Fountain Street Church — Attraction in Grand Rapids

TLDR; First time, was great! Enjoyable way to worship, plan on going back!

I usually don't write reviews, let alone long ones, but here it goes. My first time at Fountain Street was today, on Easter, at their 930am chapel service. It was a very welcoming and approachable place that is more spiritually focused than on rules of a church or anything. They call themselves Rebels and I love it! We sang Pat Benatar "Hit me with your Best Shot" and talked about how it can be related to this day. There was a guided meditation part that was really nice. The person that was leading did an excellent job of mixing humor and a good message (different people volunteer to lead each time). The band was great, especially love the lead singer who introduced themselves to my friend and I afterwards.

I would recommend this place to: someone that has been hurt by the church but still believes, someone that wants to believe again, someone that likes the spirtual message more than anything, someone that doesn't want to be judged, someone that wants a more fun and enjoyable environment while they worship, and finally for someone that wants to try a place different from the norm and out of the box.

I loved it and plan...

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If the rural conservative people from outside of GR are telling you this Church is "not Biblical" enough what they really mean is that it doesn't condemn gays and tell women to be subordinate to men. I'm curious if they mix linen with cotton or eat shellfish? They selectively pull all the wrong parts from the Bible. Did you ever wonder why you don't see evangelical Christians like them advocating for social justice Jesus clearly speaks about? Jesus didn't talk about gays or women being subordinate to men, but he did talk about the poor, and justice for the weak and poor. You will know them by their fruits- they are pharisees Jesus hated so...