Have the Ezzos caused trouble in past churches or been excommunicated from a church?
No! Like most of us, the Ezzos have left a few churches for one reason or another. They have never been excommunicated nor have they ever been confronted on any sin issue which could possibly justify church discipline. They quietly left Grace Community Church two years after stepping down as Pastor of Family Life Ministries and dedicating their time to their outside ministry, Growing Families International. John MacArthur has since become critical of the GFI ministry and Gary Ezzo personally even though the core curricula of GFI is the same that Gary developed and MacArthur supported at Grace for eight years. See MacArthur Response page. After leaving Grace, the Ezzos started attending Living Hope Evangelical Fellowship under Pastor Dave Maddox. They soon found that Living Hope’s leadership had credibility issues and, after unsuccessfully dealing with the matter privately, submitted a letter of resignation. They were not excommunicated. See Maddox Response page. They then joined Granad
