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Megachurch Willow Creek Closing Campus Amid ‘Unsustainable Financial Scenario,’ Losing 10,000 Members

February 7, 2024

Willow Creek Community Church has announced they’re permanently shuttering their Chicago campus location, with senior Pastor David Dummitt citing an “unsustainable financial scenario.” It’s a blow for Willow Creek, the multi-campus 10,000-member church founded by Bill Hybels that pioneered the church growth and seeker-sensitive movement but has seen its fortunes

Barna Survey: Only 4% of Executive Pastors have Biblical Worldview+ Why This Is

September 5, 2022

In a new nationwide survey released by George Barna for the Arizona Christian University, it’s revealed the majority of Christian pastors do not have a biblical worldview, with the Executive Pastor having the lowest that is on par with the culture at large. Barna defines “biblical worldview” as believing that absolute moral truth exists;

Famous Seeker-Sensitive Megachurch Cuts Staff Budget by $6.5 Million, Laying off 30% of Staff

May 21, 2022

Willow Creek Community Church, once a multi-campus 25,000 member church founded by Bill Hybels that pioneered the church growth and seeker-sensitive movement – the demonic practice of gearing everything about a church service to be as comfortable and friendly to non-believing “seekers” as possible, is crashing and burning. The church

Willow Creek Pastor Refuses to Teach to Mostly White Churches: ‘It’s Casting Pearls Before Swine’

April 8, 2021

A megachurch pastor has pledged he will no longer preach or teach at churches that aren’t sufficiently multiethnic, likening his refusal to Jesus’ teachings in Matthew 7:6 which talks about not casting pearls before swine. Ed Ollie Jr. made the divisive comments during a dialogue on Black History Month with

Bill Hybels’s Daughter Apologizes for Her ‘Silence’ After Misconduct Allegations

February 23, 2021

Popular writer and ministry leader Shauna Niequist has publicly apologized for her silence in light of the sexual misconduct allegations against her father, Bill Hybels, some three years ago. Bill Hybels is the founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church, a multi-campus 20,000 member megachurch that pioneered the seeker-sensitive movement

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Megachurch Willow Creek Closing Campus Amid ‘Unsustainable Financial Scenario,’ Losing 10,000 Members

Barna Survey: Only 4% of Executive Pastors have Biblical Worldview+ Why This Is

Famous Seeker-Sensitive Megachurch Cuts Staff Budget by $6.5 Million, Laying off 30% of Staff

Willow Creek Pastor Refuses to Teach to Mostly White Churches: ‘It’s Casting Pearls Before Swine’

Bill Hybels’s Daughter Apologizes for Her ‘Silence’ After Misconduct Allegations

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