Is Mark Driscoll Still Confused about the Church?

This is an interesting clip from Advance09 where Mark Driscoll shares a story how he was building a mega-church and launching campuses and planting churches, but still was not able to give a biblical definition of church. Since this time, he has written much on the topic, but the video makes for a good discussion starter about how we define "church". You can discuss this video & more at www.MoreThanCake.org.

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[JamesWitte]

oh, so you're a fan as well then?

[jrmiller777]

@JamesWitte hmmm.... how does one answer the man that just called me a name? I am not a "fan" of any man, but I do think Mark preaches the Gospel and loves Jesus.

[JamesWitte]

Mark is so awesome. I love him!

[jrmiller777]

@JamesWitte The clip was meant to be provocative, but if you want to see the context for why I posted this video, you need to visit my blog More Than Cake . Org. I can't post links on YouTube, so you will need to search for — Mark, Driscoll, Church to see the context.

[natemup]

I notice an oddity in today's Church. The Biblical precedents of the early church make a distinction between Sunday fellowship/Lord's Supper/teaching (amongst Christians) and (usually Sabbath-day) evangelism to the unbelievers. Really, both activities can be (and were) performed on any day a church chooses, but the distinction would do well to be reemphasized; whether it's Bible studies, small groups, whatever: churches should be GROWING believers, not just adding more in. (Hebrews 5:11-6:3)

[theAmspir]

@jrmiller777 Just stop being cynical. It's annoying.

[isaac407]

get a life dude

[apgully47]

Great job at taking a small clip and taking it completely out of context to support your own agenda. I hope you don't do this with the Bible.

[Habakkuk2v20]

He's giving a history of conversations he was in when he WAS hanging with a certain group. The fact that that group didn't have a definition was what sparked him to go and find one. Your title is blatantly misleading. Also, I've heard Mark give a definition that included practicing church discipline, among other things from scripture. In that story, it was before the mega churches, I think, back, when he was traveling around with heretics.  Fix the title & description, man.

[Bongobutt123]

Is Mark Driscoll confused about what the Church is? Answer: He studied for a year and then wrote a book for Re:Lit called "Vintage Church" that defines exactly what the church is and is not and should be. I don't know exactly what the point of your video is, but it seems apparent that you are questioning him without fully investigating him.