Pastor Micahn Carter, who was accused of rape and removed last year from Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, Alabama, has returned to public ministry at another Association of Related Churches (ARC) church.
Carter filled the pulpit on July 24 at The Father’s House Orange County (TFH OC), a Los Angeles-area church associated with ARC and pastored by Matt and Bianca Olthoff.
ARC is one of the largest church planting organizations in North America and has been plagued by sex and financial scandals involving its pastors. Church of the Highlands (COTH) is the flagship ARC church and the second largest church in the United States with an average attendance of more than 43,000 people.
Carter’s sermon last week entitled, “Why Do Bad Things Happen To Good People”, is the first by Carter to surface since COTH cut ties with him a year ago.
TFH OC is a daughter church of The Father’s House in northern California, also an…