Jun 8, 2021 | Amy Mikal, Bill Hybels, David Dummit, Ed Ollie Jr, Sexual Harassment, Shaun Williams, Willow Creek Community Church |
by Susan Trollinger Willow Creek Community Church senior pastor Dave Dummitt (left) fist-bumps Willow Creek South Barrington campus pastor Shawn Williams as the two discuss the legacy of former senior pastor Bill Hybels. (Video screen grab) Image via The Roys Report....
Aug 18, 2020 | Christian Right, Evangelical Youth, Fundamentalism, Willow Creek Community Church |
by Susan Trollinger An expansive view of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill. Photo courtesy of Willow Creek Community Church In the summer of 1979, just before I began attending Fremd High School in Palatine, Illinois, I was convinced by my best...
May 26, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, Anthony Moore, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Cedarville University, Central State University, Christian Colleges, Franklin Graham, Fundamentalism, Higher Learning Commission, Joy White, Julie L. Moore, Julie Roys, Loren Reno, Mark DeMoss, Megan Lively, Paige Patterson, Racism, Ruth Lowrie Markham, Sexual Harassment, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Thomas Mach, Thomas White, Title IX, White Evangelicals, White Supremacy, Willow Creek Community Church |
by William Trollinger Thomas White, president of Cedarville University with Founders Hall in the background on May 6, 2014. (Columbus Dispatch photo by Tom Dodge) Here is the short version of the Cedarville scandal. (For the full version, see here, here, and here.)...
Apr 23, 2018 | Bill Hybels, Evangelical Youth, Megachurches, Willow Creek Community Church |
by Susan Trollinger The #MeToo movement is beginning to have an impact on American evangelicalism. The most recent example is at the megachurch of megachurches, Willow Creek Community Church, where founder and senior pastor Bill Hybels has been forced to retire early...
