The Atlantic: How a Megachurch Melts Down

[LiberalElite]

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/houston-mark-driscoll-megachurch-meltdown/382487/?single_page=true&google_editors_picks=true

"Two years ago, Mars Hill Church was the third-fastest growing large church in the country. Its original location in Seattle had spawned 14 other branches in five states, and 13,000 people attended weekly services at which founding pastor Mark Driscoll’s sermons were projected on large screens. Thousands more connected with the church online, and Driscoll and his wife Grace wrote a guidebook titled Real Marriage that hit #1 on the New York Times best-seller list in January 2012.

In hindsight, that year was the pinnacle for Mars Hill. Now it’s all over. Driscoll resigned a few weeks ago after a leave of absence that begin in August. And last Friday afternoon, Mars Hill Church announced online that it will dissolve by January 1."

[Logical]

1. Wow, what a shock, a idiotic church leader. nt

[KingCharlemagne]

2. Thanks for posting. Fascinating stuff and I especially like the final paragraph:

Churches who belong to established denominations have established institutional methods for excising troubled leaders, and for surviving once they are gone. “Nondenominational” organizations like Mars Hill, built on faith and charisma alone, will always be vulnerable to the fate of losing the popularity contest.

[Iris]

3. Thanks for posting this. I cannot wait to read this

I've been following stories about Mars Hill for several years now.

[Warpy]

4. Fe fi fo fum, I smell untreated bipolar disease

In any case, telling half your followers they are less than human is no way to boost the number of tithing butts in the pews.

[freshwest]

5. All voted teabag, no doubt. Now they'll don their 'victim of the liberal media' robes.