Our Story
Why plant a church in the heart of downtown Bellevue? Simple. For the glory of One and the joy of many. And there are many who both work and live in this rapidly expanding urban neighborhood.
- Five thousand people live in the city core.
- That's projected to increase to 14,000 by 2020.
- Sixty to sixty-five thousand people fill the city each day.
Paul the Apostle planted churches in leading cities. He went where the people were. Following that model, The Downtown Church ministers in the middle of a place where tens of thousands of people congregate, live and play each day.
Go downtown and you'll find places to live, eat, buy, work, play and distract. But joy is missing. Joy is found in one place, not in pursuing power, fame, lust or fortune. If a city is filled with the most beautiful thing on earth - people - shouldn't they have the opportunity to experience the joy of knowing their creator? Joy is found in knowing and belonging to Jesus.
Matthew 13:44-46: “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.
Our mission is to bring glory to Jesus while offering the gift of real joy in Bellevue's downtown core.
