Of all the megachurches in America, we found very few who imposed any sort of Covid Jab requirement, as very few were willing to go there after imposing a mask mandate. Among the few were Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, JD Greear’s Summit Church in a select location, and Redeemer Presbyterian, the church where Tim Keller famously preached. Redeemer Presbyterian at the eastside location perhaps was the most prominent church to brazenly enforce a Branch Covidian apartheid on the jabbed and unjabbed in the entire country, as many Branch Covidian churches refused to meet in person.
Tim Keller has apparently been quite butthurt about the reporting of the actions of the church he founded. He took to Twitter to call out the discernment bloggers who raised awareness of this issue.
As one of the outlets who broke this initial story, it was not reported that Tim Keller was actively preaching at Redeemer Presbyterian. Nor was it reported that he made the decision. It was reported that his church implemented this unbiblical policy. The association with Keller was enough for the story to gain traction as he is, unfortunately, one of the greatest influences in the church today.
In the third sentence, Evangelical Dark Web specified:
Redeemer Presbyterian Church has been one of the model churches for functioning in a large city. Tim Keller has been famous for marrying the gospel to the city. Though he is retired from leading his church, this influence still stands.
We tend to believe that most other outlets who picked up this story also reported the nuance that Tim Keller has retired. Tim Keller is angry that he was wrongfully blamed, despite the fact that he cultivated a church environment that would install such abominable practices.
Additionally, Keller justifies his church’s actions by blaming their landlords. Historically, this is known as just following orders. We pointed this out when JD Greear’s Summit Church had the same issue. The policy wasn’t any less excusable then, nor is Keller’s excuse justified now.
It was reported accurately at the time, and it hasn’t been disproved once. His church committed and participated in evil. Tim Keller is gaslighting. Tim Keller is a false teacher.
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