Below is the updated 3 hour director’s cut of Church of Tares: See how the best business practices of management guru Peter Drucker have been borrowed by Rick Warren, Bill Hybels and Bob Buford to build influential megachurches. Updated material includes a biblical examination of the office of “celebrity pastor,” the unbiblical practice of “vision…
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Celebrity Pastor is not a Biblical Church Office
The New Testament lays the groundwork for a plurality of church leadership rather than that of a single celebrity pastor. In this article, we will examine the office of Celebrity Pastor which exists in Church Growth but not in the Bible. Many have changed the definition of the pastor in order to destroy barriers to…
The Führerprinzip
Fascist ideology has made its way into Church Growth and evangelicalism. Previously to cover this topic has been Chris Rosebrough of Fighting For the Faith in his audio presentation Resistance is Futile, You will be Assimilated into the Community. In this article, I wanted to elaborate on the Führerprinzip, a key mechanism under the Gleichschaltung of Nazi…
Selling Books From the Pulpit
Jesus went into the temple of God and drove out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves. And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have…
Elevation’s Lack of Financial Accountability
Elevation is the largest megachurch in North Carolina, and one of the fastest-growing churches in the United States. Every weekend, about 14,000 people attend Elevation Church’s nine locations in and around Charlotte, North Carolina. Recently, in Furtick and Noble Want Your Tithe, we covered how NBC Charlotte obtained a confidential Elevation report. It was noted that when it…