Warren Throckmorton
Postcards from Phoenix: Friends May Not Be Friends Forever at The Trinity Church
This postcard from Phoenix highlights the role of distrust in bringing people into the orbit of the church. Kim Thompson had a preexisting distrust of media and the leaders of The Trinity Church used that to reduce her critical thinking about the promises made by the church leaders. This story also revisits the recurring theme…
Read MoreSeven Years Ago, Paul Tripp Resigned from the Board of Advisors and Accountability of Mars Hill Church
Seven years ago today, popular Christian Bible teacher and counselor Paul David Tripp resigned from the Mars Hill Church Board of Advisors and Accountability. Based in Seattle with Mark Driscoll at the helm, the church’s history has gotten renewed interest recently due to vocal former members at Driscoll’s current church in Phoenix and a Christianity…
Read MoreAnd Then There Were 41: Two Additional Mars Hill Elders Sign the Statement Calling on Mark Driscoll to Resign from The Trinity Church
On Monday, Christianity Today posted a statement from 39 former Mars Hill Church elders who served from 2011 to 2014 which called for Mark Driscoll to step down as pastor of The Trinity Church in Phoenix. I followed that with an inside look at the development of the statement. Today, I can report that two…
Read MoreInside the Former Mars Hill Church Elders Call for Mark Driscoll to Resign from The Trinity Church
In a stunning statement posted this morning at Christianity Today, 39 former Mars Hill Church elders call on Mars Hill co-founder and current The Trinity Church pastor Mark Driscoll to resign from his current post. Their message is simple: Driscoll was disqualified from pastoring at his former church and never completed a restoration process to…
Read MorePostcards from Phoenix: When Family Ties are Tested
In an earlier postcard, we heard from a young man who felt his family loyalties were tested by his employment at The Trinity Church. He felt he had to choose between his parents and loyalty to the leadership of the church. He chose his parents. In this Postcard from Phoenix, Jolie Monea describes a similar…
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