The Grove Church

With every passing year, more and more Americans are walking away from their churches, and they’re not coming back. In 2022, just 22% of Americans say they attend weekly worship services, while another 20% attend church “about once a month”. Meanwhile, 56% of Americans say they “seldom” or “never” attend worship services. Now consider this: as recently as 2009, the same survey yielded very differe...

Pastor Kale Kinchen shares part three of our series "Play Your Part: A Vision for The Story's Timbergrove Campus".

Pastor Kale Kinchen shares part one of our series "Play Your Part: A Vision for The Story's Timbergrove Campus"

Anyone can sing along to the hits, but it takes a true fan to know the deep tracks - an album’s less popular songs that get buried between the more radio-friendly Billboard bops. If Jesus’ teachings were an album or a playlist, scattered among his greatest hits - like The Good Samaritan, The Golden Rule, and Love Each Other - you’d also find his deep tracks that could shock or even offend you - su...

Anyone can sing along to the hits, but it takes a true fan to know the deep tracks - an album’s less popular songs that get buried between the more radio-friendly Billboard bops. If Jesus’ teachings were an album or a playlist, scattered among his greatest hits - like The Good Samaritan, The Golden Rule, and Love Each Other - you’d also find his deep tracks that could shock or even offend you - su...

Historically, it's one of the most controversial books in the Bible. In the years following Jesus' life on earth, a man who had publicly rejected Jesus' ministry became a Christian and wrote a letter to other first-century believers. Three things make his letter remarkable: first, that man, James, was the son of Joseph and Mary and Jesus' little brother. Second, after publicly criticizing Jesus du...

Meredith Kirk kicks off our new series on the book of James called "Less Talking More Walking: From Dead Religion to Dynamic Faith" Historically, it's one of the most controversial books in the Bible. In the years following Jesus' life on earth, a man who had publicly rejected Jesus' ministry became a Christian and wrote a letter to other first-century believers. Three things make his letter remar...

Over 1,600 years ago, a small group of theologians lived in a Jerusalem monastery where, day in and day out, they prayed and pondered the things of God. Among the many issues they considered were questions about sin and evil. How, they wondered, can evil still influence our lives - even after we put our faith in Jesus? This led them to develop the teaching that later became known as The Seven Dead...

What do you believe about some of Christianity's "truth" claims? Every week, we're going to dig into some pretty serious topics ranging from social media and climate change to drinking alcohol and God's preferred pronouns, and fact-check them against Scripture. You'll have the opportunity to cast your vote in weekly polls and tell us where you stand and we'll share the results at the top of every...

Pastor Kale Kinchen's special Easter message for The Story's Timbergrove Campus.

Pastor Kale Kinchen's Christmas Eve message for The Story's Timbergrove Campus.