The first ever gathering for Mars Hill Federal Way took place on Monday night.
I joined Pastor Adam Sinnett and Pastor Samuel Choi at the West Seattle campus, which hosted the event. One-hundred sixty people attended the event, representing the core group who will be sent out to establish this new work of the gospel.
The [...]
As reported in our recent publication, here is a picture of Mars Hill Church by the numbers:
Average weekly attendance for 2007-2008 = 5,771
High attendance for 2007-2008 = 8,070 (Easter Sunday)
Number of new campuses in 2007-2008 = 4 (Lake City, Bellevue, Downtown Seattle, Olympia)
Number of community groups = 195
Number of new bands = 13
Over the last [...]
“Sons are a heritage from the LORD, children a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are sons born in one’s youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them.” –Psalm 127:3–5
It happened twenty-five years ago on Mother’s Day, the day Patty and I will always remember like yesterday. [...]
“I wanna be like Mike” was a ubiquitous jingle during the 1990’s as our society declared its collective dream to be like the greatest basketball player in history. Last year I found an Old Testament role model more inspiring than Michael Jordan—an obscure Israelite artisan named Bezalel. His name is mentioned only once in Scripture, [...]
The purpose God intended for us is to bring glory to Jesus in all aspects of our lives, including the workplace. The workplace is such a diverse concept—it could be a home office twenty feet from one’s bedroom, it could be a battlefield, a ball field, an aircraft, a car, a truck, or a cubicle [...]
The only constant in our world is Jesus Christ. Hebrews 13:8 says, “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” Everything else is changing at an increasingly faster pace.
I’m finding the rate of change at Mars Hill Church to be the second most important factor affecting our team of dedicated staff and volunteers. [...]
When it comes to a most awkward topic of “who am I” I usually dodge out of shyness and a sense of privacy, particularly when asked to write a blog on it. Blogs, in my opinion, are a freakish invention of the information age that suspend the normal laws of relationships and attempt to streamline [...]
In light of the Raymond Jessop and Yearning For Zion cult, Pastor Mark addressed the question of whether or not polygamy is Biblical.
Various cults, aberrant sects, and perverts make the case that the Bible does mention polygamy and so it is biblically acceptable. However, they fail to acknowledge that the Bible speaks of human sin [...]
Changed By Jesus #54
By a female teenager at the Ballard campus
I was raised going to church every Sunday. I thought I was a Christian because I was really good at following rules and thought I was an expert on Jesus. But the personal, life-changing relationship wasn’t there.
This seemed to work for me in middle school, [...]
