Driscoll to Step Down for 6 Wks

[DMcFadden]

It was announced that Mark Driscoll would set down for a 6wk period so that his elders could examine the charges that have beset him recently.
Mark Driscoll Steps Down While Mars Hill Investigates Charges... | Gleanings | ChristianityToday.com

He was the topic of a front page story in the Wall Street Journal yesterday (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/23/u...ing-urged-to-leave-mars-hill-church.html?_r=0) as well as a piece in the Huffington Post.
Mark Driscoll Steps Down As Mars Hill Pastor During Review

Regardless of one's position on Driscoll, he needs our prayers after what has got to be the worst August anyone can remember having. And, his congregation sits amid the spiritual wasteland of Seattle and will need lots of support at a time like this.

I'm reminded of the words of a PK who sang these lyrics 30 years ago as his own star of fame was on the rise (Steve Taylor, "I Just Wanna Know" from "On the Fritz" album, 1985).

Life's too short for small talk
So don't be talking trivia now
Excess baggage fills this plane
There's more than we should ever allow

There's engines stalling and good men falling
But I ain't crawling away

I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

Folks play follow the leader
But who's the leader gonna obey?
Will his head get big when the toes get tapping?
I just wanna know are they catching what I say?

I'm a little too young to introspect
And I surely haven't paid all my dues
But there's bear traps lying in those woods
Most of them already been used

I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

Search me, Father, and know my heart
Try me and know my mind
And if there be any wicked way in me
Pull me to the rock that is higher than I

I just wanna know
Am I pulling people closer?
I just wanna be pulling them to you
I just wanna stay angry at the evil
I just wanna be hungry for the true

"But there's bear traps lying in those woods
Most of them already been used."
[sigh] . . . indeed!

 

[DMcFadden]

Update: "at this time, Mark Driscoll’s fate is in the hands of two men who have already investigated charges against him and exonerated him."

Read more: The Charges Against Mark Driscoll: What Happens Now?

 

[whirlingmerc]

Taking a 6 week break is not a bad idea.
I also think you should not judge a person by their worst mistake
He should think how his statements were understood and think of better ways to articulate things.
If wrong choices were made, correct them, repent and move on

 

[Edward]

I also think you should not judge a person by their worst mistake

That's not a bad place to start.