GENESIS CHURCH - A "NEW THING" IN TALLAHASSEE

I had the opportunity to hang out with the staff of GENESISCHURCH.TV on Monday, March 10. Genesis is a cutting edge church in Tallahassee, Florida. Their lead pastor is Brian Hunter.

Brian is a leader with a heart for God and a passion for the local church. He is an incredibly gifted leader who excels in creativity, innovation and evangelism. Genesis began with a small group of eight people when Brian and his wife, Kristen moved from Cincinnati, Ohio to Tallahassee. The church launched on Easter Sunday, April 27, 2003. Since then, the church has exploded with growth. Today, average worship attendance is over 1,000 people each weekend! Yea, God!

Some of you may be familiar with Genesis. Phil Harris, the former Children’s Pastor of Metro Church now serves with the Genesis team. In fact, aside from his primary responsibilities of leading the Children’s Ministry at Genesis, Phil is also one of their teaching pastors. If you want to check out some of his message, log on to genesischurch.tv and click on GC MEDIA. Phil is the teaching pastor on the following messages: UFC Week 1 – Battle with God and CARDS – Parts 1 and 2. Phil is a gifted leader and teacher. It was great to see him and his entire family again.

Aside from sharing three leadership sessions for the Genesis Staff during the day and speaking at the Monday evening Journey Men’s Discipleship that night, one of the highlights of the trip was getting to hang out with the Genesis staff and watch them work through their “BIG IDEA” process... These guys are intent on making certain their whole church is tracking together with what God wants to say to the whole body. They buy into the belief that if you take the time and effort to focus the message, you can dramatically increase your impact. It was fascinating to get a glimpse of how this process works itself out in the context of what God is doing at Genesis.

Genesis will kick off a brand new series on Easter weekend titled “INKED.” Log on to genesischurch.tv a few days after Easter to experience the message.

I really believe this is a church to watch. God is doing some great things among this passionate and gifted group of people. Keep Brian and his entire team in your prayers. God is doing a "new thing" in Tally among a great group of people.