Mark Driscoll removed from the Acts 29 church planting network he helped found

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Sarah Pulliam Bailey

(RNS) Seattle megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has been removed from a church-planting network of more than 500 churches he helped found after a pattern of “ungodly and disqualifying behavior.”

Driscoll has been an influential but edgy pastor within conservative evangelical circles for several years. His own Mars Hill Church attracts some 14,000 people at 15 locations across five states each Sunday.

At the same time, however, Driscoll has been controversial in evangelical circles for years. The New York Times Magazine called him “one of the most admired – and reviled – figures among evangelicals nationwide.” He’s provocative, occasionally profane and known for swiftly cutting his critics down to size in what’s been called a holier-than-thou attitude.

After the board action, all of Driscoll’s Mars Hill Church locations have been removed from the website of the Acts 29 network .

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/08/mark-driscoll-acts-29/

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1. Mark Driscoll’s books pulled from the Southern Baptist Convention’s LifeWay stores

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

(RNS) The nation’s second largest Christian book retailer has pulled megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll’s books from its website and 186 stores.

Leaders at the Southern Baptist Convention’s LifeWay Christian Resources, informed stores on Friday to stop selling books by the Seattle pastor who has been in hot water.

Last week, leaders of the church planting network Acts 29 removed Driscoll and his churches from the group he helped found and asked that he “step down from ministry for an extended time and seek help.”

Driscoll has been an influential but edgy pastor within conservative evangelical circles for several years. His Mars Hill Church attracts some 14,000 people at 15 locations across five states. He has been provocative, occasionally profane and has faced allegations of plagiarism and inflating book sales.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/08/11/mark-driscolls-books-pulled-southern-baptist-conventions-lifeway-stores/

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2. Salon just reported his resignation

Linked to an older article about Mars Hill. What's up?

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3. I guess he got the hint to leave.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/10/15/exclusive-mark-driscoll-resigns-from-mars-hill-church/