Publishers Suspend Publication of Bill Hybels’ Books After Misconduct Allegations

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(Photo: The Christian Post/Napp Nazworth)Bill Hybels, senior pastor at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., speaking at Church of the Reformation, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2013.

Two prominent Christian publishing companies have suspended the publication of books written by former Illinois megachurch pastor Bill Hybels after he stepped down last week in light of allegations of sexual misconduct.

Tyndale House and InterVarsity Press have both announced that, for now, they no longer plan to publish books written by the founder of the multicampus Willow Creek Community Church.

The Chicago Tribune reports that the Illinois-based Tyndale House suspended its plan to publish Everyone Wins When a Leader Gets Better, Hybels’ upcoming book that was scheduled for release on Aug. 7.

“We will make a final decision regarding potential publication after we absorb the facts and implications related to these allegations,” Tyndale House spokesperson Todd Starowitz said in a statement. “We take allegations of misconduct seriously, and we are deeply concerned for all involved, both those who have brought forth these allegations as well as the Hybels family.”

InterVarsity Press, which is also based in Illinois, told the newspaper that it will no longer reprint copies of…

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