A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
Within the past two days, some members are being assured by the Mars Hill Church elders that greater transparency is coming to the church. One intriguing claim is that the Board of Advisors and Accountability is soon to be dissolved. An announcement to that effect is planned to come out soon, perhaps today. According to … Continue reading “Are Changes Coming to Mars Hill Church?”
I think the Mars Hill Church’s elders and the Board of Advisors and Accountability have forgotten something. In August, nine elders wrote their peers and said, among other things: At the retreat this week, Pastor Dave [Bruskas] spoke about our church’s credibility problem. Brothers, this credibility problem is directly linked to the fact that we have … Continue reading “Mars Hill Church: Some Unfinished Business for the Board of Advisors and Accountability”
Many people have commented on the memo from Sutton Turner recommending a $650k salary for Mark Driscoll in 2013. However, beyond the extravagance of the salary, something else caught my eye: In this memo, Sutton Turner pulled back the curtain to a megachurch universe few of us will ever know. In doing so, he disclosed something … Continue reading “Megachurch Methods: Preaching for Profit”
I don’t understand the approach of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability to the controversies surrounding Mars Hill Church. Two petitions signed by hundreds have called on the ECFA to address financial accountability at Mars Hill Church. Numerous people, including many former and current Mars Hill members and donors, have written the ECFA asking for answers … Continue reading “Amid the Mars Hill Church Controversies, the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability Goes Quiet, Purges Website”
Via spokesman Justin Dean, Mars Hill Church is now claiming that the Global Fund was not a fund after 2012. If that is true, then how is this letter from former executive pastor Sutton Turner to be understood? Sutton Turner wrote: Our records indicate that you have donated to the “Global Fund” since ____ 2012. … Continue reading “Mars Hill Church Leaders Have Records of Donations to a Fund They Now Say Didn't Exist”