JP Miller #

Introduction #

John Paul “JP” Miller is the former pastor of Solid Rock Church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, whose public life collapsed after the April 27, 2024 death of his estranged wife, Mica Miller — a death officially ruled a suicide, but one that ignited months of “Justice for Mica” protests outside his church, an assault arrest, an FBI search of his home, the closure of his congregation, and finally a federal indictment charging him with cyberstalking his wife in the years before she died. Miller has denied any abuse or involvement in his wife’s death and has never been considered a suspect in it; he has pleaded not guilty to the federal charges. By 2026, the man who once preached to a megachurch was leading roughly 15 to 20 worshippers in pop-up services around Myrtle Beach, while Solid Rock’s former building sat sold and slated for demolition.

Background Information #

Miller, 46, led Solid Rock Church, a Myrtle Beach congregation, and was married to Mica Miller, who worked in the church and had a life documented widely on social media. Their marriage fractured publicly: Mica filed for divorce twice — first in October 2023, a filing dismissed in February 2024, and again on April 15, 2024, days before her death. On April 27, 2024, she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at Lumber River State Park in North Carolina; the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office and the North Carolina Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the death a suicide in May 2024, releasing footage of her purchasing a gun and calling 911 before her death. Her family, however, publicly disputed the framing, citing what they described as a pattern of abuse and coercive control; her sister Sierra Francis said in court documents that Mica often said, “If I end up with a bullet in my head, it was JP.” Miller denied any abuse or involvement, and authorities never considered him a suspect in her death.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation #

Allegations. The claims in this section come from a federal indictment and the accounts of Mica Miller’s family as reported by The Independent and other outlets. They were never admitted by Miller, who has pleaded not guilty, and they have not been adjudicated in court; he has not been charged in connection with his wife’s death.

The viral moment that began Miller’s unraveling came the day after Mica’s death, when footage of his church sermon spread online and struck viewers as jarring against the circumstances; protests by the “Justice for Mica” campaign followed and continued for months. According to the federal indictment obtained by The Independent, prosecutors allege Miller engaged in a pattern of unwanted and harassing communications directed at his estranged wife from November 2022 until her death — including posting a nude photo of her online without her consent, contacting her more than 50 times in a single day, causing tracking devices to be placed on her vehicle, interfering with her finances and daily activities, and damaging her tires. Investigators say he purchased a tire-deflation device online and sent messages about her vehicle, and that when interviewed by federal agents he lied — claiming a private investigator he hired was meant to protect Mica from purchasing firearms due to her mental health, when prosecutors allege the investigator was employed to cyberstalk her over suspected adultery.

Public Reaction and Consequences #

The consequences compounded month after month. In November 2024, the FBI searched Miller’s Myrtle Beach home, though the reason was not disclosed. On November 6, 2024, he was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and battery after a confrontation with a protester outside the church, according to Myrtle Beach police records, and released on a $776 bond. That same month, after months of demonstrations, Solid Rock Church closed its doors permanently. “They show up to hold up signs and scream and speak into bull horns and yell and harass to the point where they basically killed the church,” his lawyer, Russell B. Long, said. “The church has died. The church has closed down.” In February 2025, Horry County land records show the 2.3-acre church property was sold for $2.1 million to Salem Woods Holdings LLC, with the building expected to be demolished for a condominium development. In December 2025, a federal grand jury indicted Miller on cyberstalking and false-statement charges carrying up to seven years combined.

Current Status #

Miller is no longer the pastor of Solid Rock Church — the congregation no longer exists as it did in his tenure — but he has continued preaching to a remnant congregation of about 15 to 20 people at pop-up locations around Myrtle Beach, with his second wife, Suzie Skinner, whom he married in June 2025, leading worship. He pleaded not guilty to the federal charges at his arraignment, which followed his December 2025 indictment, and his trial was moved to the October 2026 term in federal court in Florence, South Carolina. He faces a maximum five-year prison term on the cyberstalking count and up to two years on the false-statements count, with potential fines totaling $250,000. The charges are accusations, and he is presumed innocent unless and until convicted; he has not been charged with any offense arising from his wife’s death, which was officially ruled a suicide. The August 26, 2026 Netflix documentary “Death of the Pastor’s Wife” returned the case to national attention.

Impact on Their Career/Life #

The cancellation of JP Miller is total in every dimension his former life occupied: the pulpit is gone, the church building is sold to condo developers, the megachurch following has shrunk to a few dozen in rented rooms, and his name is now permanently fused with one of the most followed unexplained-death stories of the decade — narrated to a global audience by a Netflix documentary. Whatever the October 2026 trial produces, the man who was Solid Rock’s pastor will be remembered as the husband at the center of the Justice for Mica protests, the defendant of the cyberstalking indictment, and the preacher whose congregation “died” — in his lawyer’s word — under the weight of the demonstrations. For Mica Miller’s family, his professional destruction is accountability only in part; their account of her fear, and the indictment’s account of his conduct, now stand as the public record against which his denials are weighed.