Mars Hill

“Like most things, Mars Hill had some beautiful and terrible fruit from its ministry. I will always treasure the good but want others to learn from the not-so-good.” - Church Leaders

“My goal here is … to offer four lessons that I think are a little more timeless, and lessons that point to the worst inevitabilities of bad ecclesiology. 1. We’re too easily seduced by numbers and giftedness.” - 9 Marks

Some things look a lot different in retrospect… - C.Leaders

“In this episode of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, host Mike Cosper breaks down how technology shaped the messaging and marketing of Mark Driscoll and how personal brand can isolate a leader even as it fuels a ministry’s growth.” - C.Today

“what seemed so unusual was the podcast’s distinct lack of a substantive ‘Christian’ backdrop….I mean an effort to articulate and defend the claim that what happened at Mars Hill failed to satisfy the standards of conduct that are distinctive to the Christian tradition, as opposed to the standards of modern Western professional society.” - Ehrett

“This isn’t about one individual or a fallen leader,” said Cosper – writer, producer, editor, and host of the serial podcast…“It’s about a church of 15,000 people who closed their doors nine weeks after losing their pastor.” - BPNews

“Kent Dobson… told the congregation during Sunday’s service that he will be stepping down from his role in the coming months to pursue a “ ‘greater mystery.’”