Thursday, May 15, 2014

in light of the recent CT article on A29 ... remembering Driscoll's very brief 2012 tenure resuming presidency of A29

Let's recall that on February 7, 2012 Mark Driscoll wrote a letter to Acts 29 members explaining how with the encouragement of Scott Thomas and the approve of the board Mark Driscoll was going to resume presidency of Acts 29. 

http://www.acts29network.org/acts-29-blog/dear-acts-29-members/
February 6, 2012
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With Pastor Scott’s encouragement and the board approval, this means I am resuming the presidency of Acts 29. I want to invest every resource and relationship at my disposal to serve our church planters. Consider this primarily the “Prophet” board. This board is not closed and other men may join it in years to come. This board will be meeting soon in California, long before our annual retreat, so that we have a clear battle plan for the next season of Acts 29.

And then ...
http://www.acts29network.org/acts-29-blog/a-note-on-some-transitions/

March 21, 2012
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For the first years, the network offices were housed in Florida, as David served as our president. Then the offices were moved to Seattle when I assumed the presidency. Since that time, David has passed on to see the Jesus he loved face to face, and Acts 29 has grown rapidly, now totaling more than 400 churches in the U.S., as well as international church planting involvement. Since then, other qualified men have taken the reins of Acts 29 and run with the vision David and I had years ago.

Recently, I sensed that not all was well in Acts 29. As my concerns grew, I recently resumed the presidency of Acts 29 to work directly with our network captains, most influential pastors, and staff. It seemed to me that some of our relationships, board size and structure, communication, systems, and such were not as effective as we needed, which is to be expected to some degree in a large, complex, fast-growing entrepreneurial network such as ours. 

Seeking wise counsel, I asked Darrin Patrick and Matt Chandler to fly to Seattle in order to meet with the executive elders of Mars Hill for a full day to decide a course of action. They graciously did so, and in our time together was a rich, true brotherhood, a renewed and deepened commitment to Acts 29, and a Spirit-lead unity.

Together, we decided, in light of all the complexity we’re facing, that the best thing for Acts 29 going forward would be for Matt Chandler to assume the presidency, move the network offices to Dallas, and select his Acts 29 staff.

So that was a resumed presidency that didn't even last two full months, from the look of things. 

Since 2012 the make-up of the board of Acts 29 has looked a lot different from what it was in early 2012.  You can read about that elsewhere at this blog at your leisure.

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