December 16, 2008
Schuller Parting, Part II
Weeks after being removed from his church’s Hour of Power television program, Robert A. Schuller has resigned as senior pastor of Crystal Cathedral Ministries. Although Schuller sent an official letter more than two weeks ago, word of his resignation did not surface until last weekend.
Editor, Ministry Today
In an announcement posted on the Garden Grove, Calif., church’s Web site, the ministry said it had accepted Schuller’s resignation and would launch a search for a new pastor. In the meantime, Juan Carlos Ortiz, founder of the Cathedral’s Hispanic ministry and a popular charismatic author in the 1970s, will act as senior pastor, while he and executive pastor Jim Poit will lead the pastoral staff.
‘Shifting’ Into a Forced Resignation
Richard Cizik, the longtime Washington lobbyist for the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), resigned Thursday after mentioning in a National Public Radio interview that he believed in civil unions for gay couples.
A Hero in the ‘New Moral Center’
QUOTE: “Rich Cizik has been a pioneer in the ‘new evangelical’ movement and a real hero, especially to the next generation of young believers. The agenda of the evangelical world is deeper and wider because of Rich Cizik ...
Down Times = Growing Times
A study last year by economics professor David Beckworth showed that during each recession cycle between 1968 and 2004, the rate of growth among evangelical churches grew by 50 percent, while mainline Protestant churches continued their steady decline...
Trinity Chapel Founder Falls
Jim Bolin, founding and senior pastor of Trinity Chapel in Powder Springs, Ga., has stepped down from his position due to “inappropriate consensual sexual conduct with an adult woman.”
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