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Mark Driscoll confirms move to Arizona

by Sam Hailes

In an email to supporters, Driscoll said, "After meeting with many former church leaders for reconciliation and closure in Seattle, our family is in the midst of a new adventure as we have moved to the Phoenix area."

He said there were "no concrete plans" to reengage in local church ministry as he plans "not to rush into anything".

The email comes almost a year after he stepped down as Pastor of Mars Hill in Seattle. He was accused of bullying and abusive behaviour.

Who is Mark Driscoll?

- Was born in North Dakota in October 1970
- Founder of Mars Hill Church
- Stepped down over allegations of bullying
- Named in Preachers Magazines's 25 most influential pastors
- Once said there isn't any good young, UK Bible teachers

Warren Throckmorton who broke the news on his blog has said his sources in Phoenix have revealed Driscoll has discussed planting a church there and "may even have a building".

In a recently released interview with Hillsong's Brian Houston, Driscoll said he didn't have plans for the future. He said: "We don't know what's next. People have speculated. I don't know. I would like to teach the Bible and love people. What that looks like, I don't know.

"Right now the plan is to seek wise council...to not rush like I did the first time. To wait and learn and not try to prove myself or have my comeback. I am not motivated that way at present."

The pastor and his wife Grace were tearful as they recounted the break-up of the church they founded, Mars Hill Seattle.

In the 52 minute interview, Houston asked tough questions about the "huge fallout from some of the mistakes [Driscoll] has made". He asked Driscoll if his recent public apologies were "too little, too late".

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Grace Driscoll defended her husband from recent criticisms, saying, "I've never seen him as a misogynist. [I've] never even thought that of him at all. I've witnessed the opposite and I've been here 27 years. So I can say yes there were methods that were wrong in the beginning but I know his heart."

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