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Forbes’ contributor Rob Asghar takes no prisoners in his articles today on Mars Hill Church. The first titled, “Mars Hill: Cautionary Tales From The Enron Of American Churches” analyzes the situation from the perspective of toxic leadership, and the second titled, “How Toxic Followers Enable Toxic Leaders” takes a hard…
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One of the best rock songs ever to my ears. [youtube]http://youtu.be/T0_zzCLLRvE[/youtube] Speak the rhythm on your ownSpeak the rhythm all alone, Spoonman
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Perhaps James MacDonald can do more good for Mars Hill Church off the Board of Advisors and Accountability than he did for the church while on it. This is an extraordinary account of repentance and apparently reconciliation at Harvest Bible Chapel reported in Christianity Today late yesterday. CT’s article begins:…
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A GoFundMe account has been set up for former Mars Hill Church pastors, Ryan Kearns and Ryan Welsh. They were laid off in the recent round of layoffs at Mars Hill and they both signed the infamous letter directing Mark Driscoll to step down and enter an elder directed restoration…
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Mike Collins, columnist for the Capital Gazette, has a helpful summary of Michael Peroutka’s statements which build to the conclusion that Peroutka can be called many things, but Republican is not one of them. Peroutka is running for a seat on Anne Arundel County Council, founded the theocratic Institute on…
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A key to broad acceptance of whatever decision is made regarding charges against Mark Driscoll by the Mars Hill Board of Advisors and Accountability is the perception that the BOAA is objective. In light of remarks by BOAA chair Matt Rogers and reported in the Seattle Times yesterday, some former…
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And now a pause that refreshes… [youtube]http://youtu.be/CP6T5wqXN60[/youtube] Zenful and silky smooth, this is a great performance of a great song.
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This morning the Daily Beast published my article summarizing the melt down at Mars Hill. While much will be familiar to regular readers of the blog, there is some new material via quotes from three former attenders/members.
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Michael Redfield is a current Mars Hill Church member. He recently posted a couple of lengthy comments on my blog which include his assessment of Mars Hill’s leaders, and their response to the recent crisis. They seem to express what many former and current members are saying to me. Redfield…
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Craig Welch of the Seattle Times has an lengthy article on Mars Hill Church that provides a nice summary of the events since November, 2013. In his reporting, Welch got an interview with Matt Rogers, newly tapped chair of the Mars Hill Board of Advisors and Accountability. Even though Rogers and…