Mark Driscoll removed from the Acts 29 church planting network he helped found

Sarah Pulliam Bailey

(RNS) Seattle megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has been removed from a church-planting network of more than 500 churches he helped found after a pattern of “ungodly and disqualifying behavior.”

Driscoll has been an influential but edgy pastor within conservative evangelical circles for several years. His own Mars Hill Church attracts some 14,000 people at 15 locations across five states each Sunday.

At the same time, however, Driscoll has been controversial in evangelical circles for years. The New York Times Magazine called him “one of the most admired – and reviled – figures among evangelicals nationwide.” He’s provocative, occasionally profane and known for swiftly cutting his critics down to size in what’s been called a holier-than-thou attitude.

After the board action, all of Driscoll’s Mars Hill Church locations have been removed from the website of the Acts 29 network .

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