I get a lot of “helpful advice” about stuff we will have to “add” to actionchurch after we launch. People will say “you’ll have to add more intense Bible teaching for those who love the ‘deeper teaching'” or “you’ll need to add a longer time of worship for people who like more “worship” or “you’ll need to add membership classes to teach the doctrine of the church.” …the list goes on and on. I just got out our phonebook and there are hundreds of other churches that offer all of those things… I hope that doesn’t sound arrogant…quite the opposite is true. We are not the only or “best” church in town…if you want bible trivia training…there are lots of better educated pastors in town. If you want to sing Chris Tomlin songs for forty five minutes….your choices are many. Want to take a class and sign a “membership covenant”…take your pick.

actionchurch is unapologetic about focusing on being a “church for people who don’t like church”. We have a single objective on Sunday morning- to encourage people to put the teachings of Jesus into action in their lives in the most exciting and attractive manner possible. At some point we want to make home group environments available…but for now it’s just Sunday Mornings at Fat Daddy’s nightclub and community service events.

I know there is a lot of thought that churches should be “supermarkets of spiritual services” with “something for everyone”… that’s just not us. If we wanted to fit into “conventional” thinking we wouldn’t be a church that meets in a nightclub, has go-go cages in it’s childrens area, and a big smiling buddha statue in its auditorium (true story…it’s part of the club “decor”) Jesus quite often told people that it “wasn’t the right time” for him to do something or “he wasn’t sent to that group of people”…so I think we are in good company when we remain focused on our objectives…