Trouble in the Chapel

Chuck Smith Calvary Chapel founder

Christianity Today is carrying a disturbing report of deep rooted and systemic problems within the Calvary Chapel movement founded by Chuck Smith.

See: Day of Reckoning: Chuck Smith and Calvary Chapel face an uncertain future.

According to CT a once dynamic church planting movement of over 1000 churches is in serious trouble. Why? Sounds like the misuse of money, sex and power.

Read the article and forget Calvary Chapel for a moment. Go and find someone you can trust and tell them how it is with your soul right now.

4 Comments

  1. Posted 21 February, 2007 at 12:25 PM | Permalink

    Thanks Steve for this pointer. And thank you Lord for my Pasoral mentors and collegues.

    [B.T.W. Principal of the Baptist Theological College in WA, Brian Harris, is now a contributor at the Ra’ah blog. His latest article, called “Charisma as Disadvantage,” is an excellent comment on leadership and preaching]

  2. Jason Potter
    Posted 21 February, 2007 at 5:19 PM | Permalink

    Does anyone know how credible the information in this article is?

  3. Posted 22 February, 2007 at 10:30 PM | Permalink

    Wayne, thanks. Enjoyed reading Brian’s article. Steve

  4. Posted 22 February, 2007 at 10:31 PM | Permalink

    Jason, CT has a pretty good reputation. Steve

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