Grace Community Church said that MacArthur is ‘doing better’ after a ‘bug’ kept him from conducting a second Sunday service this week.

MacArthur, 83, was preaching Sunday service earlier this week when he reportedly said he felt ill. He was unable to preach the second service. Despite concern from church members, Grace Community Church has assured the public that MacArthur is recovering and doing better.

“Many of you are praying for Pastor John’s health due to his absence from the pulpit during the second service. We are pleased to report that he is doing well,” Grace Community Church wrote Monday on their website.

The statement continued, “He saw a doctor on Sunday afternoon and he is in good health, and just needs rest from a busy holiday week.”

John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. is an American Protestant pastor and author known for his internationally syndicated Christian teaching radio and television program Grace to You. He has been the pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California since February 9, 1969.

Born: 19 June 1939 (age 83 years), Los Angeles, California, United States

Education: Talbot School of Theology (1963), Bob Jones University, Azusa Pacific University, Los Angeles Pacific College

Spouse: Patricia MacArthur (m. 1963)

Children: Mark MacArthur, Melinda MacArthur, Marcy MacArthur, Matt MacArthur

TV shows: Grace to You

Siblings: Jeanette F.MacArthur.