Thirteen years ago, my wife was part of the beginning of Mars Hill Church. Last month, she joined me on a trip to Albuquerque to witness the launch of our first out-of-state campus.
As we stepped off the plane, God’s grace was overwhelming, and the experience brought tears to our eyes. I can think of at [...]

I was recently asked in an interview with the Seattle Times what we do for the community. It got me thinking about our church’s approach to mercy ministry.
Our methods range from collective to fully distributed. To illustrate what I mean, here are some examples from the whole gamut:
Collective Efforts
Sending resources and support to Vision [...]

Five years ago, folks over 50 were an endangered species at Mars Hill so whenever a glimmer of grey hair showed up I was always quick to say hello. Such folks usually responded to Mars Hill in one of two ways: either, Wow, I feel so old, or Wow, look at all these young people [...]

“It’s like a church in itself,” said Jordan, one of our new hires, during this week’s all-staff meeting.
Every quarter or so, Mars Hill staff convenes in a big room for updates, food, teaching, prayer, and worship. And Jordan is correct, with about a hundred of us now, it is a decent-sized congregation.
Unfortunately, our brothers [...]

After a long summer, I’m deeply thankful for this week.
It’s a new season in many senses. Fall is (almost) here. Kids are starting school (I can’t believe I have a third grader, second grader, kindergartner, and preschooler). Football is on TV. And it’s one of the most exciting times of the year for [...]

Expanding the reach of our Air War without sacrificing the personal attention required for a successful Ground War requires a great collaboration at all levels of our church: local, regional, and global.

Our goal is 100 campuses by 2019. We want to be a church of 50,000 people—not a spectacle, not an event, but a healthy [...]

We use the Air War/Ground War metaphor at Mars Hill to help describe the work we do as a church.

Air War
The Air War describes our ministries that deal with the masses: preaching, teaching, events, conferences, websites, marketing, technology, etc. The Air War is measurable and often yields instantaneous results.
Here is a glimpse at the work [...]

Last weekend we launched a school.
The Resurgence Training Center (Re:Train) kicked off year one with Sunday’s introductory session, and orientation will continue all this week. A big thank you goes out to Pastor Rick Melson and his team for building a world-class program in a matter of months.
The Inaugural Year
The first class includes 75 pastors [...]

The 2009 Mars Hill Church Annual Report will be distributed at all campuses this Sunday, and you can download it now (PDF).
This is our second edition of the publication, and already it’s proven to be a welcome opportunity to reflect on God’s grace to us as our church grows and changes over the course [...]

What is all about Jesus? At Mars Hill Church, everything.
Jesus is our Senior Pastor, and he motivates, influences, and deserves the glory for all that we do. Our summer sermon series, which starts this Sunday, will unpack this concept and explain how “It’s All About Jesus” sums up who we are as a church [...]