What needs to be very clear is that the current by-laws of Mars Hill Church do not give the elders the authority to examine these charges. The Board of Advisors and Accountability is in charge of convening a group of overseers to do that. The current elders do not have the ability to vote on Mark Driscoll’s status at the church.
—Warren Throckmorton, “Announcement: Mark Driscoll Will Take At Least Six Weeks Off (UPDATED) (AUDIO)“
R. Scott Clark
R.Scott Clark is the President of the Heidelberg Reformation Association, the author and editor of, and contributor to several books and the author of many articles. He has taught church history and historical theology since 1997 at Westminster Seminary California. He has also taught at Wheaton College, Reformed Theological Seminary, and Concordia University. He has hosted the Heidelblog since 2007.
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You have to read the fine print…also known as church bylaws. In many larger churches one of the first things a new pastor will do is revise the bylaws to “make things run more smoothly” they never add the important words “for me.”