Midtown Church Austin — Local services in Austin

Midtown has been the church I call home for the past 8 years. I started going as a sophomore in college and was consistently floored by how Jesus met me in my hurts, struggles, triumphs, and joys through the people, worship, and message. We have young'uns, we have old'uns, and we have everyone in between and I really really love that. One of my favorite metaphors in scripture is found in Eph 2: 19-22 and it talks about the body of believers being built together, with Christ as cornerstone, into a dwelling place of God. That's what I love about Midtown-- that we all come together and we all go out into the world together as folks who believe church happens all the time and not...

The way I explain Midtown to my friends who don't do church or God or whatever is, "we just really love Jesus a lot so we try to be like him and not be pieces of crap." We're a community of mostly central Austin people who do an incredible job loving each other, our neighbors, and our city. We're not super fancy, read: no fog machine, so don't expect a show. The music is still high quality and worshipful, it's just a little more down to earth than some of the bigger places around town. Sundays are really great, but the real magic happens during the week when everyone is hanging out doing...

The vision of midtown is what makes it different from any other church I have been a part of: to partner with God to see the day when every man, woman and child hears the gospel from a person who loves them. It's important to me to be a member of a church that emphasizes loving others and building relationships while figuring out what God is all about. While sometimes I fail at this, I am surrounded by people encouraging me to continue to pour into others as we build our faith together. It's...