Update: Bell to Move to L.A. and Launch a Tour
The pastor who ignited a debate over heaven and hell has
announced his departure from the church he founded.
Rob Bell has decided to leave Mars Hill Church, the Grandville, Michigan,
megachurch he and his wife founded 12 years ago, to focus on a broader audience,
the church announced today.
Flickering Pixels author Shane Hipps will take over for
Bell during spring 2012 after Bell finishes his series on Acts in December.
Update 9/25/2011:
Rob Bell told Mars Hill today that he will leave for Los Angeles
to follow a “calling to share God's love” in new ways, WZZM reports from Grand Rapids. He will move with his family to
California to continue writing books and speaking on national and international
tours, but he will not start a new church, he said.
Bell will launch his "Fit to Smash Ice Tour" in Canada in November and
continue the tour in the U.S. "We serve a big God and none of this is shocking
to him,” WZZM reports Bell said during his sermon. “All we can do is embrace a
future that is going to be brilliant."
Bell continues to promote his bestselling book Love Wins,
and David Vanderveen announced the completion of the Love Wins companion
study guide due from HarperOne in November.
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