Josh Benner

Tag: Chicago

  • Moving day – one chapter closes, another begins

    Moving day today. I finished up my pastoral residency in Minnesota. I think of the places where I’ve lived. Columbus, Ohio, my hometown. The place that will always be home. Bowling Green, Ohio, where I went to college and had some of the greatest times of my life. So much of who I am today…

  • Willow Creek fallout continues as pastor and elders all resign

    Willow Creek church was formerly the third largest church in America. A trailblazing church over the past 40 years under the visionary leadership of Bill Hybels. Hybles planned to retire later this year but this past spring, the Chicago Tribune reported about accusations of sexual misconduct. In the fallout, Hybels retried shortly after. The reigns…

  • More allegations, more problems for Willow Creek

    Bill Hybels is one of the most influential Christian leaders of the past generation. Earlier this spring he stepped down from his position at Willow Creek, the church he founded, in the wake of a number of allegations stretching back several years of inappropriate contact between Hybels and women connected to the church and leadership…

  • Reaction: Bill Hybels steps down

    Bill Hybels stepped down as the pastor of Willow Creek Church in suburban Chicago yesterday. This came a few weeks after a Chicago Tribune report which talked about decades of sexual misconduct: lingering hugs to females, kissing women staffers, inappropriate comments, inviting women back to his hotel room on trips. The 66 year old pastor…

  • Life lessons from baseball

      Tomorrow is opening day of the 2018 Major League Baseball season. Between opening day and the end of the season in early November, more than 2,430 games will be played. Baseball’s regular season is the longest in American professional sports, nearly doubling the 82 games NBA and NHL seasons. I think about the baseball…