{"id":2916,"date":"2007-09-19T13:03:51","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T20:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2015-11-20T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-20T21:22:04","slug":"bill-hybels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/bill-hybels\/","title":{"rendered":"Wake-up Call for Bill Hybels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bill<\/a>I visited Bill Hybels’ Willow Creek Church while I was living in Chicago in the late 90’s. And while it is always dangerous and unwise to criticize a ministry you have little firsthand knowledge about, I remember thinking, “This is fantastic for the unchurched…but what are they doing for the believers?”<\/p>\n

I asked this to one of the church leaders, and he told me the church had Saturday and Wednesday night services for the maturing believers, as well as small groups, and leadership training tracks.<\/p>\n

At the time, I felt this was satisfactory.<\/p>\n

But guess what? Bill Hybels now says that it isn’t working.<\/p>\n

EDIT (2011): When I originally wrote this post, I had a video from Bill Hybels. That video has now been pulled off the internet because Bill Hybels said he was misunderstood. Maybe he was… Either way, here is a video from one of his staff members from about the same time:<\/p>\n

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