Epilogue: A Return to Seattle

The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill

Christianity Today

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime

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🗓️ 11 November 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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More than two years since producer Mike Cosper began recording interviews for the show, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill returns with its most poignant episode yet -- a road trip to Seattle to stand in the spaces where Mars Hill Church began. This epilogue of the critically-acclaimed podcast sends Cosper and executive producer Erik Petrik on a trip down memory lane, visiting the buildings and church members who formed the vibrant community that would one day fall apart. From Seattle living rooms crammed with chairs to an empty sanctuary slated for demolition, discover afresh the mystery of God working in broken places. And, as you see how “time humbles and reveals all,” let the story of Mars Hill compel you toward truth not trends, grace not grandeur. Come, meet the people and places that have remained, marked indelibly with love for the gospel and for Seattle. Meet those who never left. As this series concludes, a special thanks to: Joy Beth Smith, Andrea Palpant Dilley, Morgan Lee, Russell Moore, Ted Olsen, Daniel Silliman and Kate Shellnutt. Thank you, especially to Tim Dalrymple and Erik Petrik, Kate Siefker and to Sarah and the Cosper girls. Thank you to the members of Mars Hill Church, especially, Wendy Alsup, Jesse Bryan, Sutton Turner, Tim Smith, Aaron Gray, Jen Smidt and Ben Vandermeer. “The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” is a production of Christianity Today Executive Producer: Erik Petrik Producer, Writer, Editor, Host, and Mix Engineer: Mike Cosper Associate Producers: Azurae Phelps and Joy Beth Smith Director of Operations: Matt Stevens Music and Sound Design: Kate Siefker Graphic Design: Bryan Todd Social Media: Kate Lucky Editorial Consultant: Andrea Palpant Dilley Editor in Chief: Russell Moore Closing Song: "Satisfied in You" by Brian Eichelberger Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the rise and fall of Mars Hill.
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0:12.2	sages of the church, consider subscribing to CT Magazine.
0:16.2	Learn more and get your first three months free at orderct.com slash Mars Hill.
0:36.3	It's been almost a year since we ran the final episode of the 12-part series, The Rise and
0:41.2	Fall of Mars Hill.
0:43.2	It's been more than two years since I recorded the first interviews for the show.
0:48.2	And it's been eight years since Mark Driscoll resigned and the church closed its doors.
0:53.2	The podcast was called The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill for a reason.
0:57.6	We wanted to tell the story of this church, of these people, how this story began and
1:03.2	ended.
1:05.0	As for Mark Driscoll himself, he's in the Phoenix area to this day, pastoring another
1:09.3	church, denouncing his critics, calling work like ours, and many others, fake news.
1:15.8	But while in many ways he's at the center of this story, it really isn't about him.
1:20.6	It's about the church itself, and about how it gives us a window into something larger
1:25.6	about the church in America.
1:28.5	So to end the show, I've taken a trip back to Seattle.
1:44.8	From Christianity today, I'm Mike Cosper, and you're listening to The Rise and Fall
1:48.7	of Mars Hill.
1:49.7	It's the story of one church that grew from a handful of people to a movement, and then
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