Benjamin Zablocki, Chair of the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, defines a religious cult as “an ideological organization held together by charismatic relationships and the demand of total commitment,” usually due “to members’ adulation of charismatic leaders,” often “contributing to the leaders becoming corrupted by power.” (Zablocki, Benjamin, “A Sociological Theory of Cults,” presented at the annual meetings of the American Family Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.) In my opinion, the behavior of Mark Driscoll and his Mars Hill church meets the classic definition of a religious cult. The document spells out the terms of the excommunication, citing the sexual nature of the individual’s sins, and detailing what members of the Mars Hill community can and cannot do with the excommunicated former member on their own time.ĭr. Now, according to Turner, a copy of a Mars Hill ‘church discipline’ contract is posted online, where the ‘sinner’ who has been ‘brought under church discipline’ has his sins spelled out, and in turn is asked to write out his further sins in full detail, meet with a prescribed ‘community group’ regularly, ‘write out in detail his sexual and emotional attachment history with women and share it with’ the pastor, and ‘write out a list of all people he has sinned against during this time frame, either by sexual/emotional sin, lying or deceiving, share it with’ the pastor.Īlso available is the letter of ‘church discipline’ sent to the rest of the church after the member decided to leave the Mars Hill church. But now, Mars Hill’s disciplinary practices have been exposed for the cult tactics they are. We’ve already seen Mark Driscoll discuss (watch about the 3 minute mark) how he builds his church by intentionally targeting young men and their businesses. You simply will not believe what is going on behind the scenes at Mars Hill. You must read Matthew Paul Turner’s most recent exposé of cult leader Mark Driscoll and his Mars Hill Church’s cult behavior when it comes to church discipline. Bob Cargill, xkv8r, shows legislators how he brings the ancient world into the present with his work in th… 2 months ago Thank you for your thoughtful, empathetic honesty in this difficult time… /i/web/status/1… 2 months ago We need more Scott Van Pelts in the world. Idea: Dems and GOP should agree to nominate RepLizCheney Speaker w/ power share agreement naming RepJeffries as #… /i/web/status/1… 2 months ago Presented by xkv8r… /i/web/status/1… 1 month ago Top Ten Biblical Archaeology Discoveries of 2022 Were those WWE refs in the Bengals - Chiefs game? They did everything they could in the 4th quarter to help Kans… /i/web/status/1… 1 month ago The Same Fate Awaits Us All-Inspiration from Ecclesiastes 9:2 | biblearch 1 month ago Gronk’s #FanDuel Kick of Destiny is now the la… /i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago New Coke, Crystal Pepsi, and Geraldo’s Al Capone Vault are forgiven. Dan McClellan maklelan) discusses his upcoming online course, his online correctives of bad scholarship on so… /i/web/status/1… 3 weeks ago We know it can be hard to stay up with the week’s n… 1 week agoĭr. RT biblearch: Sign up for free today at Bible & Archaeology: RT LynetteIowa: Congratulations Iowa Women! 4 days ago
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