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EPISODE · Oct 1, 2025 · 53 MIN

Will Christianity Today Sell to Canon Press?

from CrossPolitic Show · host Pastor Toby, Choc Knox, Waterboy

In this special CrossPolitic episode, Gabe welcomes Canon Press co-owners Aaron Rench and Nate Wilson to discuss their bold $10 million offer to purchase Christianity Today magazine. The conversation explores the strategic thinking behind major ministry moves, contrasting the "cruise ship vs. battleship" mentality that plagues many Christian organizations. Aaron and Nate discuss their vision to restore CT as a place where evangelical Christianity can "have it out", hosting real conversations between believers with different perspectives, rather than the current progressive echo chamber. Buy Canon Press books and support their publishing work here: https://canonpress.com Fight Laugh Feast 2025 Conference (October 16-18, Nashville) - Register HERE: https://flfnetwork.com Some clarification on comments I made on our show titled: “Will Christianity Today Sell to Canon Press?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH6aDjC6R0A I said on the show yesterday about the 29:30 mark, that Pastor Burk Parsons of St. Andrews Chapel was suspended by the Central Florida Presbytery. This did happen, and Burk is currently appealing the judgment. After talking to a member of St. Andrews Chapel today, it seems the presbytery might need its own house cleaned and that Burk is right in appealing his suspension. That is the other side of the story: Proverbs 18:17. So, while my original comments are true, I wanted to add that Burk is appealing his suspension.  My comments on St. Andrews Pastoral Salaries: I had read that the pastoral salaries were not released to their congregation and that Burk’s salary was $410k and their two assistant pastors salary was about $300k each. While I have no problem with paying good Pastors good money, the issue that caught my attention was that pastoral salary information was being withheld from the conjuration and some of the elders. This was supposedly reported from the regional presbytery, which I was willing to believe the local presbytery at this point, and come to find out that the presbytery never required St. Andrews to release any of the salary info. So, I was under the impression that the presbytery released the salary info, but the presbytery released nothing what so ever about the salary info. So, my comments on the salary drama were incorrect. So, I retract those comments and as forgiveness from the leadership of St. Andrews Chapel for adding to the rumor mill. Gabriel Rench

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