Phil Johnson, Executive Director of Grace to You, founder and former curator of The Spurgeon Archive, longtime friend and partner of the late John MacArthur, and one of our favorite people ever, announced on Facebook that he is officially retiring after 43 years.

I’ve had a wonderful career at Grace to You for the past 43 years. My plan in the mid-1990s was to retire from GTY at age 66 or 66, move back to the Midwest, and pastor a small church, perhaps in Oklahoma or Texas.

But then, starting in the first decade of the new millennium, I became a grandfather, and now I have seven grandchildren in California. There’s no way I’m moving back to Oklahoma now. So I’ve stayed on at GTY longer than I once planned to do.

I turned 73 on June 11. I have Multiple Myeloma, which is not curable and has diminished my energy level. I am busy enough with preaching engagements that sometimes involve travel. And at this pivotal time in the ministry’s history, GTY needs to be in the hands of leadership that will steer the ministry into the next generations of technology and strategy.

He reflects that he is “profoundly grateful for the amazing privilege I had to work alongside John MacArthur for more than 4 decades.” and that he loves Grace to You with all his heart.