Special Episode: CT Reports on Itself
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As production of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill progressed, another story was developing—inside the walls of Christianity Today. On March 15, 2022, CT released the results of an independent report from Guidepost Solutions, which outlined institutionally tolerated sexual harassment and misconduct along with failures in reporting and monitoring. To the heartbreak of many, some of the unhealthy behaviors that were being explored on this podcast were endemic at CT as well.
If the story of Mars Hill is about more than a particular church, we must consider how the institutions we love and serve model similar failures. We must be willing to pursue justice and submit ourselves to the costly work of repentance and restoration.
In this episode of The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, host Mike Cosper turns over the microphone to pivotal voices in the CT investigation, including whistleblower and online managing editor Andrea Palpant Dilley and CEO Tim Dalrymple. Learn how CT’s informal HR policies hurt the organization and how a “ministry as family” attitude enabled predatory behavior. Listen as well to how CT plans to move forward as they seek to respond with transparency, fairness, and accountability.
Links:
- Timothy Dalrymple’s Editorial, “We Fell Short in Protecting Our Employees”
- Daniel Silliman’s Reporting, “Sexual Harassment Went Unchecked at Christianity Today”
- Guidepost Solutions Independent Assessment
“The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill” is a production of Christianity Today
Executive Producer: Erik Petrik
Producer, Writer, Editor, Host, and Mix Engineer: Mike Cosper
Associate Producer: Joy Beth Smith
Music and Sound Design: Kate Siefker
Graphic Design: Bryan Todd
Editorial Consultant: Kate Shellnutt
Editor in Chief: Timothy Dalrymple
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As always, your series is enlightening and profound. Every episode has been important and exceedingly well done. But as you pivot and take a look at the problems inside your own company, I think you're making a really common mistake in your assessments. Remember that sin is a condition of the human heart and is not a product of a doctrinal framework or a societal system... or a political ideology. Sin doesn't belong to the complementarians more than the egalitarians. And if you believe that it does, you're making the same mistake that progressive politicians are making when they attempt to manage cultural change or blame culture for sin. Sin is not a product of culture but of the human heart.  To the point, we won't stamp out sexual exploitation or racism when we sufficiently control "the system." Only fools think we can engineer this bad behavior out of our institutions. Blaming the culture takes the heat off of the INDIVIDUAL. Should your Board of Directors have fired your editor