ChristianWeek chats with Lawrence Wilkes, interim minister of the troubled Crystal Cathedral.
Wilkes first joined the staff at the Crystal Cathedral in 1991, serving as pastor in the church’s evening service for 10 years as well as being a dean at the Robert Schuller School for Preaching. He left the church in 2009, but eagerly accepted the invitation to come back as interim pastor.
“I love the people of the church,” Wilkes says. “I love them very, very much and it has deeply distressed me and hurt me to see the horrible things that have gone on here over the years. I just readily said yes because I want to do anything I can to help this congregation.”
I clicked over earlier in the day after seeing this story here.
To me it seems rather “small town” of Christian Week to focus on the fact that Wilkes is from Winnipeg. Is it the real story that he’s from Winnipeg or that he’s from Canada?
I think more us in Canada could take ownership of this story if they — and you — had identified that the lead pastor at a very influential church which is going through a very pivotal time in its history, is a Canadian.
Fair point Paul, well said, the point is that Lawrence Wilkes is a Canadian who has stepped into a difficult situation with fortitude and love.
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