A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Yesterday, I posted a Mars Hill Church document about the rebranding of Mars Hill Global as a revenue source. The document was sent out by MH Pastor Sutton Turner in 2011 to the Media and Communications Teams and began: When it comes to giving potential, Mars Hill Church’s global audience is a sleeping giant. Since … Continue reading “Megachurch Methods: And By Mars Hill Global We Mean Mars Hill Local”
Subtitle: “Mars Hill Global Cultivates the Giving Base.” Like businesses and other organizations, megachurches like to brand things. They brand pastors (Mark Driscoll: “I am the brand!”), and brand ministries. Probably nothing really wrong with that if the brand accurately represents what is being done and offered. For Mars Hill Church, Mars Hill Global is … Continue reading “Megachurch Methods: Mars Hill Global Wakes the Sleeping Giant”
From the Exodus blog: Exodus International Withdraws from Exodus Global Alliance The Exodus International Board of Directors officially voted to withdraw from the Exodus Global Alliance (EGA) May 28, 2013 after 18 years of membership. Exodus International was a founding member of EGA in 1995. This change in relationship releases both ministries to serve the Lord, … Continue reading “Exodus International Withdraws from Exodus Global Alliance”
Tonight, Nightline is covering Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill. The preview is an article on the ABC News website, extensively quoting Martin Ssempa and Scott Lively. First a catchy way to begin a news story: Standing onstage in black velvet robes, despite the stifling heat in the open-air church, Pastor Martin Ssempa’s face is a mask of … Continue reading “ABC News: Anti-Homosexuality Bill causes global uproar”
After rushing in 2018 to tell me that Tim Clinton was no longer with Liberty University, the school has brought him back to lead a right wing initiative. When Clinton was fending off allegations of plagiarism in 2018, I mistakenly wrote that he was on the faculty of Liberty U. Len Stevens from LU sent … Continue reading “Liberty University Brings Back Tim Clinton”