During a recent interview with Fox News,. But you have to do it intentionally, and thoughtfully and through a lens that acknowledges the layers of systemic racism that led us to this moment. It was so easy to get addicted to it. Ultimately, however, she came to see it as a harmful place, with cultic tendencies, that doesnt put the interest of the individuals who attend church there first., Like many religious organizations, theres a spectrum of involvement; several former members described it to me as similar, in structure, to an MLM, with spiritual incentives and social pressure to invest more time and money (in Life Groups, in discipleship school, and, eventually, on overseas missions) while always recruiting more members to disciple. Over email, Senior Pastor Jimmy Seibert told me, For 2000 years, discipleship has been the primary way the church worldwide has grown and multiplied. And the only times it didnt seem normal was when I would go home and see old friends from high school who just didnt understand what following Jesus looked like. The Antioch Movement is fully submitted to Jesus as the head of the Church. Like so many small cities across America, Waco had lost its downtown core and the economic vibrancy that once accompanied it. But development also takes the form of a retrofitted CrossFit gym sticking out like a sore bougie thumb on Elm Avenue. So, I was doing all these things with ACC, I was also a college student, aaand I was usually working 23ish jobs on the side. Wed 8am - 5pm. Antioch Church - YouTube Theyve both shared their testimonies multiple times a video of Joannas, released in 2015, has been viewed over 5.8 million times. On one expansionist project, Antioch intends to spend $11 million dollars on infrastructure alone. I think to myself, Your own pastor wont marry you. Anne Helen Petersen is a senior culture writer for BuzzFeed News and is based in Missoula, Montana. In the very beginning, Antioch was meeting in a parking lot, baptizing people in a horse trough. After local nightclub owners and residents had discovered what they viewed as Mosaic's vague, misleading, and ultimately "homophobic" beliefs, the nightclub has since denied the church plant's lease and have severed all ties. I didnt start watching Fixer Upper until last year, which was also when I looked around my house and realized the Magnolia aesthetic ismy aesthetic? Like so many schools, football has become essential to Baylors lifeblood. When our parents grew old, we didnt want to move back or take care of the houses we inherited. (Some, like Andreas mother, Mae, did take action: She moved back into East Waco, and, in 2004, became the first black woman to be elected mayor of Waco.). Im talking to you, Antioch. Sun 10am - 12:00pm.