It's arguably the biggest church planning organization in North America and is responsible for some of the largest and fastest growing churches in the United States.

But as my guest today will argue, the association of related churches is not operating on biblical principles.

And it's no wonder so many of its churches

and pastors are embroiled in scandal. Welcome to the Roy's report, a podcast dedicated to reporting

the truth and restoring the church. I'm Julie Roy's. And joining me today is Jeff Thompson, co-pastor of

Gospel City Church in Vancouver, Canada.

He's also a former pastor with the Association of Related Churches, also known as Arc.

In 2012, Jeff says he was enamored with Arc's model of launching large, of starting a church

with a big capital investment, top-notch worship team, and professional

marketing. But when that effort flopped, Jeff began to question Ark's methods. He also began

questioning the Ark culture that seemed to glorify success, but dismiss pastors' moral failures.

Today, Jeff believes Ark is an unbiblical church movement. And in this podcast, he'll give

you an inside look to this incredibly influential and powerful organization. But first, I'd like to

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