Mahaney resigned from The Gospel Coalition (TGC) last weekend in
the wake of the criminal conviction of a former youth leader who abused three boys at SGM's flagship, Covenant Life Church (CLC), while Mahaney was lead pastor.
Although Johnson himself was cleared
of criminal wrongdoing, he was fired in the
wake of an academic credit - laundering scandal that led to the
conviction of three
of his assistants on federal fraud and conspiracy charges.