Mars Hill Church

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This article is about the church in Washington State. For the church in Michigan, see Mars Hill Bible Church.

Mars Hill Church is one of the largest and fastest growing Christian churches in the Seattle, Washington area. It was recently named #22 on The Church Report's annual list of the 50 Most Influential Churches in the United States. [1]

Started in October of 1996 by Mark Driscoll, the teaching pastor, there are currently over 5,000 people in attendance and 23 pastors. The church meets in three locations with a total of seven services each Sunday.

The church makes freely available the teachings, announcements, and music performed at their weekend services both on their website and through podcasts. In addition, the conferences (Acts 29 Network and The Resurgence) and special topical teachings (church discipline, men's ministry, women's ministry, etc) are also freely available through their website and podcasts.

The teachings are primarily expository in nature, coming from the Bible verse-by-verse. The pastors do, however, engage in topical discussions (e.g.: the "Vintage Jesus" series from Fall 2006) which address a single issue over a number of weeks, using a number of biblical texts. The cycle is set up purposefully to cover one New Testament book, one Old Testament book, and one topical teaching over the Person of Jesus in a calendar year, allowing an attender to get a comprehensive view from Scripture of what Mars Hill believes in regards to the Person and work of Jesus. [2]

Recently, teaching pastor Mike Driscoll, was mentioned in an article in the Seattle P.I where it was said that seattle residents, "considered some of Driscoll's rhetoric "demeaning and pejorative" against women". [3]