Child Sexual Abuse
According to news outlet WNEM in Saginaw Michigan, Mark Barclay Ministries’ Rev. James Randolph, 59, is currently on administrative leave from the church after an alleged victim testified in court that he would touch her at night starting in the sixth grade.
In February 2024, Randolph was charged with six criminal sexual conduct felonies after his arrest in Nov. 2023. He’s charged with two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Randolph had run-in’s with rape going back to 1985 according to this WNEM investigation
The good news is the verdict came in from a Midland County jury recently after a seven-day trial and two and a half hours of deliberations. Ten men and two women found Randolph, 59, guilty of two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a relationship, three counts of second-degree CSC with a relationship, and one count of second-degree CSC with a child under 13.
Randolph served for decades as head of youth ministries at Living Word International Church, led by Pastor Mark Barclay, his father-in-law who was also fucking involved with child sex crimes!
- https://www.abc12.com/news/crime/midland-county-pastor-convicted-of-six-child-sex-charges/article_2996d3d7-052c-4bbf-bc15-afab2440544c.html
- https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2024/04/living-word-church-elder-heads-to-prison-for-sex-abuse-as-another-minister-is-suspended.html
- https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw-bay-city/2024/08/sisters-testify-living-word-church-associate-pastor-repeatedly-sexually-assaulted-them.html
COURT DOCUMENTS
Above: shown is the first charge of several for Case ID: 2024-0000009558-FC. Read the entire 93 page court document right here, courtesy of MiCourts
Living Word International Church
The “non-denomination” church at the center of these crimes is in a rural area outside of Saginaw, Michigan. While reading what is published on Living Word’s website, it is easy to get the Baptist vibes from its offerings. When a faith gets wrapped up in immoral activities by its teachers, it puts the legitimacy of that faith in question and leaves us wondering what other sins are being masqueraded.
Living Word church is carrying on with its business as usual outside of Midland, MI. https://www.livingwordchurch.com
POLITICAL AFFILIATION
We probed into this predator’s party affiliation but came up short and wasn’t able to confirm our suspicions. Midland County, Michigan voted for Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, with Trump winning 49.7% of the vote. Midland County runs about 14 points more Republican than Michigan as a whole.
According to a former member Dana Stahl, Mark Barclay, known as the preacher of righteousness, reportedly criticized the Democratic governor during the pandemic. “It was the culture of the church that groomed these girls, there is a militant level,” Dana Stahl said.
“Mark Barclay has been extremely intimidating from the pulpit, calling victims liars, those that support victims liars, possessed by demons, Satan’s puppet,” Dana Stahl said.
Read more about the former members comments here https://www.bishop-accountability.org/2025/08/former-members-of-living-word-church-in-midland-speak-out-following-sex-abuse-arrests/
