Move Towards the Mess

An episode of the oneChurch.tv podcast, hosted by Chris Edmondson, titled "Move Towards the Mess" was published on July 10, 2016 and runs 32 minutes.

July 10, 2016 ·32m · oneChurch.tv

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Summary

One of the biggest things I love about our church is that we are a church for messy people. Here’s some trivia—our first preview service was July 15th 2007 in this movie theater. We started having services 9 years ago this weekend! And here’s the thing—when we started oneChurch 9 years ago? We wanted to start a different kind of church. A church for messy people. A church for people who weren’t perfect. Who didn’t know all of the Bible stories. Who didn’t know all of the songs. We wanted to create a church that unchurched people love to attend.Because 88% of people here in Clarksville don’t go to church. That’s 9 out of 10 people who choose to stay at home and clean out the garage, wash their hair, or reorganize their bill box. Let me break down that 88% figure for you. Every Sunday, 125,274 people in Clarksville choose not to go to any church. 125,274 people.We wanted to start a church for messy people, because all of us—at one time or another—have been a hot mess, right?

Episode Description

One of the biggest things I love about our church is that we are a church for messy people. Here’s some trivia—our first preview service was July 15th 2007 in this movie theater. We started having services 9 years ago this weekend! And here’s the thing—when we started oneChurch 9 years ago? We wanted to start a different kind of church. A church for messy people. A church for people who weren’t perfect. Who didn’t know all of the Bible stories. Who didn’t know all of the songs. We wanted to create a church that unchurched people love to attend.

Because 88% of people here in Clarksville don’t go to church. That’s 9 out of 10 people who choose to stay at home and clean out the garage, wash their hair, or reorganize their bill box. Let me break down that 88% figure for you. Every Sunday, 125,274 people in Clarksville choose not to go to any church. 125,274 people.

We wanted to start a church for messy people, because all of us—at one time or another—have been a hot mess, right?