Progressive, mainline Christians barely had the opportunity to finish gloating about the public rebuke of evangelical shock preacher, Mark Driscoll by former members of the Mars Hill megachurch empire over which, until recently, he presided when a new sea of troubles began roiling on their own shores. On Friday, The Anglican Ink shared a press release from eight faculty members at General Theological Seminary that announced their decision not to “teach, attend meetings, or participate in common worship until pressing issues at the Seminary are addressed.” While the initial release was circumspect about the faculty members’ specific complaints, the “pressing issues” were laid at the feet of GTS president and dean, the Very Rev. Kurt H. Dunkle.
By Monday, the GTS board had voted to “accept the resignations” of the faculty members. This heavy-handed action prompted more detailed responses from the striking faculty members while at GTS a pastoral letter to students from Dunkle counseled prayer.
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