Comments on: Global Leadership Summit Will Give 10 Minutes to the Bill Hybels Controversy https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/31/global-leadership-summit-will-give-10-minutes-to-the-bill-hybels-controversy/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Bene D https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/31/global-leadership-summit-will-give-10-minutes-to-the-bill-hybels-controversy/#comment-97077 Sun, 05 Aug 2018 20:48:16 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32954#comment-97077 New allegations of Hybel misconduct in the NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/us/bill-hybels-willow-creek-pat-baranowski.html

Willow Creek teaching pastor Steve Carter resigned today (Sunday).

“I am writing to announce my resignation from Willow Creek Community Church, effective immediately.

The new facts and allegations that came to light this morning are horrifying, and my heart goes out to Ms. Baranowski and her family for the pain they have lived with. These most recent revelations have also compelled me to make public my decision to leave, as much as it grieves me to go.

…I wish I could appear before you to say goodbye. I wish I could tell each of you, personally and individually, how much I treasure the time I have been able to serve you. But it would be misleading of me to stand on that stage as if presenting a unified front. I defer to the wisdom of the leadership of this church, so I must stand aside.”

https://www.steveryancarter.com/blog-1/a-diverging-path

]]> By: summers-lad https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/31/global-leadership-summit-will-give-10-minutes-to-the-bill-hybels-controversy/#comment-97051 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 17:17:43 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32954#comment-97051 “By ascribing God’s name to and ownership of the GLS, one is not permitted to argue against it. It compares to the age old dilemma posed by “that” friend who would say to you, “God told me . . . (and then fill in the blank).“ ”
It’s easy for this to happen, but I disagree. A function of the church is to weigh or judge statements claiming to be words from God (e.g. 1 Cor 14:29). It is a failure of a church to automatically accept “God told me…”. Early Quakers learned to discern God’s will in community, in their meetings for worship.

]]> By: WhatUP, PhD https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/31/global-leadership-summit-will-give-10-minutes-to-the-bill-hybels-controversy/#comment-97039 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 12:41:41 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32954#comment-97039 I plan to give Bill a sitting ovation followed by a flush.

]]> By: Headless Unicorn Guy https://wthrockmorton.com/2018/07/31/global-leadership-summit-will-give-10-minutes-to-the-bill-hybels-controversy/#comment-97032 Tue, 31 Jul 2018 11:06:18 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=32954#comment-97032 I just want to point out the name of this shindig:
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.
Like “Head Apostle of the People of Destiny”, doesn’t that just say “Full of Themselves”?

]]>