Independent report finds allegations against Willow Creek founder Bill Hybels credible
Chicago, IllinoisRNS The allegations of “sexually inappropriate words and actions” by Bill Hybels, the founder of Willow Creek Community Church, are credible, according to an independent group of Christian leaders advising the church. Hybels’ alleged behavior, directed mostly at women connected to the Chicago-area megachurch, took place at various points during his more than four […]
Willow Creek Association releases resource on ministry and #MeToo
RNS There are a lot of abuse survivors who don’t feel safe in church – and a lot of abusers who do, Rev Dale Ingraham of Curtis Baptist Bible Church in Campbell, New York, told a room of Willow Creek Association staff and Christian leaders last month. Whether the abuse happened at home or in the […]
IN DEPTH: WHAT’S NEXT FOR WILLOW CREEK?
As a summer of new allegations against founding pastor Bill Hybels, of resignations and apologies and plans, draws to a close, the once-promising future of Illinois-based Willow Creek Community Church appears uncertain. EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports…
Willow Creek names NAE head, three others to oversee Hybels investigation
Chicago, USRNS Jo Anne Lyon, general superintendent emerita of The Wesleyan Church, and Leith Anderson, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, will lead a new investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct against Bill Hybels, the retired founding pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. Lyon and Anderson will co-chair the four-person Willow Creek Independent Advisory […]
WILLOW CREEK: LEADERSHIP SUMMIT GOES ON DESPITE MASS RESIGNATIONS
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports from Willow Creek’s annual Global Leadership Summit…
Willow Creek investigates Hybels as pastor quits over new allegations
RNS US-based Willow Creek Community Church announced it will commission an independent investigation of sexual harassment allegations against founding pastor Bill Hybels, a day after one of the two pastors who succeeded Hybels resigned over the church’s handling of the matter. Heather Larson, lead pastor at the influential evangelical Chicago-area megachurch, announced the investigation Monday […]