Mark Driscoll Kicked Out From The Conference For Calling Out Bizare Pole Acrobatics

During his rebuke, Pastor Driscoll was told that he was “out of line” by the event’s host, Pastor John Lindell. Driscoll replied, “Pastor John, I received that,” and walked off the stage. Then, pastor John got on the stage and tried his best to calm the angry audience by saying that Driscoll should have addressed this privately.

The incident stirred up debate, and many people started commenting on it on Twitter or X. Some were very critical, but most agreed that this kind of display should not be part of a Christian event.

While bizarre, the whole incident raises more questions about ministries and churches in the U.S. obsessed with producing entertaining events and spending millions of dollars trying to mimic Hollywood.

Some people might say that hindsight is 20/20, and it’s easier to pile up on the embattled host pastor for putting this on. The bigger question is how bad the discernment in a church has to be for a pastor to try implementing weird tricks like these without his elders and team calling him out and holding him accountable for misusing funds to fund these lewd and bizarre displays of entertainment.

I am guessing the process is a slow fade, little by little, deviating from preaching the word of God, and instead of inspiring men to be men of God, they resort to gimmicks and tricks.

Some people have criticized Mark Driscoll for not telling the host pastor exactly what he was about to do in private before he did it in public, but I think a rebuke was necessary when this display was done publicly.

I pray that God gives us better men, godly men who care about teaching the word of God and his power, pastors who will teach men to be good husbands and fathers, pastors and evangelists, preachers, and teachers, and good businessmen who run businesses with conviction.

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