The elders at Boones Ferry became aware of disturbing news regarding Western Seminary -- one of the only Portland area seminaries we considered biblically faithful. Having exhausted our options to convince the Western board to take action, we are appealing to Pastors & Christians in the Portland area and the rest of the Northwest to be warned of the false teachers that we know have infiltrated Western Seminary, and to pray for a cleansing that would rescue Western from following the same path into biblical liberalism that George Fox Seminary (now Portland Seminary) did decades ago.

References:

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/why-evangelicals-should-ignore-brian-mclaren-how-the-new-testament-requires/

Tim Mackie teaching God did not create hell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykH8E9wTCcQ&t=1026s

Tim Mackie claiming that hell is a place of God's mercy and care: https://bibleproject.com/podcast/heaven-earth-q-r/transcript/

What does the Bible Project teach about hell? https://youtu.be/dJT9QPbyX1U

Western Seminary's belief statement: https://www.westernseminary.edu/about/what-we-believe

Western Seminary's leadership: https://www.westernseminary.edu/about/leadership