Life.Church (formerly known as LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church, and Life Church) is an American evangelical multi-site church with multiple locations. Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church (pronounced "Life Church").
As of August 2017, there are 27 Life.Church locations in 8 states across the United States.
Life Covenant Church is accredited by the ECFA. In the year 2016 their total revenue was $108,324,510 and expenses were $89,073,816.
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History
In January 1996, Life.Church began in Oklahoma City with 40 congregants meeting together "in a two-car garage, equipped with just a borrowed overhead projector and two construction lights purchased at Lowe's for $19.99." From 1996 to 1999 the church membership grew rapidly. During this time, Life.Church built its first facility (now known as the "Oklahoma City Campus").In 2001, MetroChurch, a 25-year-old, nondenominational church in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma joined with Life.Church, effectively making it a multi-site church. Following the success of the additional location, the church launched campuses in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Stillwater, Oklahoma in 2003, and these new campuses began incorporating satellite video teaching into their services.
Life.Church opened an additional campus in OKC, the South Oklahoma City Campus, in Spring 2005. In February 2006, Life.Church introduced a campus in Fort Worth, Texas. In April, the church established its "Internet Campus" (now called Church Online) which broadcasts weekly, interactive worship services live over the internet. In July, the church also launched a new campus in Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Easter Sunday, 2007, Life.Church began broadcasting from their new campus in the online game Second Life. Also in 2007, Life.Church opened campuses in NW Oklahoma City; Wellington, Florida; and Albany, New York.
Life.Church also decided to do away with "church membership", deciding instead to encourage people to become "partners" in helping lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. The church has developed a Bible application for mobile phones, YouVersion. Introduced in 2008, it has been described as "[t]he world's most popular Bible program for mobile phones."
Life.Church features a casual dress code and most attendees wear jeans and casual clothing; the dress code as quoted by pastor Craig Groeschel is "Please Do". The worship service includes refreshments, and the music style is pop-rock and praise-worship, with the performances amplified concert style and lyrics shown on screen.
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Locations
There are currently 27 Life.Church campuses in eight different states, as well as Church Online. There are also many campuses in development.
- Albany, NY
- Broadway & Britton, OK
- Broken Arrow, OK
- Edmond, OK
- Fort Smith, AR
- Fort Worth, TX
- Hendersonville, TN
- Jenks, OK
- Keller, TX
- Midwest City, OK
- Moore, OK
- Mustang, OK
- Norman, OK
- NW Oklahoma City, OK
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Overland Park, KS
- Owasso, OK
- Rio Rancho, NM
- Shawnee, OK
- South Broken Arrow, OK
- South Oklahoma City, OK
- South Tulsa, OK
- Stillwater, OK
- Tulsa, OK
- Wichita, KS
- Wellington, FL
- Yukon, OK
Life.Church makes its material available to other churches for free through a site called Open Network.
Affiliation
Life.Church is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC). The ECC upholds the core evangelical Christian beliefs, while allowing believers the personal freedom to have varying interpretations on theological issues that are not clearly presented in Scripture.
References
External links
- Life.Church Life.Church Official Website
- Life.Church Open: Free Church Resources
- LifeKids.tv Resources
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