LifeWay Christian Resources has suspended the sale of books by Seattle pastor Mark Driscoll in light of issues surrounding his ministry.

Driscoll, founder of the Acts 29 church-planting network, and the Mars Hill Church he leads were removed from the Acts 29 church-planting network’s membership in early August. In announcing its decision, the Acts 29 board said in an Aug. 8 statement: “It is our conviction that the nature of the accusations against Mark, most of which have been confirmed by him, make it untenable and unhelpful to keep Mark and Mars Hill in our network.”

Among the charges leveled against Driscoll in recent months are plagiarizing in “A Call to Resurgence,” paying a marketing company more than $200,000 to help elevate his book “Real Marriage” to the New York Times bestseller list, and using vulgar language on an Internet forum more than a decade ago in response to critics.

Driscoll apologized Aug. 1 for the vulgarity in forum posts, writing in a letter provided to Christianity Today, “I am sorry for it and remain embarrassed by it.” He previously apologized for the pseudonymous posts in a 2006 book.

Acts 29 counts 500 churches around the world as members. Many of them also cooperate with the SBC, though the two organizations have disagreed over issues ranging from alcohol to Calvinism to Driscoll’s demeanor. Mars Hill Church is not a cooperating church with the SBC.