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Exclusive: Mark Driscoll’s resignation letter to Mars Hill Church
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 15, 2014
READ RNS’ EXCLUSIVE DRISCOLL RESIGNATION STORY October 14, 2014 Michael Van Skaik Chairman, Board of Advisors and Accountability Mars Hill Church Dear Michael: By God’s grace I have pastored Mars Hill Church for 18 years. Today, also by God’s grace, and with the full support of my wife Grace, I resign my position as […]
Exclusive: Mark Driscoll resigns from Mars Hill Church
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 15, 2014
(RNS) The Seattle megachurch pastor has been on sabbatical during his church's investigation.
Mark Driscoll to step down while Mars Hill reviews charges
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 24, 2014
(RNS) The megachurch pastor has faced a series of allegations in the past year, including charges from former Mars Hill pastors.
Mark Driscoll charged with abusive behavior by 21 former Mars Hill pastors
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 22, 2014
(RNS) Former Mars Hill pastors say Driscoll has engaged in a pattern of abusive and intimidating conduct and has not changed.
‘Not one more’: At Seattle Pacific University or anywhere else
By Laura Turner — June 6, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) That is what we do after horrific events like Thursday's shooting. We trust in a good God who we still do not understand, against whom we rail and to whom we pray. We wait. And we hope, often impossibly, that not one more will be lost.
UPDATED: Gunman identified as Aaron R. Ybarra after fatal shooting at Seattle Pacific University
By Michael Winter — June 5, 2014
(RNS) A wounded man in his 20s was pronounced dead at Harborview Medical Center about 90 minutes after the shootings at Seattle Pacific University, an evangelical Christian school north of downtown, at about 3:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Pastor Mark Driscoll apologizes for missteps, quits social media
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — March 17, 2014
(RNS) The pastor has asked his publisher to remove the best-seller mention, and he will leave social media for the rest of 2014.
Washington gay marriage fight has money, ‘daunting’ odds
By Jeff Mapes / The Oregonian — October 11, 2012
SEATTLE (RNS) With its relatively low churchgoing population and social libertarianism, Washington may be the state where voters are most likely to approve gay marriage next month. But opponents say the early polls are deceptive. By Jeff Mapes.
COMMENTARY: Finding faith in America’s most secular city
By Tom Ehrich — July 3, 2012
(RNS) In Seattle, which is is arguably the nation's most secular city, people found the core meaning of an incarnate faith: people loving each other. As religion struggles with who is allowed in, these church avoiders have opened their lives to each other. By Tom Ehrich.
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