Dee, is Julie a new commenter here? Dee and Deb, if you are able, can you please let Vonda know about my previous comment? Recently posted by the Chicago Tribune, which has tracked this story since breaking it in March: Two publishers suspend publication of books by megachurch pastor Hybels in wake of misconduct allegations.. Ive experienced it alsomultiple times. But, I seriously doubt your using scripture as a club will shame, convince or condemn many here. My heart goes out to you, all of you, by coming forward you have contributed to breaking this cycle of abuse. Excuse me? Time for some more sacred cows to get smashed. Very sad indeed. If/when he does come forward to confess and repent of past bad behavior, he and Willow Creek elders will no longer be viewed as honest and credible among the remaining members. Who are the people our Creator said were His people?, Are you one of those Serpent Seed believers? He just got knocked off his pedestal and some of his supporters are throwing up their hands in despair. over my many years associated with fundamenatlist through to mainline protestant groups I have experienced things situations, or told things that seemed just downright wrong. WCC defenders. My professional organization will not do that In fact, we are specifically instructed how to do email when legally sensitive information is invloved. To all those women that have been psychologically damaged, what a needless tradegy. It is clear to me that God did not want this hidden any longer. But Moses said to the LORD, Oh, my Lord, I am not eloquent, either in the past or since you have spoken to your servant, but I am slow of speech and of tongue. 11 Then the LORD said to him, Who has made mans mouth? I assume you mean well. Excellent comment! Having been a nurse, I told him I found it rather odd that he was focusing on one of the more rare side effects, and that he brought it up to me at all. This is ridiculous! I think Hybels and Billy Graham lost their beliefs somewhere along the way maybe they never really had them. He got out of Dodge and left people behind to pick up the pieces. As I say if he had a true understanding of what his behavior had done he might give the kind of apology that these women want. Megachurch pastors have big institutions to feed as well: huge entities that gobble millions a year, maybe hundreds of millions. A lot of people find security and safety in that. WITCHES! That ambien thing sounds like plausible deniability, doesnt it? B wrote: I refuse to answer the question How many people have you led to Christ? That question has no place in our discussions. And, no, it does not minimize their words concerning what Bill Hybels has done. I not only strongly agree, I tend to look back at the whole Church movement, and see a change that began with you guessed it Bill Hybels and Willow Creek. She felt even more blessed when in 1985 Mr. Hybels and his wife invited her to move into their home, where she shared family dinners and vacations. I was contemplating a megachurch model the other day where teaching pastors had term limits or rotating speakers. I am going to add one further post that will be two pictures and then I will allow all these posts to stay for comment. Bill has been married to Lynn Hybels since 1974. Now, you should go back and read about victims and try to learn why this open letter hurts real victims. Please do some reading on sex abuse and harassment. Everything is about Conformity today. Not at all but this bit sums up Hybels Leadership acumen we used to make fun of in the 90s. Bill Hybels has stepped down. This is starting to sound like Pill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein. I tried to say disciplining. So much for their Christian wittiness, huh? Source: www.dailyherald.com. It is a sad day for others in a position of leadership at Willow Creek to have been slow to address this and take definitive steps against it early on! predatory, calculated and manipulative all with a facade of kindness and mentoring. Hybels led many. In my opinion, much of the so-called church, admittedly unbeknownst to most of those involved, has been turned into a mind control, thought reform, get out the Republican vote institution. So sad that we are talking about this within the context of the pulpit! Brad, for better or worse, you are an example of the average WCC person to me. there was no hostile work environment attached. These things are often expected immediately in the Christian world. Whatever it is, its wrong-headed. I would have probably rolled my eyes at Vonda on stage in 2003 because I despised the commercial entertainment mega world by then. He may or may not have been directly abusing his own wife, but he surely was abusing the women in his church who he targeted. Global Leadership huh Bill ? The scripture I quoted was word for word out of the bible. Hybels chief goal seems to have been to get his sexual needs met without negotiation. Thanks for the link and summary, Barbara this sounds like noteworthy research on specific dynamics! What BH did is reprehensible. She, too, encountered the Ambien excuse. Thus, the cottage industry that often accompanies or is an integral part of their ministry (sic) glides on, and the supposed spiritual.authority who is moving on is positioned to escape consequences and true rebuke. Hybels et al have it backwards. So sad. They are evangelized for church. Our job is to call. In April 2018, when Bill Hybels' scandal got out, John Ortberg turned on his former master . Thank you for sharing your analysis of this! @ Davis and Natasha: Have you any clue how prideful this sounds? That is a typical church response. Its uncomfortable but is it anything really? Dee, The church and association are no longer paying Hybels a salary or other payments, according to the report, but a binding retirement agreement is still in place until 2020. An honest person has nothing to hide and everything to gain and will save things because he is safe in the knowledge that evidence will only prove his innocence. Because your mind tells you this particular man YOU KNOW would never so you must be misjudging. In 2019, a six-month-long independent review found all allegations against Bill credible. This is a serious question we all need to ask ourselves about our own churches. I am disappointed at the congregation who gave the standing ovations but they havent been told all the facts. Watch and youll see it some day! Will they not both fall into a pit? Is it that tough for you to give Bill Hybels any redeeming value? (Source: https://vondadyer.weebly.com/blog/vonda-dyers-statement-re-chicago-tribune-and-bill-hybels). This caliber of leaders dont just stay quiet. FWIW, Id love the notification option tooI have the opposite problem as Barb. Fact is, mind control has been extensively researched, and is helpful in nearly any institution, be it a corporation, university, athletic team, military unit or, yes, church. Is this a ruse to further that idea? I underestimated their ability to constantly reinvent themselves to keep the money flowing. Seems like a lot of marriages in and around WCC have some awful secrets. The church is doing fine. We could apply those words to the most recent statement by Mr Hybels. has been proclaimed against the Devil and his Witches. The Bible makes specific reference to this in I Cor. Or, for instance, a pastor may be forever fishing to see what his parishioners know as to the latest church scandal, etc., without the trusting individuals ever even know this is taking place. As we passed through the line I asked him if he would like a hug and he said he would. It never appeared that they were the type of people that would not speak up. I know this sounds harsh but its notbecause I am guilty, too. Gossip! This is Uncharted Territory for them. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FLT3Cb96-Mk. Other WCC members are posting this letter on fb. That is my point. 1 comment about arms The creep factor never ceases to amaze me. So they were flying around the world together living it up on the giving units dimes. So they fell in line with the One World system, befriended evil people and embraced Satans (the worlds) ways. He didnt seem to follow Yahwehs rules much anyway. Amen! You can do a lot more damage with one Suggestion in the right place than a dozen Fireballs. Enough is enough. I guess you are not aware of the president for whom Hybels was a spiritual advisor. I recognized something was wrong with that, but for various reasons, didnt quite make the connection. There are no winners here. Do adults really need to know the details of the sleep-overs or the email content before drawing a conclusion? So, I have having network issues, and a IT person is working on my computer. Things that often included the emotional or spiritual wounding of others, if not actual physical or sexual abuse, were overlooked, out of a misplaced trust and loyalty to a so-called man of God. Well said, Betty! Stop the Nonsense, WCC Trebuchet Club!!!! Try to respond like Jesus might and you will be let through. We cant imagine the immensity of it all. That statement should never have been sent out and hasnt been corrected to this day! Everyone who is still there from the elders to the lowliest either thinks like this or doesnt dare open their mouth. (Likewise, it seems that women did not have clarity about reportable behaviors and were expected to handle it on their own.). I get what you are trying to do and youre very good at it. Women get to decide if they want to be touched or not, and oh he did not mean anything by should never even have to be brought into play-in the workplace. I developed this over the last 10 years in writing curriculum on addressing systemic abuse. @ Barbara Roberts: At least you know what they are upfront . From all angles. Thank goodness at least that at church when we pass the peace we literally clasp a hand briefly and say peace (literally that) and this is the entire procedure. No wonder they get a God complex. IM HEIR TO HIS THRONE! Ive been thinking along similar lines for a few days, and its relevance to the question, How could this happen in whats been consider a pioneering egalitarian church?. Its not a numbers game, its not like worldly sales with rainmakers and marketing and big hits. Everyone liked this guy and a group of women didnt want him to go to prison because he was so nice. No!! I teach fraud for a living, you see, developed my universitys curriculum on it and am at this very moment in negotiation with a publisher to develop a textbook on it. She no longer attended church (for at least a year) and she no longer trusted Jesus. Shauna (Hybels) met her husband at Willow Creek before they went to Mars Hill and joined Rob Bells staff. How can leadership send an OPINION to the entire congregation? Just wonderin. Or it could be that he has no civil right so to speak to have his hands on her in the first place and therefore the responsibility to monitor his own behavior is his and not hers. Maybe He is cleaning house. Look at it this way, if they had waited just 6-months longer Brother Hybels would have been given an honorable exit from the ministry as he faded into retirement without facing these allegations. I got a chuckle out of your comment to Brad. No wonder you have no qualms about slamming the Church, the bride of Christ. This stemmed from a Gospel of Personal Salvation and ONLY Personal Salvation (everything else was All Gonna Burn) where the only thing God would ask on J-Day was How Many Souls Did YOU Save? and the numbers in your sales record would be all that determined your position and rank in Heaven. The Devil is destroying yet another church. @ okrapod: They are fighting for Hybels. @ Davis and Natasha: Bob Buckner. @ Erp: @ Law Prof: This will sound horrible to some but I never understood the overall hug culture. Please dont judge Nancys actions she did what most women would do. Menu. But at church with people you see week after week? But I believe the women who have been abused by Bill Hybels are telling the truth. Cant people be sincere and caring without all that? And of course, the crisis management priority hangs over all of this. 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