We're opening a second location!


We’re creating another location of Athens Church in the Beechwood Shopping Center. This is a fantastic opportunity to impact more people in our city with the life changing love of God.




We need you to help partner in creating this new expression of Athens Church. We need people to pray. We need people to volunteer. We need people to invite their friends. We need people to give. Find out how you can get involved today!




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Join the Launch Team

For the last 18 years, we've encouraged people who call Athens Church home to take steps towards four key areas of participation. We call these areas:

Connect

Serve

Give

Invite

We believe these four things move people towards not only experiencing all Athens Church can be in their story, but also towards a unique ownership of the Athens Church experience. For those who will make up the Launch Team of Athens Church Beechwood, we are asking you to commit to the following agreements based on these four critical areas of experience and ownership.

In order for us to start the Beechwood location of Athens Church as healthy as possible, we ask that you commit to these agreements for 12 months after the launch.

Your Information

As part of the Launch Team for Athens Church Beechwood, I/we agree to:

  • Attend Launch Team Gatherings to connect with other launch team members in community & prayer and make Athens Church Beechwood my/our family's church location after the launch.

  • Support the Athens Church Beechwood project financially by making a pledge above my/our usual tithe and offering through May 2025.

  • Serve on a recurring basis at Athens Church Beechwood in the ministry area that best utilizes my/our gifts: Waumba Land, UpStreet, Students, Guest Services, Starting Point, or Groups.

  • Invite at least one other family to join us/me at Athens Church Beechwood within the first year of launch.


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Frequently Asked Questions

We are prayerful that the Beechwood location will open later this year. As we all know, construction project timelines change frequently. We will keep you updated as construction begins.

The Launch Team is the group of adults who commit to attend, serve, give, and invite at Athens Church Beechwood. This group of people will serve as trailblazers this year as they join in prayer and preparation to start Beechwood with as much momentum as possible. 


The Launch Team gathers once a month over dinner and will have opportunities to help launch Athens Church Beechwood.


If this interests you, please click below to read the Launch Team Agreement and sign up to join me if you feel led to do so. We will need 200 adults to take this step and I will be in touch with you individually once you sign up.

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Athens Church Beechwood will be an expansion of Athens Church. We believe Athens Church will best reach our city as one church in two locations. The music, content, environments, and messages will be the same between each campus.

In the Beechwood Shopping Center, there is over 40,000 square feet of available space. Athens Church Beechwood will be an urban style campus that will have entrances from the front and back of the shopping center. Our auditorium will be located just behind Steinmart, and all family ministry environments will be located in the basement of Michaels and The Fresh Market. There are up to 1,200 available parking spaces for our guests and attendees. The current architectural plans give access to three different parking areas in the Beechwood Shopping Center. There will be multiple entrances and exits available to our guests making the campus more accessible to those in our city.

Stephen Sowell will be the campus pastor of our Beechwood location.

The auditorium will seat approximately 1,000 people.

Each of our family ministry environments will be available at Athens Church Beechwood. Waumba Land will be able to serve 125 kids an hour. UpStreet will be able to serve 200 kids an hour. Students will be able to serve 175 students an hour.

If you have any other questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.