Posted on 02/27/2017 12:56:38 PM PST by Gamecock
Leading evangelical Pastor Tim Keller is stepping down from his role as senior pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.
But the move is not a shock to church members. The transition has been planned for years.
Christianity Today reports Keller made the announcement at all eight of the multi-site church's services Sunday.
The goal has been to transition the 5,000 member megachurch into three smaller, separate congregations with a pastor for each location.
While Keller will no longer be the church's pastor on July 1, he's definitely not calling it quits.
"I'm not retiring. Moving into a strategic role of raising up leaders and training the next generation," Keller tweeted.
He will be teaching through Reformed Theological Seminary and will still participate in Redeemer's City to City church planting network.
Keller is well known for authoring books like The Reason for God, The Prodigal God, and The Meaning of Marriage.
One of his church members offered this tweet, reflecting on Keller's announcement:
Who is he and why is this news?
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I attend one of the first offshoots of Redeemer and have for nearly 20 years. One of Tim’s big ideas is that culture spreads from the cities to the country. With the loss of churches in the cities, it would follow that eventually Christianity would fade in the country as well. So he has worked to build up churches in the cities to try to turn the tide. He has been quite successful.
That was my thought because I have never heard of him.
A pastor.
What do you care what I post in the Religion Section?
Read one of his books. They are fabulous.
There are a lot of pastors. why is this one particularly newsworthy?
Keller is a pastor of a large Presbyterian Church in America church in NYC. He is reformed, calvinistic, and quite orthodox. Except for him being a yankee, which God forgives even if G.R.I.T.S. don’t, he is one of the good guys.
IIRC the church is one of the anchors of the PCA. We have a PCA church here and it is growing like crazy. They knocked the walls down to incorporate the Narthex into the Sanctuary and it is still standing room only. Lots of college kids.
Are you the arbiter of what is religious news?
He started a church in the heart of Modern Bablylon (NYC) and is preaching the Gospel to 5,000 New Yorkers a week. I've seen people of all ethnicities and faith groups be baptized as new Christians in that church.
If you'll read this you'll see that he prefers to keep a low profile, but his influence world wide is quite remarkable.
Or watch this. He goes to the Google Campus and talks about the reasonable nature of faith.
Osteen is widely known. Warren is widely known. Franklin Graham and Robert Jeffress are widely known. There are several others who are well-known public figures. Obviously, they’re news.
I am one of a number of posters who has never heard of this guy until this article popped up in the forum.
Simple as that.
Thank you for the information. Now I know who this guy is. I had never heard of him, so I asked.
I heard a teaching of his about the Prodigal Son that was amazing in its insight. A topic I had heard discussed many times before but not like his. Since then, I have read many articles of his and have found him to be a very good teacher. he is also a leader in the Gospel Coalition, which has blessed many teachers.
Sounds pretty reasonable to me. I’d never thought about that. (Also, I’d never heard of this guy.) Thanks for the informative post.
Did you listen to the MP3?
In that title he is presenting the sceptic’s argument. Keller explains how there is one true religion, and that is Christianity.
And many have heard of him.
Perhaps you should listen to one of the links provided, never hurts to broaden one’s horizons. ;-)
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