I followed the Harvest situation, which I think is its own it, you know, separate facts. And yet, when these issues started being raised about Bill Hybels, the larger church, other than you know, a few people you mentioned the Ortbergs, for example, they came forward and spoke. Guest Bios Show Transcript Spiritual abuse has become an increasingly hot topic, as more and more stories of bully pastors and hyper-controlling, Guest Bios Show Transcript After years spent in an abusive church, how do you heal? Theres, theres an advocacy piece to lawyering that needs to be there a little bit, but it doesnt need to be pervasive. There were some areas or some some critical times when things could have gone differently, but the elders caved in essence to Bill Hybels. And basically, my understanding is his cavalier attitude was, Well, Ill just pick up and Ill open a new church down the street [if] you dont you dont like me the way I am.. Guest Bios Show Transcript Many times, those who have experienced spiritual abuse are retraumatized when they try to speak about whats happened. Let the Briscoes help you experience Life in all its fullness! WebHi friend, I'm Pete Briscoe. And heres what we have to do as people leading churches, okay, you have to understand what the signs of grooming are so one of the things that I did that really helps me, my good friend, Boz Tchividjian, put out a book through his organization G.R.A.C.E. Pete Briscoe was Senior Pastor of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship in Carrollton, TX for nearly 30 years. Thank you so much. I want to thank Pete too for advocating for women participating fully in leadership and for Libby modeling what it means to be a true helper (ezer kenegdo). I just want to say this was not someone who acted on any behavior at our church, but had someone who was in the process of grooming someone else. This is just the way things are in Corinth. I appreciate your taking time again away from your vacation to spend time with us. Welcome to the Roys report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. This is Chicago Tribune. This is people who are dissillusioned, who wanted big jobs at Willow and didnt get them. But when Scot, the the intra tribal dissenter steps up and says, This is wrong, things shifted. This is the kind of thing that you would expect from someone whos cruel and not in relationship with Jesus. Hes just an affectionate kind of guy. The church is literally a collection of people. But then its my understanding too, that when these women met with the elders, the level of bullying and abuse that they were subjected to, was such that I know Vonda told me there were elders in tears at the end of this, of how pervasive the abuse was, I dont know how specific you can be but can you give people an idea of, of what actually happened to these women that were abused? And now lets put that in the past. Willow did not want to reckon with the deformed culture that had manifested underneath Bills leadership. WebPete Briscoe answers that question by pointing us to Paul as the perfect example of one who speaks with tender boldness. And Harvest was the same thing. You know, Willow creeks pastors family members benefit from the Penumbra of Willow Creek and its just sheer size within evangelicalism. The church is nondenominational and has woman pastors and elders. But youre right. Lawyer for Bill Hybels Victims Shares Inside Story. Thank you for joining us in seeing to it that no one misses the grace of God. Hybels at one point had a major conflict with a woman who was serving on the elder board, who was trying to hold him accountable and essentially used a reconciliation process involving some other big names in evangelicalism to essentially run her off, put her under an NDA. Everything started to make sense. Very few. Its all a Business and Power tool and stage for Virtue Signaling. There was another case that also occurred where he committed oral sex with his assistant. Your tax-deductible gift helps our journalists report the truth and hold Christian leaders and organizations accountable. Jill and Stuart came to the States from England. And Im good friends with her husband Scott Dyer as well. Hmm. These little bitty people, from Willows perspective, who helped win the PR back, its a miracle. WebPete Briscoe, Stuart and Jills youngest son, was a key contributor to the ministrys teaching team from 2003 to 2021. I cant vouch for all the information because I havent researched it myself. He was running and we were praying that he would surrender fully to God. And I remember you saying once that you had gotten a manual, I think it was from the ECFA, and boy, we could talk about them. Right. I have plenty of authentic friends just not at church. Keep in touch with Julie and get updates in your inbox! And its designed to be acretive, right that they gain strength over time. The Journal Sentinel reported: Elmbrook resignations are the latest to rock evangelical Christian churches. Then, I did what all good Christian college students did at that time I acquired a boot-leg copy of the drama and listened to it several times on my own. Growing up in a ministry family, Pete watched and learned from his parents and witnessed the reach and power of Telling the Truth's media outreach. Pete Briscoe @petebriscoe 12 Dec 2021. I was the senior pastor of Bent Tree Bible Fellowship for nearly 30 years. I know about the deleted emails. Honestly, without being a part of the Willow family at any time, I saw Bill as the best Christian leader I had encountered, by far. Frankly I find church to be excruciatingly lonely. I think there were a few major events. I was blown away. (See page 54 and following) Theres another circumstance that I became aware of where The board had a 360 Review done on Hybels and his leadership and some problems they were experiencing with his management style from, you know, bullying, abusive style. Im so grateful now for that heritage. For the next 90 minutes, Pete Briscoe enraptured us with his presentation of The Bema.. Briscoe stepped down as senior pastor at the end of 2000 but remained involved in the church and active in overseas missions. As I look back on my own four years on staff, Im thankful for the teaching and leadership that Pete Briscoe has brought to Bent Tree, and I know that so many of us have been impacted by his attention to the Lord and quick obedience to however God leads him. I was blown away. Its How do we protect the entity and the entity as expressed through the person of Bill Hybels? Once you make that decision that youre willing to protect the entity or the person in charge of the entity to the detriment of members of the body or members of the staff, youve made some poor choices that are going to have consequences. He currently leads a multi-faceted media ministry called Telling the Truth which he shares with his parents Stuart and Jill Briscoe. Basically, theyre a rubber stamp., Julie, I have a different take on what happened at WCC. Pete has offered to This is what manifests. Understanding & Overcoming Spiritual Abuse, Part II, Understanding & Overcoming Spiritual Abuse, Escaping & Healing from Abusive Churches, Part 2, https://world.wng.org/sites/default/files/issues/pdf/world_sep012018.pdf, https://www.billionbibles.com/voice-of-the-martyrs.html. :), I would strongly urge you to research Voice of the Martyrs. Do we have a theology of goodness at our church? Like if you go back and you actually read his books line-on-line, there are some things in there in those books where you go, For a pastor, that should be unacceptable. But he was attenuating his church culture and culture at large to him in his behavior. That goes to the guarding role that Attorney Mitch shared. The other thing I wanted to talk to you about in you mentioned this in earlier discussion we had about the identity of elders and how so often, and I dont think its just elders, I think its a lot of the senior pastor leadership and staff that their identity tends to become enmeshed with the success or failure of the organization theyre a part of. Would you consider making a tax-deductible donation to help our journalists continue to report the truth and restore the church? About Stuart and Jill Briscoe Fellowship, Church family, Community. And I do think theres a spiritual stronghold, I hope and pray that it will be broken in our area. I attended Willow for seven years. Well, Mitch, this has been read. And something else that you mentioned about the board, which I found fascinating was that the Willow Creek board had an awful lot of lawyers on it. Or what is the church think about Calvinism? something along those lines. Julie, it is great to be with you again. What I need most is what I dont have. And Im like, Ive never seen a spiritual leader ever, ever have that sort of self disclosure in front of the church before he preaches. And then everyone could say, Oh, how sad that that one person did that one thing. Yeah, yeah, I think I think thats a good word to Julie. And to do that, we must avoid falling into the trap of our Christian beliefs being pitted against culture in the public sphere of debate. Thank God I have Jesus. So, and youre the chairman of your board. I want to share that God used Petes sermon on not being isolated (Ecclesiastes) in our sons life. Get new articles and breaking news delivered to your inbox. And I think Christian leaders need to start stepping up. I thought that emails could always be recovered, even after being erased, by a good IT person. A man who "dedicated his life to sharing Gods Word with the world" has died at the age of 91. If you go back through Willow Creeks archives, you can see all the, you know, the authors of books who came in and were platformed at Willow Creek. John and Nancy Ortberg had been at Willow Creek as pastors. On this episode of The Roys Report, Julie explores these important questions with Mitch Little, whos not just an attorney for victims. So many people are looking the other way. To us, he was Stu, Dad and Poppa and we already miss him achingly." It took me a long time to agree that he had done the things of which he had been accused. He makes sure the good things stay in the church and the bad things go out. The church said in essence, Tsk, tsk. Its something like Child Protection Policies. 1 talking about this. Now, I coach pastors and business leaders in communications and self-care. I dont know. Pete Briscoe @petebriscoe 12 Dec 2021. They have to be theyre incredibly convincing. 1 talking about this. And my understanding was the elder board set some boundaries for Clinton to be able to come and speak. Who hasnt given a friend a friendly kiss once in awhile? And so when I looked at that in the context of James MacDonald going, you know what, thats the type of accountability that man needed and was denied. He is with us today to talk about growing communication skills to improve preaching as well as how we can find deeper fulfillment in our work and lives. Well, and it troubles me too, that so many of our Christian organizations seem to be more beholden to lawyers advice and counsel than they do the Word of God. As I was working through the Willow Creek representation with these women, the thing that kept cropping up to me was the Milgram experiment. Yes, I have be disillusioned many times by churches and some leaders. Well, I tried other churches and its more of the same. The news of Petes resignation landed heavy on my heart. God uses the faithful and generous support of people like you to continue to change lives through the ministry of Telling the Truth. Heres to better days and better church health. What is it was Chicago? And if you dont have a character to lead, no manual is going to help you. Because they were required to move by unanimity. And if youd like to find me online, just go to JulieRoys.com. And we need to start on the work of reconciliation and repentance now. And you have two or three board members who go, I dont think so, they did nothing. Absolutely horrible. My husband and I actually bought our last car from our court and we had a great experience. You know, I believe in spiritual strongholds and things like that. Can you imagine how many books that sold her? 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