This Christian Life

Axis

A co-worker sent me this link to check out the other day because of my interest in web technology (my day job) and postmodern church.

There’s a church set up by Willow Creek in Chicago specifically aimed at 20-somethings called Axis.

From their FAQ:

The truth is when we were first starting out, we wanted to name this community something that sounded really cool and didn’t feel at all like church as usual – a little boring, a little exclusive, and a little ordinary. Someone came up with “Axis” and it seemed to work, so we kept it. Though there isn’t a great meaning behind the word, it has come to come to mean a place where you can be yourself, make great friends, and ask honest questions.

And this from their Assoc. Director, Steve Gillen:

8 years ago I stumbled upon Axis. I wanted to find a church where I could be challenged in my faith, and where I could build strong friendships. I had to take time to determine if this was a ministry I could give my time and energy to, and if these were people I could enjoy being a church with.

If you are looking at this page, you are probably asking some of the same questions. This web site is a great start. Here you can learn more about Axis and get some of your questions answered. I hope that you will check out all that we have to offer from this page, and even take the risk to contact us by phone or e-mail. We’d be happy to answer your questions or help you get connected.

I’m curious is this is helping them reach their goal of reaching more 20 somethings. My guess is that it might just be segmenting them off further from the regular crowd. The longer I think about the tri-generational (previous post) church concept, the more I think it’s important to keep our churches growing and healty.

However, the technology of the website is pretty sweet.