacdonald.com James MacDonald Books:http://store.jamesmacdonald.com/s-4-b… Bible Studies:http://store.jamesmacdonald.com/s-27-… Watch More From James: Sermon Clips:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list… Listen to our FREE podcast: Apple Podcast:http://www.jamesmacdonald.com/podcast/ Mail us stuff to our P.O. Box:http://www.jamesmacdonald.com/contact/ Pastor James MacDonald preaches without apology straight from the pages of Scripture, provoking Christians to think and act on their faith. His Bible-teaching ministry, Walk in the Word, launched on as a radio broadcast in 1997, with the mission of “igniting passion in the people of God through the proclamation of truth.”
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«The Word» is a weekly radio programme on the BBC World Service about books and writers. Once a month it becomes «World Book Club» in which listeners send in questions to a famous writer. Both programmes are presented by Harriett Gilbert.
The Word
«The Word» emerged from an earlier World Service book programme «Meridian Books» (which had several presenters including Michael Rosen, [http://www.michaelrosen.co.uk/news_archive3.html Michael Rosen website] ] Verity Sharp, [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/verity_sharp.shtml Verity Sharp Radio 3 presenter biography] ] and Rosemary Hartill [ [http://www.barterbooks.co.uk/bb/barterstaticpages.nsf/web/staticpages/events Rosemary Hartill] ] ) as well as a poetry request programme, «Poems by Post».
Each week the programme will typically feature an author interview and a report on a topic such as ‘new Malaysian writing’.
Each edition is broadcast on the BBC World Service several times during the week. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/worldservice/psims/ScheduleSDT.cgi World Service Schedule] ] It can also be heard online anytime during the week of transmission on the BBCwebsite. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_word.shtml «The Word» homepage] ]
In Harriett Gilbert’s absences, the programme has been presented by, amongst others, Bidisha and Nii Ayikwei Parkes.
World Book Club
On the last Tuesday of each month «World Book Club» takes over the slot of «The Word». It features a famous writer who answers questions submitted by the public about one of his or her books. It is recorded in front of a live studio audience. [ [http://er.bsysmail.com/go.asp?/.pages.071101.meetthepresenter/bBBC001/xUJ4G51 BBC World Service Meet the Presenter Harriett Gilbert] ] Listeners around the world can submit questions before the recording.
«World Book Club» was launched at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/presenters/harriett_gilbert.shtml World Service profile] ] The first book featured was «Lake Wobegon Days» by Garrison Keillor [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/2195287.stm] . Its fifth anniversary programme in November 2007 featured «The English Patient» by Michael Ondaatje.
Four winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature have taken part: Doris Lessing (laureate 2007), V. S. Naipaul (laureate 2001), Orhan Pamuk (laureate 2006) and Wole Soyinka (laureate 1986).
As well as ‘live’ radio transmissions and online ‘listen again’ streaming, current programmes are also podcast. Previous programmes can be listened to online. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/specials/133_wbc_archive_new/index.shtml World Book Club Archive] ]
Writers and books
Announced upcoming programmes are (with date of first broadcast):
*Alice Walker — «The Colour Purple» (28 October 2008)
*Derek Walcott — «Omeros» (recording 10 September 2008, broadcast TBA)
*David Guterson — «Snow Falling on Cedars» (recording 14th October 2008, broadcast TBA)
*Toni Morrison — «Beloved» (recording 27th October 2008, broadcast TBA)Among the writers who have taken part on «World Book Club» (with the books that were the focus of discussion and date of first broadcast) are:
*E. Annie Proulx — «The Shipping News» and «Brokeback Mountain» (30 September 2008)
*David Lodge — «Nice Work» (26 August 2008)
*Chinua Achebe — «Things Fall Apart» (29 July 2008 repeat from June 2006)
*John Irving — «The World According to Garp» (24 June 2008)
*Khaled Hosseini — «The Kite Runner» (27 May 2008)
*Sebastian Faulks — «Birdsong» (29 April 2008)
*Jane Smiley — «A Thousand Acres» (25 March 2008)
*Patricia Cornwell — «Postmortem» (26 February 2008)
*Edna O’Brien — «The Country Girls» (29 January 2008)
*Umberto Eco — «The Name of the Rose» (25 December 2007)
*Sara Paretsky — «Indemnity Only» (November 2007)
*Michael Ondaatje — «The English Patient» (October 2007)
*Armistead Maupin — «Tales of the City» (September 2007)
*Irvine Welsh — «Trainspotting» (August 2007)
*Richard Dawkins — «The Selfish Gene» (July 2007)
*Thomas Keneally — «Schindler’s Ark» (June 2007)
*Wole Soyinka — «» (May 2007)
*Mario Vargas Llosa — «Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter» (April 2007)
*Iain Banks — «The Wasp Factory» (March 2007)
*Rose Tremain — «Restoration» (February 2007)
*Yann Martel — «Life of Pi» (January 2007)
*John Le Carre — «A Perfect Spy» (December 2006)
*William Boyd — «Brazzaville Beach» (November 2006)
*Frank McCourt — «Angela’s Ashes» (October 2006)
*Arnold Wesker — «Chicken Soup with Barley» (September 2006)
*Ian Rankin — «Black and Blue» (August 2006)
*Joanna Trollope — «The Rector’s Wife» (July 2006)
*Chinua Achebe — «Things Fall Apart» (June 2006)
*Kurt Vonnegut — «Slaughterhouse-Five» (May 2006)
*Orhan Pamuk — «My Name is Red» (April 2006)
*Alexander McCall Smith — «The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency» (March 2006)
*Scott Turow — «Presumed Innocent» (February 2006)
*Louis de Bernieres — «Captain Corelli’s Mandolin» (January 2006)
*Philip Pullman — «Northern Lights» (December 2005)
*Vikram Seth — «A Suitable Boy» (November 2005)
*Maya Angelou — «I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings» (October 2005)
*Salman Rushdie — «Midnight’s Children» (September 2005)
*André Brink — «A Dry White Season» (August 2005)
*Joyce Carol Oates — «Blonde» (July 2005)
*Carlos Fuentes — «The Death of Artemio Cruz» (June 2005)
*Nick Hornby — «Fever Pitch» (May 2005)
*Wilbur Smith — «When the Lion Feeds» (April 2005)
*Ian McEwan — «Atonement» (March 2005)
*Zadie Smith — «White Teeth» (February 2005)
*P. D. James — «Original Sin» (January 2005)
*Paulo Coelho — «The Alchemist» (December 2004)
*Kazuo Ishiguro — «The Remains of the Day» (November 2004)
*Roddy Doyle — «The Commitments» (October 2004)
*Anita Desai — «Fasting, Feasting» (September 2004)
*Amos Oz — «My Michael» (August 2004)
*Gillian Slovo — «Red Dust» (July 2004)
*Ken Follett — «Eye of the Needle» (June 2004)
*Tracy Chevalier — «Girl with a Pearl Earring» (May 2004)
*Germaine Greer — «The Female Eunuch» (April 2004)
*A. S. Byatt — «» (March 2004)
*Martin Cruz Smith — «Gorky Park» (February 2004)
*Amy Tan — «The Joy Luck Club» (January 2004)
*V. S. Naipaul — «A House for Mr Biswas» (December 2003)
*Isabel Allende — «The House of Spirits» (November 2003)
*Peter Carey — «Oscar and Lucinda» (September 2003)
*Frederick Forsyth — «Day of the Jackal» (October 2003)
*Ruth Rendell — «A Judgement in Stone» (August 2003)
*Julian Barnes — «Flaubert’s Parrot» (July 2003)
*Terry Pratchett — «The Colour of Magic» (May 2003)
*Margaret Atwood — «The Handmaid’s Tale» (April 2003)
*Jung Chang — «Wild Swans» (March 2003)
*Doris Lessing — «The Grass is Singing» (February 2003)
*Hanif Kureishi — «The Buddha of Suburbia» (January 2003)
*Ben Okri — «The Famished Road» (December 2002)
*Arundhati Roy — «The God of Small Things» (November 2002)
*Martin Amis — «Money» (October 2002)
*Garrison Keillor — «Lake Wobegon Days» (September 2002)Quote
Harriett Gilbert has said about the programmes,
«For a book addict, I have the dream job. On «The Word», I get to talk about their work with writers I admire and enjoy. On «World Book Club», I introduce those writers to their readers, all around the world and sit back while they enjoy themselves. If only Charles Dickens were still alive!»
External links
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/the_word.shtml «The Word» homepage — including the listen again facility]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/world_book_club.shtml «World Book Club» homepage — including the listen again facility]References
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