Criticism and Controversy
In 2008, Jeff McSwain, the Area Director of Durham and Chapel Hill, along with others, was fired after taking issue with the organization's "sin talks." McSwain's theology emphasizes that "God has a covenant, marriage-like relationship with the world he has created, not a contract relationship that demands obedience prior to acceptance ." This statement alludes Young Life's Calvinism . Tony Jones describes Young Life’s Statement of “non-negotiatables” as telling staffers that “they must not introduce the concept of Jesus and his grace until the students have been sufficiently convinced of their own depravity and been allowed to stew in that depravity" . Eight members of Young Life's teaching staff based in Durham, North Carolina resigned their positions after these "non-negotiables" were announced.
The President of Young Life, Dennis Rydberg, was paid $512,716 from the organization in 2010. The high income of Rydberg has stirred controversy.
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