Coming Soon: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill

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🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

When Mars Hill Church was planted in Seattle in 1996, few would have imagined where it would lead. But in the next 18 years, it would become one of the largest, fastest-growing, and most influential churches in the United States. Controversy plagued the church, though, due in no small part to the lightning-rod personality at its helm: Mark Driscoll. By 2014, the church had grown to 15,000 people in 15 locations. But before the year was over, the church collapsed. On January 1, 2015, Mars Hill was gone. Produced by Cultivated host Mike Cosper, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill explores the inside story of this church, its charismatic leader, and the conflicts and troubles that brought about its end. You’ll hear from insiders and experts, tracing the threads of this story to so many others that shape the church today. Listen to the trailer and subscribe today. The full series launches on June 22. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming Tuesday, June 22nd.
0:07.0	This hodal of Christianity is Jesus. It's all about Jesus.
0:11.0	In 1996, a young, brash pastor named Mark Triscoll planted Mars Hill Church in Seattle.
0:18.0	I always tell people, I'm Irish, we have two motions, pissed off and asleep.
0:21.6	That's our spectrum.
0:24.6	By 2014, they'd grown into a church
0:26.6	of nearly 15,000 people
0:28.6	in 15 locations in four states.
0:31.6	Fast forward, though, to January 1, 2015,
0:34.6	and Mars Hill was gone.
0:40.5	In some ways, Mars Hill's story is like no other.
0:43.6	But in others, it's a window into much that shapes the evangelical church in North America today.
0:48.6	There's a body count of young pastors whose ability rose them to prominence before their character was ready for it.
0:57.1	The prevailing justification for pretty much all the carnage to happen within Mars Hill was, hey,
1:02.8	look at the fruit. What we see on platforms, on social media, on Sunday mornings, can often be a
1:08.6	veneer hiding a culture that's much more complex and sometimes
1:11.8	ugly underneath.
1:13.6	He could demand absolute obedience, and he did, so you question him, you're out.
1:18.7	You know, if you're not with us, you're against us.
1:21.6	And yet the ugliness gets tolerated because what's happening in a church like Mars Hill
1:25.3	can be so stunning.
1:26.8	I'm in the tank baptizing people.
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