Who is the pastor of watermark community church

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What is scandalous is when a Christian plays with, overlooks or welcomes sin, respectable or not," the Christian Post reported Wagner told members of the church. In November , the church was first established by Wagner and a small group of friends. WCC now has two campuses and averages about 11, congregants each week. Leventhal and his family had been part of the church since it began. After hundreds of hours of conversations over several months, every member of the Elder team, Elder Emeritus team, and the various community groups involved all affirm these decisions.

The statement goes on to say that despite the a "challenging season," David and Todd are "at peace together," and the two will continue to serve together on the church's Elder Emeritus team. Thompson and Friedrich also reported a new elder candidate had been selected.

Advertise With Us Submit News. Listen Podcasts. Contests Chicken Chef Lunch Break. All Rights Reserved. When I worked for multi-site mega church some years ago, I had a front row seat to how information is disseminated to the congregation. My first experience was at my new employee orientation, when I was told that employees were not permitted to speak to the media about church business. If I were to receive a call or email from the media, I was instructed to forward to the communications department, as they handled all PR business for the church.

After a couple of promotions, I found myself working in a department that was privy to very sensitive and confidential information. It was during this time that I witnessed something that caused me to lose a tremendous amount of respect for the church leadership. I watched as the senior pastor delivered this heavily scripted speech to the congregation in such a way as to make them believe that what had happened was actually GOOD and would further the kingdom of God.

It was quite brilliant, actually. It was also a lie. The senior pastor stood on stage, and with a straight face — lied to the congregation about what had actually happened. If your church employs 10 or more employees…you are running a business.

You have entrusted the leadership by being a member of an elder-led congregation to make those decisions for you. She said everyone was caught by surprise by the announcement, which she found to be strange. She was told that because WM is an elder-led church, decisions about what information is given to congregation is at the discretion of the elders, which in this case, involves details that cannot be shared publicly.

His success at a teacher was such that the leadership decided they wanted Todd to be the lead pastor, instead of Howard Clarke, who was the lead pastor at that time. As most church splits go, the guy with all the support wins and usually ends up taking some of the congregation along with him to start a new church. It appears that Todd Wagner was put under formal church discipline sometime in Where does this leave the members? Those are the only two choices the members have.

It is a very difficult thing to invest your life and effort into a church, only to find out that you are not being told the truth. The monarch is the dignified and the government, the efficient.

These two institutions only work when they support each other, trust one another. If there is no trust, it is unsustainable.

When trust has been broken, it is very difficult to regain. Only through transparency and truthfulness can it be restored. Todd Wagner took to social media rather quickly after the announcement with a couple of tweets that could best be described as — well — odd. He worked there for 10 years and most recently was on the teaching faculty at Kanakuk Institute.

In light of the recent events surrounding the massive sexual abuse cover-up at Kamp Kanakuk, it would be hard to believe that Wagner was not aware of what went on there. I discovered this week that the faculty and Board of Director pages at Kanakuk Institute had been taken down. Why were the webpages deleted? What is going on over at Kanakuk Institute? The world is his oyster at this point, I suppose.

No doubt he resigned with a nice compensation package. I suspect he already has his next venture in process and predict that will see him resurface soon in a new ministry. I left WM in after a grueling process of trying to reach out for help in a homeless situation when WM church had always claimed that no member of the church would ever go homeless. Hisforever yahoo. You article is spot on.

Either a class action lawsuit, detrimental to the financial stability of the church was in the wings, or Kanakuk is expanding. No way all that abuse was held in silence. The people of Watermark are to blame. Because you know, Jesus was all about Lycra!

During the yoga pant discussion he implores women to think about why they would want to wear comfortable, stretchy pants during exercise and what message that is sending…apparently he believes you are trying to be super sexual, prideful, etc.

All during his admonishment … Read more ». The way they said things brings more questions than they want. Thereby culling the herd … Read more ». In traditional congregationalist churches, there is only ONE elder the pastor. The issue is lack of upstream authority. So, no presbyteries, no bishops, no church courts or councils. So, you get massive cults of personalities. It goes with the territory.

Personally and this admittedly is fraught with problems too , give me bishops and I am a Presbyterian! Not all churches are Elder lead…for all their screwiness since the conservatives took over, Southern Baptist churches are congregation lead.