![]() ![]() Two DVDs in his four-part teaching series, Basic, have been released, with more to come in March. “I need to get better at just saying no to people and no to the crowds.Jesus worked a lot with individuals and his twelve. “I was giving a lot of people just five minutes here and five minutes there,” he said in an interview, describing the book’s central theme. His second, The Forgotten God: Reversing our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, offers a glimpse into why he left. His first book, Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, has hit the New York Times best seller list since he left for Asia. Chan reluctantly calls it an Evangelical church, but says “titles on churches don’t always match up. Like many independent churches in the United States, Cornerstone is not tied to a larger denomination. So after lots of prayer and soul searching, Chan decided it was best to leave the church, country, and Internet behind to focus on serving others one-on-one.Ĭhan’s rise in popularity began with the founding of Cornerstone Community Church in 1994. At the same time you, can’t love every single person and answer them.” When thousands of people tell you what they think, how can I be quick to listen, like the Bible says? I don’t want to be a jerk and tune everyone out. “It makes you arrogant or it makes you want to shoot yourself. “When there is a large constituency, there’s a lot of voices,” he said. His fame was straining his work as a pastor. In his world of big conference crowds, multiple services each week, and instant access to social media, the notion of pastoral care had begun to change. He quotes the apostle Paul, who told his followers “I didn’t die for you.” I want to be used by God, but I think we have this desire to make heroes out of people rather than following God and the Holy Spirit.” “I think there has been too much emphasis on me. That was a big part of the reason he walked away at the peak of his professional career. “Even in my own church I heard the words, ‘Francis Chan’ more than I heard the words, ‘Holy Spirit’,” he said. “I just want to disappear for a while,” he said in late September as he prepared to leave Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California for an undisclosed location in Asia.īefore selling his house and packing up his wife and three children, Chan was becoming “Christian famous” in Evangelical circles. ![]() ![]() Then he abruptly resigned and left the country.īut in Francis Chan’s unexpected journey there apparently is no hidden scandal, no money trail, and no ‘other’ woman. He was a sought-after speaker at major conferences, wrote two best-sellers and launched a DVD teaching series. He pastored a 4,000-member church in California. ![]()
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