 In early 2012, the church once again became a source of controversy over shunning and disciplinary proceedings when a young man under discipline released documents from his disciplinary contract to blogger and author Mathew Paul Turner.The documents included a discipline contract and an email from church leaders to the congregation directing them to shun him.On March 5, 2014, evangelical magazine "World" published an article claiming that Mars Hill Church paid a $25,000 fee to marketing firm ResultSource, to manipulate sales numbers of Mark Driscoll's book "Real Marriage" and thereby attain a place on the "New York Times" bestseller list.