Hoosjim's 16th. Looks like we're piecing, folks.

[hoosjim]

It is a (near as i can tell) non-denominational, evangelically-oriented church that (again, near as i can tell) is either affilliated with that loose affilliation of churches known as the "Assemblies of God" or else borrows heavily from churches that are "members" of that affilliation. Unlike some other Assemblies of God churches, it does not purport on its website or elsewhere to be so affilliated and, in fact, it's "core beliefs" as listed on its webslte do not track exactly with some of the other AOG churches i have looked at. OTOH, its services have striking similarities both in structure and in approach (often to the point of mirroring), as do the names and organizations it uses for such things as children's Sunday School, to several Assemblies of God congregations and churches around the country that go by the identical name as does this church. Whatever. The exact "denomination" is not important to me other than as an academic curiosity-- their teachings are consistent with the bible and, in fact, they purport to be and to all appearances are a "Bible first" church. The pastor is a remarkable dude with a gift for relating scritpture in a manner that is easily understandable and that connects to folks and their real-life problems. Their mission statement is that they "exist so that people far from God will become fully alive in Christ."

If it matters, regionally, i live South of the Mason Dixon line in a major metropolitan area, though my precise zip code and surrounding counties would not be considered to be within what you would refer to as the "bible belt" (though i did grow up in such a location just three or so hours South of here.) The church itself is not (at least yet) in my near locality--- the nearest satellite campus (they have local campuses with local "campus ministers) where people go for service and then the main service with the church's senior pastor is transmitted to large video screens (unless you are in the town where the church is headquartered, in which case you would see the senior pastor's message in person, following that campus's campus pastor's message. "One church in many locations" is what they like to say, although all of the locations are within the same general region of my State, all within probably a one-hour radius of each other, possibly less. '

It's a neat place. Very uplifting.

Hope i haven't "outed" myself too specifically...