Should Mark Driscoll step down from Mars Hill Church?
Nearly 40 elders who served with Mark Driscoll during the final years of Mars Hill Church are publicly calling for him to step down from his current pastoral position and seek reconciliation with those he has hurt.
Is Mark Driscoll unfit for the Office of pastor?
“Accordingly, we believe that Mark is presently unfit for serving the church in the office of pastor.” Driscoll founded The Trinity Church in Scottsdale in 2016, two years after resigning from Mars Hill at the conclusion of an investigation into his leadership.
What happened to Mark Driscoll at the Trinity Church?
“We are saddened to learn that Mark Driscoll has continued in a pattern of sinful actions towards staff members and congregants as he pastors The Trinity Church in Scottsdale, Arizona,” their statement opens. “These sinful leadership behaviors appear similar to what he exhibited in his leadership role at Mars Hill Church in Seattle.”
Why is Mark Driscoll sending cease and desist letters?
The cultic activities of Mark Driscoll and The Trinity Church have escalated to a whole new level. As Julie’s guests describe on this edition of The Roys Report, Driscoll is now sending cease and desist letters, threatening to sue whistleblowers.
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Listening to Be Confirmed
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The best response to this podcast is humility: to approach the Lord with a repentant spirit for the ways we might be complicit in self-serving leadership decisions or prone to protect institutional credibility no matter the cost to the wounded. Humility makes us teachable, willing to learn, to be challenged and convicted.
