Willow Creek Church Is Laying Off 30 Percent of Its Staff - RELEVANT
Willow Creek Community Church, the Chicago-area megachurch that ranks among the nation's most influential, announced massive layups following Covid
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Willow Creek announces staff cuts as pandemic ravages giving, church attendance
Nearly three months after controversially offering his congregants a money-back guarantee if they tithed 10% of their income for a year and nothing happens, Willow Creek Community Church Senior Pastor David Dummitt recently admitted the “hard reality” that the suburban Chicago megachurch has been forced to cut its staff due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on giving.
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