Pastor Mark Driscoll's rise to prominence has always confused me.
It's not that I don't think he has the goods. Mark is a talented communicator. As his official bio points out, Mark's sermon podcasts regularly top iTunes and this Sermon Central piece even claims he achieves that by spending only an hour per week on sermon prep. Mark also possesses some high-level administrative skills. According to his church's website, they've planted 14 Mars Hill churches in four states and have "been a part of" planting over 400 churches through the Acts 29 church-planting network. In addition, Mark has certainly been successful at engaging his congregation in fresh enthusiasm for the Bible. Mars Hill, which now boasts over 13,000 members, began as a home-based Bible study. And Mark has famously spent as many as 58 weeks working through individual Biblical books as he preaches.
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