Rob Bell recently announced his decision to leave Mars Hill Bible Church, the congregation he founded and guided to mega-church status in Grandville, Michigan, to move his family to Los Angeles and pursue other interests. The church’s official statement said he would “devote his full energy to sharing the message of God’s love with a broader audience.” Like Brian McLaren before him, then, who left a local church to minister to a “global parish,” Bell was leaving the rhythms, burdens and constraints of church ministry for another way of shaping culture and communicating the gospel. Bell explained that he would continue to write and speak on national and international tours. “We serve a big God and none of this is shocking to him,” he said. ”All we can do is embrace a future that is going to be brilliant.”
Now comes word that Bell is partnering with Carlton Cuse (maker of the great television series Lost) to produce a series that centers on a musician’s spiritual journey. From Deadline Hollywood:
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