Comments on: A Former Mars Hill Church Pastor Speaks Out About Mark Driscoll

By: MaryKaye

MaryKaye — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 01:47:03 +0000

In reply to mirele. Thank you for the link: really interesting paper! (70% of attendees attended church "weekly or more often.")

By: Otter2

Otter2 — Sat, 03 Jul 2021 21:03:25 +0000

I was long gone when Andrew came on board and before the campuses were rebranded “churches”. But in his letter when he talks about shepherding — I replayed from Wayback when Pastor Bill talked about my mom. I love that man and hope all is well with him. Campus pastors preaching built so much trust, wherein Mark, even live was just this distant figure

I never considered Driscoll my pastor,

Never would Driscoll have done what Clem did, nor would he had have a clue that maybe he could have been helpful. Being a counselor is in the job description. Gifted or not. Just as well, he would have pronounced my 87 y/o (at the time) demonic.

By: Barb

Barb — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:36:35 +0000

I was a “counselor “ at the Graham crusade in Seattle in the late 70s. Our training was to 1. Attend as many nights as we could 2. Sit scattered throughout (btw this was the first event ever held in the Kingdome). 3. Go forward at the call 4. Find someone to get a name and address from and give them some literature. I was surprised to learn that a large portion of the people who went forward were counselors.

By: Digger

Digger — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:45:49 +0000

In reply to mirele. Throughout my adult life I've run into dozens to hundreds of folks who "converted" at a Graham crusade, more than one time.. It always makes you wonder..

By: Digger

Digger — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 23:40:20 +0000

In reply to Tacitus. That's the thing. There's no follow up. that was true of the Graham crusades for years.. willow creek let a Ph.d sociologist into their ministry to analyze the phenomena. His findings weren't complimentary.