Now I’m no David Hayward, but this is what came out on the last one as I was wondering what it was going to take for “leaders” like Brian McLaren, Doug Pagitt, and Rachel Held Evans to revoke their support for and endorsement of Tony Jones. I call this one #WhenTony.
I agree! Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren and the other Emergent Crowd should have confronted Tony Jones (what kind of bum bails on his wife and three young children to have sex with another woman, who is also married?) when Jones left his wife. The Emergent leaders should have DEMANDED that Tony Jones step down from Christian leadership (that’s in the Bible). Doug Pagitt, Brian McLaren and the rest of the EC should have kicked Tony Jones out entirely when Jones left his wife and three young children for his shack-up honey, whom he later married.
Selfish people…all of them! (And by the way, think about the pain that Courtney’s ex-husband was in to find out that his wife was unfaithful.)
Dee and Deb at The Wartburg Watch in North Carolina, at the suggestion of Julie Anne at the Spiritual Sounding Board (Northwest), started a fundraiser for Tony Jones’ ex-wife Julie, given that Jones is always taking her to court over the children.
Julie needs our help and prayers. This is what real Christians and real people do: help those in need. Julie is one of those people.
If you can, please donate.
http://www.gofundme.com/ko5bn8?utm_content=buffer30c17&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Hope everyone contributes to the fund
This is a great idea! What IS the breaking point? I know quite a few mega church pastors to try this one on for their followers.
You are right, how bad does it have to get? My contention is that their “ministries” are so intertwined and it is based on not only profits but saving face. the popular wisdom is to let these things blow over and they then try to rehab their personal brand in new ways.
I think that is going to be much harder for the Emergent/Progressive celebs because their shtick was speaking for the oppressed. The real question is, where they ever really “authentic”?