A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Amid questions about how Mars Hill Church is going to dissolve, Mars Hill Bellevue (now doing business as Bellevue Church) has announced that it will affiliate with Soma Tacoma. The move has raised many questions among Mars Hill folk, and apparently among Soma people as well. The following communication was sent to Soma Churches nationally … Continue reading “Soma Church Clarifies Relationship With Mars Hill Bellevue”
Yesterday in a blog post on the church website, Mars Hill Church described again how they set executive salaries. Mars Hill Church utilizes external salary surveys for large churches from two sources for determining it’s staff salaries, and an independent compensation study for our executives. Executive salaries also undergo a separate, additional independent third party … Continue reading “Mars Hill Church 2011 and 2012 Executive Compensation Studies”
An unknown number of people have filed complaints with the Washington Attorney General’s office regarding various aspects of Mars Hill Church’s financial dealings. Two of them forwarded the responses received from the office. The first one describes an informal and voluntary process to bring together the consumer and the church. The second response gives no … Continue reading “Washington Attorney General's Office Responds to Complaints About Mars Hill Church”
Former Mars Hill Church deacon Rob Smith has created a GoFundMe account to fund legal action, if necessary, to address grievances against Mars Hill Church. The grievances primarily involve the Global Fund and non-disclosure clauses signed by former employees. Despite many appeals to Mars Hill Church leadership to address several grievances, it now appears that it … Continue reading “Legal Fund Created to Address Grievances Against Mars Hill Church”
On the Mars Hill website, an update has been posted about the direction of each of the locations. Where appropriate, I will interrupt the narrative to add any information I have on the location. Mars Hill, As Mars Hill Church closes its doors at the end of the year, and each of the churches plan for what … Continue reading “Update on the Status of the Mars Hill Locations”
