Seacoast Church - Mount Pleasant — Attraction in Mount Pleasant

I'm new to the church and I must say they are some of the nicest most welcoming non judgemental people I have ever met. I was nervous the first day I attended I didnt have the nicest clothes or really know anybody at all so I thought for sure I wouldn't really be welcomed or accepted however a lot of people took it upon themselves to approach me and get to know me as well as welcome me with open arms. I've been struggling with a lot of things in recent months and have been battling very severe depression, I Truthfully dont have any friends to speak of nor family for that matter other than my children but since coming here I've had several people reach out to me that actually seem to really care about me and take time out there own personal lives to call and check on me as well as pray with/for me. I can honestly say for the first time in my life I feel like someone actually cares about me. It may not sound like much to yall but I've never had that and tho I still battle my demons daily with severe depression its slowly getting better nobody not even the people I'm speaking of knows how close I was to taking my own life. So I guess you could say these people do not know how them couple phone calls and texts truly saved me from myself and gave me new hope in life. Call it divine intervention but I believe this place literally saved my life. So I highly reccomend this...

It was great until the facade of Seacoast crashed and burned in my eyes. I always felt the messages on Sundays were shallow, but knew it helped bring in new attendees/nonbelievers. But as I grew into adulthood here, I learned that superficiality didn't end there. One of my main memories of here was seeing the Surratt family drive up on Sunday in Hummers, probably bought with untaxed tithes. Once the new untaxed $14mil building was announced (and even afterwards), the tone shifted. Seacoast stopped feeling like a church and more like a corporation, and I'm not the only one who feels this way. When I questioned the ethics of millionaire pastors, I felt silenced and shunned by everyone.

Counseling here sucks. I seeked out mental health support here as a gay teenager, which was sadly a mistake. They say to come as you are, but just like every other church, they will try to change you eventually. Find a real, licensed therapist or marriage counselor who can still be affirming in faith for you.

Two good things: Dream Center does amazing outreach and felt like a family when I served/attended. I used their COVID drive-thru for testing after I left Seacoast entirely, which was awesome. That is what church...

Everyone is very friendly, kind and super nice. When I enter the church on Sunday's, the ushers greet us with a huge smile on there face as we walk in the church which makes me feel welcome in the church. The pastors here are absolutely amazing, funny, and super knowledgeable about the sermons that they deliver to us.

I am a small group leader/Sunday School Assistant volunteer for 3rd-5th graders in Kidscoast and I absolutely love spending time with the kids and getting to know them as well as what is going on in there lives. The kids are so energetic and are very enjoyable to be around. I have been volunteering here for almost 2 years and I absolutely love all of numerous volunteer opportunities that seacoast has to offer!

Seacoast has a ton of ways that you can get involved with at the church. I am a part of college and 20's which is a young adult youth group and once a week we worship together, connect with other young adults, get to know them better and we study the bible together. I have built so many good and long lasting relationships with many of the young adults here that I can call some of them my friends. We have gotten together outside of church to study the bible...