John-Paul Miller starting new church in Myrtle Beach. It comes as FBI does investigation
John-Paul Miller, the former pastor at Solid Rock Church in Market Common, has applied to start a new ministry in Myrtle Beach.
Amid controversy regarding the death of his wife, Mica Miller, John-Paul Miller applied for a business license to start Living Water Church at Market Common Inc. on Oct. 17. The business license for Solid Rock Ministries is still active as of Nov. 6, although the website is no longer active.
Mica Miller committed suicide in April and following her death, John-Paul Miller has been accused of being involved in her death and abusing his wife, as well as contributing to her mental health issues, which Mica Miller had talked about on her Facebook page. He has repeatedly denied abusing or being involved in her death.
Her death has gained national attention.
A group of protesters have gathered outside Solid Rock Church, 803 Howard Ave., every Sunday since May, demanding “justice for Mica” and for John-Paul Miller to be arrested.
On Nov. 5, movers were seen removing items from Solid Rock Church and placing them in moving trucks before driving away. The Solid Rock lettering was also taken off the sign in front of the building.
A business license for Solid Rock Ministries, LLC was first effective in 2006 and the church bought the former Air Force base chapel in 2013, according to land records and South Carolina Secretary of State documents.
When controversy around Mica Miller’s death began in May, the church temporarily took down its website, stopped answering phone calls, deleted John-Paul Miller’s sermons online and stopped allowing people to comment on Facebook posts.
Charles Randall, who oversees the church, did not comment when asked why the church was packing up on Tuesday. A call to Russell Long, John-Paul Miller’s lawyer, was not returned.
Solid Rock bought a piece of land nearby in 2023 with plans to build a larger church. Construction has not begun for the new building. For an address for Living Water Church, John-Paul Miller put down his Cold Water Circle home in the Market Common area.
The move out of Solid Rock comes less than a week after the FBI searched John-Paul Miller’s house. The FBI has not released information on why officers were searching the residential home. The Sun News requested the search warrant and incident report but have not received the documents.
This story was originally published November 6, 2024 at 10:42 AM.
