Mars Hill Seattle (or: How Heartbreaking).
Nathanael Berends September 30th, 2007
Wow… What a terrific letdown.
I went to a church here in Seattle… Mars Hill. It’s an 11-year-old church, and I had heard mixed things about it. It has many-thousands of members and four campuses here in the city.
And all I can say is that my heart was deeply saddened by what I experienced this morning.
Perhaps tomorrow when I have more time and emotional energy to devote to the topic, I’ll elaborate.
In the face of their huge growth–their main campus is adding a fifth Sunday service beginning next week–I can’t see how it’s happening.
Yes, the service was hip… But I have never felt less at church than I did this morning. What I experienced today was not church. When I figure out what it was, I’ll let you know.
(how heartbreaking.)