It is good, although events have overtaken it a little. Since then, the fox9 news story aired, in which Suzanne discussed her allegations and another woman (Natalie) also shared her allegation. The news story (link below) also indicated that fox9 spoke to another woman off-camera and shared some text of her allegations in the news story. Another woman posted on Suzanne's FB page that after seeing the article she reached out to ECC leadership and shared her story as well (you can find it on Suzanne's FB page pretty easily). I'm sure I'm not being comprehensive. Links below to the fox9 story and evergreen's update page (last update May 3):
http://www.fox9.com/news/investigators/churchtoo-women-accuse-minnesota-pastor-of-inappropriate-conducthttp://www.evergreenchurch.com/update/At this point, the working believe is that 4 women have shared some form of allegation with the ECC investigator - Natalie, interviewed by fox 9, "victim's A&C" (stories shared by Suzanne on her FB page) and the woman who reached out to Suzanne on FB by name. None of that has been confirmed by Evergreen though so officially we have no idea how many, if any, women have share allegations with the investigator or what evidence has been offered to dispute the allegations. Suzanne is not 1 of the 4 women as she has chosen not to participate in the investigation - if she ever does chose to participate (doubtful) she would be #5.
The estimate is the investigation will be complete in the next few weeks. Decisions will then be made by the Evergreen Church Board of Trustees. The board is composed of Jim Bird (Finance Director) and Lynn Newman (Operations director) who are both full time church staff. in addition to 5 lay persons (1 from each Evergreen location).
If you want the other side of the story, Mark's son Jeromy posted a document called "The Reckoning" disputing the allegations and numerous folks on here could also give you a list of reasons they think the allegations are untrue.
Some of us are concerned that The Board of Trustees (other than Jim and Lynn, who are on staff) has chosen to remain anonymous. This is an outlier vs. most (all?) other church boards including other boards that have dealt with similar issues (e.g., Willow Creek). We are also concerned that the 5 lay members of the Board were not elected by each location, but hand picked by the pastors, several of which are the subject of either the coverup or misconduct allegations. Some would strongly disagree with these concerns, so make up your own mind if this feels like an independent structure or not.
Mark has not commented, but his children have, some of whom are (very) active on this forum. I would guess the church has asked Mark not to comment given the pending investigation, so I personally draw no negative inferences (and view it as a positive for his character) that he has not commented. There have also been NUMEROUS expressions of support for Mark's character and positive impact on people's lives, marriages, etc. (none of which is at all disputed that I am aware of)...So that's a quick update to what you see in the summary. I'm sure I've left out much and offended many, so feel free to provide your own perspectives if led to do so.