Apparently around half of the ~500 Acts29 churches in the US have not renewed their membership in the network.
There were some high profile departures over the past 18 months including a church that was originally planted out of Matt Chandler's church. Some of the louder departing pastors mentioned a video A29 put out about being nice to gay people and other things they thought indicated a "leftward" drift (LOL). Others mentioned lack of financial transparency. IIIRC, each A29 church has a small annual fee and then they are asked to give 10% back to the network for additional church planting and development.
This recent mass departure is related to the annual renewal commitment. It included something asking pastors to not besmirch the network or if they had problems to bring them to A29 instead of airing it out in public. Many of the churches interpreted this as an anti-disparagement clause and didn't like that.
What is hilarious to me is that every single A29 pastor I've met has wanted to run their church the way A29 runs at that level. They don't want broad accountability, they want a few hand-picked dudes as elders. They don't want to have financial accountability or share decision making with the congregation. When someone says they were hurt by the church or wants to share their story when they leave, A29 pastors freak out and talk about how church family should work through things internally and give each other grace and the benefit of the doubt and not assume the worst about their intentions.
One of the earlier departures is a church pastored by Chase Davis. He now does a podcast called Full Proof Theology. I don't have the stomach to listen, but he regularly interviews people like Doug Wilson.
Institutional complementarianism always leads to misogyny and patriarchy.
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