With the resignation of Bill Hybels, the Willow Creek Board, and the new Lead Pastor, the mothership of church growth and modern mega-churches hit the iceberg. American evangelicalism quivers. We take a little advice from our Chinese Christian brothers on this one. We have a lot of silver and gold, and plenty of bodies, bucks, and buildings. What we need is the spiritual renewal. We need to see people rising from the dead. Did American evangelicalism construct half-way houses on the road to apostasy?
Homeschooled himself in the 1960's and 70's, Kevin Swanson and his wife, Brenda, are now homeschooling their five children. Since graduating from his homeschool and then serving as student body president of a large west coast university, he has gone on to other leadership positions in corporate management, church, and other non-profits.