C. J. Mahaney
Charles Joseph Mahaney, commonly known as C.J., is the former president of Sovereign Grace Ministries (formerly People of Destiny International or PDI, co-founded with Larry Tomczak), a network formed to establish and support local churches, and was one of the founding pastors and leaders of Covenant Life Church, in Gaithersburg, Maryland and presently is the senior pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville. Mahaney resigned the presidency of Sovereign Grace Ministries in 2013 amid a civil lawsuit alleging he permitted and helped cover up child sex abuse in his congregation. The lawsuit was dismissed and Mahaney released a public statement explicitly denying all claims in the suit.