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It\u2019s not easy being a celebrity pastor these days with that pesky Internet around.<\/span><\/p>\n

Consider the struggles of Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. Faced with mounting accusations circulating online \u2013plagiarism, misusing church funds to prop book sales, silencing anyone in his church with the temerity to question him \u2014 Driscoll has urged his followers to stay off the Web. \u201cIt\u2019s all shenanigans anyway,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n

Steven Furtick, a megachurch pastor in North Carolina, and Dave Ramsey, an evangelical finance guru, have been taking hits, too, as have the wheeler-dealers on the Preachers of L.A. reality show. This, against a backdrop of culture shifts creating strong headwinds against the leader-and-follower model typified by today\u2019s Christian superstars.<\/p>\n

What are a megapastor and his followers to do? Remembering the biblical admonitions against idolatry would be a good start.<\/p>\n

Read the rest here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"