However, he noted, “the reality is that a larger percentage of our giving happens at the end of the year.”Ĭritics, however, say that though Morris has a softer sell, he still preaches the same health and wealth gospel of prominent prosperity preachers like Kenneth Hagin. Stevens told The Roys Report that the church budgets the same amount of revenue for every week- about $614,000 across seven campuses. But he said giving so far this year is on par with last year’s weekly giving average. This year’s giving budget is about half the church’s revenue in 2019, when investigators said sexual misconduct allegations against Willow Creek’s founder Bill Hybels were credible. Stevens confirmed that Willow Creek’s average weekly giving so far this year is 20% below the church’s already reduced budget. Give a gift of $30 or more to The Roys Report this month, and you will receive a copy of “Wounded Workers: Recovering from Heartache in the Workplace and the Church” by Kirk Farnsworth. When asked about Morris’ money-back guarantee, Willow Creek Executive Pastor Tim Stevens said Willow is spreading the word about God’s miraculous provision - not a prosperity gospel. And just last summer, Morris had Driscoll speak at an ARC preaching seminar at Gateway Church. Morris was the first to replatform Driscoll after the Mars Hill debacle in 2014. (It’s no longer listed in the ARC’s church finder.) He also is one of disgraced pastor Mark Driscoll’s staunchest supporters. Morris is pastor of Gateway Church, once the largest congregation of the Association of Related Churches (ARC) in the United States. In 22 years of church no one’s ever asked for money (back).” I’ve told our church on multiple occasions, I’ve said to them, if you’ll try it for one year, if you are not fully satisfied at the end of that year, I’ll give you your money back. “Thousands and thousands” had seen their lives changed after starting to give 10% of their income regularly, Morris said. The sermon contained a singular promise: Tithe for a year, and if you’re not satisfied, you’ll get your money back. Facing persistently lower giving, Willow Creek Community Church last Sunday invited Pastor Robert Morris, who some allege is a prosperity preacher, to deliver a guest sermon on tithing.

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