The Scripture reading of Mary’s Song as recorded in Luke 1:46–55 that accompanies the sermon this week comes with a great God story.
The audio and video crew was with me in Nazareth at the only known well in town, the place where, it is believed, Jesus and Mary often would have drawn water. Today, a [...]

4.4 million. That’s the number of sermon downloads from Mars Hill Church’s website last year.
12,000. That’s how many downloads per day that 4.4 million breaks down to.
Each of those numbers is a person. A man in Sydney who watches the sermons with his wife. A young woman in Iowa who listens to the podcasts on [...]

The following excerpts are from the Birth Control chapter in Pastor Mark Driscoll’s book Religion Saves: And Nine Other Misconceptions. To read the rest of what he had to say on the topic, read the chapter for yourself or watch the sermon from the series.

“As the number of birth control options has increased and continues [...]

After being featured on ABC’s Nightline last week to discuss American idolatry, Pastor Mark Driscoll was asked to be a contributor to the Washington Post. His first column was a response to the question, “What makes the best ‘case for God’ to a skeptic or non-believer, an open-minded seeker, and to a person of faith [...]

This is a special guest post by Olympia member Sarah McConnell who lost her husband, Andrew, in Afghanistan last month. We grieve with Sarah, but we also celebrate with her. We celebrate a life lived by a man of great faith who led by example and left a legacy for his wife, child, family, and [...]

At Mars Hill Church we gather on Sundays to worship through teaching and singing and meet during the week in smaller Community Groups to share food and life together. Recently some of our campuses have decided to add some larger gatherings mid-week as well.
Our Lake City campus is offering a Wednesday night service similar to [...]

First of all, if you missed the episode last night, you can view it on Nightline’s site.  We want to thank ABC, Nightline, and Terry Moran for inviting Pastor Mark to participate in an honest and even-handed look at the Ten Commandments. They’ve been great each time we’ve worked with them and we hope we’ll [...]

Every week here at Mars Hill Church we get hundreds of emails from around the world. It’s hard to imagine how Jesus uses this church to reach far off places until you read letters like those below.
From the UK (September 16, 2009)
I just wanted to take a few minutes to write and say a really [...]

A Mars Hill Church community group made local news recently when they installed a new mural at a neighborhood community center. This is just one of the ways that we live for Jesus as a city within a city; knowing culture, loving people, and seeing lives transformed to live for Jesus.
Are you in a community [...]

by Justin & Lindsey Holcomb
Justin & Lindsey are members of Mars Hill Church and come to us by way of Virginia where Justin taught at the University of Virginia. Justin taught in the sociology department, specializing in violence against women, and Lindsey was a case manager for sexual assault and domestic violence victims. Justin and [...]