Francis Chan
Francis Chan is the founder and former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church in Simi Valley, California. He is a noted speaker and author of Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God and Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit, His most recent book, Erasing Hell: What God Said About Eternity, and the Things We’ve Made Up, was a response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins.
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The 'Crazy Love' author stepped down from his church and doesn't know where he's headed.
Why 'Erasing Hell' was his most difficult book, how 'Love Wins' prompted repentance, and whether 'Believe in Jesus or you'll go to hell' is good news.
Francis Chan Returns from Hong Kong After Visa RejectedThe California pastor hopes to return to the small group of house churches he started last year.
Francis Chan Explains Why He’ll Share a Stage With Benny Hinn“There are millions who will never hear strong biblical teaching unless teachers are willing to go.”
Francis Chan: Stop Treating the Book of Acts Like HyperboleThe former megachurch pastor asks today’s churches to measure their practices against the New Testament standard.
Here Come the Radicals!David Platt, Francis Chan, Shane Claiborne, and now Kyle Idleman are dominating the Christian best-seller lists by attacking our comfortable Christianity. But is 'radical faith' enough?- Catching WavesFrancis Chan says we should stop trying to make people love Jesus, and learn to rely on prayer, elders, and the Holy Spirit instead.
- Jim Belcher, Francis Chan, N.T. Wright, and Others Leave the Pastorate to Write and SpeakWhy church planters often quit their congregations.
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