Willow Creek Association President Tom De Vries apologized Thursday at the Global Leadership Summit for the “missteps, mistakes, slip-ups, blunders” made in not condemning sooner the alleged actions of Willow Creek Community Church founder Bill Hybels.
De Vries also encouraged leadership partners to help build constructive dialogue in charting a path forward.
On April 10, after multiple women accused him of sexual misconduct, Hybels resigned as pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Illinois, and from his position as chair of the board of directors of the Willow Creek Association which produces the annual Global Leadership Summit.
In a statement described as a “family conversation” at the start of the summit at the megachurch Thursday, De Vries reiterated that Hybels’ connection to the organization since his resignation had been severed and admitted “we could and should have done better.”
“Bill’s engagement with the summit and the Willow Creek Association has been severed,” he said.
“There is no map for the journey we’ve been on. We’ve had missteps, mistakes, slip-ups, blunders not condemning Bills actions to a greater degree and more publicly; not showing…
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