A fascinating description of Mark Driscoll's ministry in Seattle from Christianity Today.
Pastor Provocateur | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
....If he hasn't offended you, you've never read his books or listened to his sermons. On any given Sunday at Mars Hill, it's possible that a visiting fire marshal will get saved. But it's just as likely that a guest will flip him off before walking out.Some time ago I posted this video from Driscoll about church planting.
The spectrum of response speaks to his sharp tongue—his greatest strength and his glaring weakness. But Driscoll also disturbs many fellow evangelicals because he straddles the borders that divide us. His unflinching Reformed theology grates on the church-growth crowd. His plan to grow a large church strikes postmoderns as arrogant. His roots in the emerging church worry Calvinists. No one group can claim him. Maybe that's why they all turn their guns on him. [more]
Pastor Provocateur | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
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