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Maintaining certain fictions until the end, Mars Hill leaders posted the 2014 annual report today. The section on Mars Hill Global and Mars Hill Go reflects what happened to Mars Hill Global after I reported on the tactics to promote missions but use Global Fund money to fund U.S. expansion. Between 2012 and May 2014, … Continue reading “Mars Hill Church Posts 2014 Annual Report; No Resolution of Global Fund”
Just a bit ago, Mars Hill Church posted their financial audit and a blog post about various financial questions. Probably the most interesting post is the one which provides the church’s view of salaries and Global Fund. Here it is: Today we posted our most recent Financial Audit. As we have done for years, this information … Continue reading “Mars Hill Church Posts Financial Audit and Information About Salaries and Global Fund”
UPDATE: That was fast (around two hours). The video evidence has been removed from Vimeo; it seems clear that Mars Hill Church does not want this information in front of the public. I intend to repost it in keeping with fair use of material for commentary. In the mean time, the transcript is below. Video … Continue reading “More Evidence That Mars Hill Global Was Ministry of Mars Hill Church”
According to this report at the blog Sola Sisters, the Washington state Attorney General may investigate the questionable practices associated with Mars Hill Global. According to former Mars Hill attendee Dean Watkins: I just got off the phone with someone from the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. They have spent some time trying to figure … Continue reading “Washington State Attorney General May Examine Complaints from Mars Hill Global Donors”
Yesterday, prior to Mark Driscoll’s resignation announcement, Warren Smith posted an article at World magazine which summarizes many of the controversies surrounding Mars Hill Church. In it, Smith tells of statements made by Dan Busby, president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability about Mars Hill. The ECFA’s Dan Busby told me in July that … Continue reading “ECFA Tells World Magazine Mars Hill Global In Compliance With Guidelines; Purges Another Page From Website”