On December 9, 2016, days after his arrest, the board of directors of Ligonier Ministries and Reformation Bible College received and affirmed Sproul's resignation request. Ligonier Ministries posted a statement on their website on December 12, 2016, saying that Sproul resigned "for personal reasons". According to their 2016 public tax records Ligonier paid Sproul a $156,603.00 severance package. Though no longer a Ligonier Ministries board member or employee Sproul serves as an "independent contractor." He received $106,017.00 in payments from Ligonier Ministries in 2018. According to Ligonier's 990 tax returns over the period of 2002-2018 Ligonier paid Sproul a total of $1,489,966.00 in salary, pension benefits, severance package, and independent contractor payments.