Home News Hope Fellowship’s John McKinzie breaks silence as church consults with police over moral failureA week after his resignation as lead pastor of the multi-campus Hope Fellowship in North Texas due to “sexual sin and moral” failure, John McKinzie has broken his silence with a letter to his congregation, urging them to accept his decision and keep supporting the church. “More importantly, I ask you to be committed to Hope and the leadership more than ever before. Church elders explained in a previous email to members that McKinzie confessed his sins during a meeting with church leadership on Sept. 14. Rather, we are intentionally taking time to center the needs of our staff and our congregation,” the church leaders said in their email to congregants. “Searching for signs of John’s sin in the midst of past messages is not going to lead to our healing.