In honor of the recent 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth, the Christian Broadcasting Network (home of Pat Robertson and The 700 Club) produced a feature about John Calvin’s influence on American history and Protestant tradition. The story notes Calvin’s increasing popularity among younger Christians, including Pastor Mark and Mars Hill Church (3:12):
UPDATE: [...]
Today’s Seattle Times includes a photo/caption from last night’s Golden Gardens baptisms. Forty people were baptized at the event, including eight who decided on the spot to take the plunge.
If you missed out on the festivities, there are many more baptism events coming up this summer (updated):
TONIGHT at Lake Sammamish State Park
August 12 at [...]
Our goal is to start 100 campuses and help plant 1,000 churches (in partnership with Acts 29) in the next ten years, which means it’s time to rev up the leadership engine.
The Resurgence Training Center (Re:Train), led by Pastor Rick Melson, will help develop thousands of new and existing pastors and deacons with a [...]
Last month, Newsweek published a cover story about The End of Christian America. Fox News invited Pastor Mark to write a response, which was recently published online. He states:
I do not find the report surprising or discouraging…With the social benefits of professing to be a Christian no longer in place and the social stigma of [...]
FamilyLife Today, a nationally syndicated radio show, has been airing selections of Pastor Mark’s sermons. In a recent episode called Act Like Men, the program featured an excerpt from Marriage and Men: 1 Peter 3:7.
This morning we received dozens of inquiries from folks who heard Pastor Mark on the radio and want to find more [...]
Good Friday and Easter 2009 were memorable for Mars Hill Church for a number of reasons. It was the first time we ever invited the entire world to watch our services live online, for one thing.
Tens of thousands–online and in person–helped us celebrate the occasion of Jesus’ death and resurrection, and the local news (KOMO [...]
The Satan Debate aired last night on ABC to an audience of millions. We again want to thank the crew of Nightline for allowing us the opportunity to host and take part in the debate.
One segment that didn’t air on the televised version of the debate was Pastor Mark’s closing statement. For many, this moment [...]
The full video from the Face-Off debate is now online at Nightline’s website.
Does Satan exist?
This question will be debated next Friday when ABC visits Mars Hill Church to record a “Face Off” debate for Nightline. The debate will then be aired as several segments on an upcoming broadcast of the news program.
Participating in the debate will be:
For the existence of Satan:
Pastor Mark Driscoll; founding pastor, Mars Hill [...]
Time Magazine’s next cover story will be 10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now. Third on that list is “The New Calvinism” as preached by the likes of John Piper and Mark Driscoll.
Over at The Resurgence Pastor Mark has blogged his take on the Time article, as well as some distinctions between New Calvinism and [...]
In light of the Raymond Jessop and Yearning For Zion cult, Pastor Mark addressed the question of whether or not polygamy is Biblical.
Various cults, aberrant sects, and perverts make the case that the Bible does mention polygamy and so it is biblically acceptable. However, they fail to acknowledge that the Bible speaks of human sin [...]
Changed By Jesus #54
By a female teenager at the Ballard campus
I was raised going to church every Sunday. I thought I was a Christian because I was really good at following rules and thought I was an expert on Jesus. But the personal, life-changing relationship wasn’t there.
This seemed to work for me in middle school, [...]
