Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Mark Driscoll, Top Megachurch Pastor, Resigns
CNN ^ | October 16, 2014 | Daniel Burke

Posted on 10/16/2014 8:51:32 AM PDT by Cecily

Less than a year ago, Mark Driscoll, an evangelical pastor, was flying high.

His hometown Seattle Seahawks were in the Super Bowl, and the brash pastor scored a big, faith-fueled interview with five of the team's top players, including quarterback Russell Wilson.

But in a remarkably fast fall from grace, Driscoll resigned Tuesday as pastor of Mars Hill Church, a congregation he founded 18 years ago and turned into a force in the mostly secular Pacific Northwest.

In a statement, Mars Hills' board of overseers said Driscoll hadn't committed any acts of "immorality, illegality or heresy" -- sins that have felled many a powerful pastor.

Instead, the board said, Driscoll is guilty of "arrogance, responding to conflict with a quick temper and harsh speech, and leading the staff and elders in a domineering manner."

Driscoll was not asked to leave, the board added, saying they were "surprised" to receive his resignation letter.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian
KEYWORDS: evangelicals; markdriscoll; marshill; marshillchurch; megachurch; pastor; resignation; resignationpastor; seattle; washington
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-53 next last

1 posted on 10/16/2014 8:51:32 AM PDT by Cecily
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Cecily

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.

Saint Augustine


2 posted on 10/16/2014 8:56:26 AM PDT by HangnJudge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

he was known as the CUSSING Pastor


3 posted on 10/16/2014 8:56:47 AM PDT by RaceBannon (EIEObama (Ebola, ISIL, Open Borders, Enterovirus))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RaceBannon

Thou shalt not cuss!;-)


4 posted on 10/16/2014 8:59:19 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: RaceBannon

And the a_a_ sex pastor as well.


5 posted on 10/16/2014 9:00:19 AM PDT by mn-bush-man
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

Driscoll is an extremely capable man, and has taught and written some valuable stuff. If God uses this to add the quality of sincere humility and soft dependence, good can come of it. Thinking there are many pastors and church leaders who could use a whuppin’ with a humble stick.


6 posted on 10/16/2014 9:00:33 AM PDT by lurk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cecily; Gamecock
In a statement, Mars Hills' board of overseers said Driscoll hadn't committed any acts of "immorality, illegality or heresy" -- sins that have felled many a powerful pastor. Instead, the board said, Driscoll is guilty of "arrogance, responding to conflict with a quick temper and harsh speech, and leading the staff and elders in a domineering manner." Driscoll was not asked to leave, the board added, saying they were "surprised" to receive his resignation letter.

Ping!

7 posted on 10/16/2014 9:00:54 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cecily; Alex Murphy; markomalley; DocRock; del4hope; Gamecock; Dr. Eckleburg; jude24; Ottofire; ...
YBPDLN* Ping List Ping!

The YBPDLN Ping List is generally published infrequently but based on the exploits of the megachurch pastors posts can spike for a season. If you would like on or off of this list please FReepmail me.

Because 18,000 People Can’t Be Wrong!

*YBPDLN=Your Best Purpose Driven Life Now
8 posted on 10/16/2014 9:06:44 AM PDT by Gamecock (USA, Ret.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Cecily
Instead, the board said, Driscoll is guilty of "arrogance, responding to conflict with a quick temper and harsh speech, and leading the staff and elders in a domineering manner."

Damn sounds like they were describing shrillery and moochelle!

9 posted on 10/16/2014 9:10:36 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

ONe thing that really hurt Driscoll was the disclosure that he spent $200 grand of the Church’s money to get his book on the NYT bestseller list. Something which has been done by several other megachurch pastors.


10 posted on 10/16/2014 9:10:51 AM PDT by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

I couldn’t stand the man. He just grossed me out when he would write about sex and about his wife’s butt.


11 posted on 10/16/2014 9:11:37 AM PDT by dragonblustar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: dragonblustar
"I couldn’t stand the man. He just grossed me out when he would write about sex and about his wife’s butt."

Look at the bright side: at least he didn't announce he was leaving his wife to marry another man.
12 posted on 10/16/2014 9:21:02 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: RoosterRedux

I attended there once. When he spoke, he was constantly looking at the back wall of the building to the point I thought his sermon notes were projected on it. But I asked the sound guy and he said, “No, that’s just the way he does it during the sermon.”


13 posted on 10/16/2014 9:22:38 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: dragonblustar

wut?


14 posted on 10/16/2014 9:23:13 AM PDT by NorthMountain
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

No one can call himself your pastor if he doesn’t know your name. Mega-churches are self-defeating.


15 posted on 10/16/2014 9:30:50 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne ("Don't be afraid. Just believe." - Mark 5:36)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

and lambasted the supposed rise of “male lesbians;” “feman,” (men who act like women, in his definition); and “men who allow their wives to nag at them.”

He once said that mainstream Christians had turned Jesus into a “Richard Simmons, hippie, queer Christ,” and a “neutered and limp-wristed popular Sky Fairy of pop culture that ... would never talk about sin or send anyone to hell.”


He is not all wrong.


16 posted on 10/16/2014 9:46:00 AM PDT by ravenwolf (` know if an other temple will be built or not but the)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ravenwolf

So he was forced out for his effective leadership of a very large enterprise.


17 posted on 10/16/2014 10:12:57 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: dragonblustar
He says it's A-OK for a good Christian man to sodomize his lovely bride? :o(

And I suppose he's, nevertheless, agin' the gays?

18 posted on 10/16/2014 10:22:15 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (So to speak.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Cecily

I’m sorry that all this has happened. Pride does go before a fall, but when my 11 yo daughter was dying to read the Twilight series, it was Marc Driscoll’s informative and humorous YouTube video on the subject that convinced her that Twilight wasn’t something she wanted to put into her brain.


19 posted on 10/16/2014 10:22:58 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie ("Demons run when a good man goes to war.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Louis Foxwell
So he was forced out for his effective leadership of a very large enterprise.

Did you even bother reading the article?

1. He resigned, unexpectedly. He was not "forced out."

2. He admitted and repented of several serious sins which negatively affected the congregation. His leadership, on the whole, was far from "effective."

20 posted on 10/16/2014 10:26:42 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-53 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson