New as of 7/16/16: For a one-stop narrative of all the problems with Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill and his new church plant, the House of Driscoll (aka “The Trinity Church”), please see Todd Wilhelm’s post: Mark Driscoll Set to Launch His Cult in Scottsdale, AZ
(This list isn’t in any particular order, so read to the bottom.)
- He used church money to get Real Marriage on the New York Times bestseller list: http://bit.ly/1q8xGgn
- He got a $400,000 advance from a publisher for Real Marriage: http://bit.ly/1SdXn5y
- He uses people and “throws them under the bus”: http://bit.ly/1odVRbw and http://bit.ly/1LQD1D1
- He claimed to be raising money for world missions under Mars Hill Global but most of it went to Mars Hill churches: http://bit.ly/21MHoAK
- He plagiarized material in some of his books from others: http://bit.ly/1RvIGxf and http://bit.ly/1Uu1XDm
- His past preaching made the Biblical Queen Esther out to be a whore: https://rachelheldevans.com/blog/esther-introduction-princess-whore and http://bit.ly/1RGMpew
- He taught wives were to give husbands sex whenever and wherever, no matter what the wife thinks: http://thebea.st/1MJzVeB
- He crashed another church’s conference: http://bit.ly/22DOe1b
- He believes in “complementarianism” aka patriarchy: http://bit.ly/1Rt45oH
- He claims to “see things,” like child abuse: http://bit.ly/1VOnCVR
- He held “demon trials” (exorcisms) at his last church http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2014/06/24/mars-hill-churchs-demon-trials-mental-illness-considered-sign-of-demonic-involvement-along-with-pedophilia-and-habitual-lying/ and http://bit.ly/1TbF3Pu
- He refused a restoration plan from his old church, Mars Hill in Seattle, in 2014: http://bit.ly/1wrcuBg (Mars Hill no longer exists.)
- He thinks he is qualified to dispense advice to a woman with anorexia: http://bit.ly/1VevCQg
For more information, these websites are recommended:
Musings from Under the Bus: http://bit.ly/1LQD1D1
Warren Throckmorton: http://bit.ly/1RvJX7y
The Wartburg Watch: http://bit.ly/1q8yz8z
(Last Updated July 16, 2016)