Megachurch pastor “accelerates” October retirement weeks after former colleagues went public with misconduct allegations.
Bob Smietana
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Bill
Hybels has stepped down as senior pastor of Willow Creek Community
Church, the Chicago-area megachurch he founded over 40 years ago, citing
the controversy over recent allegations against him.
Many
in the wider Christian community have been confused by those
allegations, he said, and the controversy has distracted his church’s
leaders from their mission and has hurt the church’s ministries. “They
can’t flourish to their fullest potential when the valuable time of our
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