Buckhead Church
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Buckhead Church is an in-town campus of North Point Ministries located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. Approximately 5,000 people are in attendance every weekend. Andy Stanley is the senior pastor.
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Buckhead Church is a Christian, non-denominational, Protestant church. It is one of three current campuses of North Point Ministries along with North Point Community Church and Browns Bridge Community Church. Members and attenders are encouraged to develop intimacy with God, community with insiders, and influence with outsiders. The mission of the church is to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. Jeff Henderson is the campus director and leads the staff of Buckhead Church in its day-to-day operations and in discerning the ministry needs of those who attend and who live in the community.
Buckhead Church is considered an innovator in the use of technology among multi-site churches[1], [2], [3].
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Buckhead Church was founded in April 2001 as a biweekly meeting called Buckhead Fellowship. Andy Stanley advised the founders and was the first guest speaker. The church officially became affiliated with North Point Ministries in August 2001.
The church originally met in the building of Buckhead Baptist Church on Sunday evenings. In 2002, the church moved to the Doubletree Hotel in Buckhead. On Easter 2003, the church moved to a building in Sandy Springs formerly occupied by a Harris Teeter grocery store.
From Fall of 2006 through Spring of 2007, Buckhead Church opened a second temporary campus in a movie theater at Atlantic Station. This was known as the "Midtown Gathering". However, it is not meeting during the Summer of 2007. The church website states "we are currently discussing the future of Midtown Gathering and hope to have a decision soon on what we might do in the Fall."
The church held its first services at its current location at Tower Place on May 6, 2007. The 188,000 square foot building houses an auditorium that holds 3,000 seats.[4][5]
