Mountaintop Church

We’ve all had times when we wondered what God was doing or NOT doing. We’ve all struggled “When God Doesn’t Make Sense.” Noah's Ark is a story that children in churches know well, and you are probably familiar with the basics of the story, even if you’re not a church person. But it’s a story we probably haven’t actually read or studied in depth. In this series, we’re going to take four weeks to go through the story of Noah and we'll find that it is less about a man, his boat, rain and a flood; and more about what we are supposed to do When God Doesn’t Make Sense.

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The church is not just an organization. It’s not a business or even just a ministry. It’s a collection of people who are finding where they are meant to function in the “Body." And the “Body” won’t work right without you. And you won’t find your God-given design if you don’t find your purpose in it. In this series, we've been addressing the question, “What was I made for?” And this week, we'll discover that the world needs who you were made to be.

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God is free and our human freedom is a part of His image which we bear. But you can give up that freedom. In fact, your entire purpose is wrapped up in the idea that your freedom is meant to be given up for something better. And if you don’t, your life will be incomplete…

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We were made for a relationship with God, and that’s amazing because the God of the universe wants a relationship with us. But we were never intended to follow Christ alone. We were also made for community. We were meant for relationships.

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"What was I made for?" Every single one of us has asked that question. You’ve been in a job you didn’t like, a relationship that wasn’t going well, switched majors for the third time...  And, what’s worse, you scroll through Instagram and see amazing people do amazing things with their lives. And you wonder, "Why am I here? What is my purpose on this giant green and blue planet amid all eight billion people?"

Mountaintop was founded on a vision FOR Birmingham. It would be "a church that reached unchurched people." That's because the founders were convinced that Jesus loved them and that His love was FOR the whole world, FOR Birmingham and FOR our local community. We still believe that the local church is the vehicle that God has chosen to share the message of Jesus, and reach the world with the Gospel message that Christ died and Christ rose again.

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Carter McInnis, Lead Pastor

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Everyone, regardless of age, desires to find a place where they can belong. If we look long enough, we might just discover that belonging beings with seeking Jesus. In the Kingdom of God, you don’t have to do anything to be accepted. And once you find that you belong, the presence of Jesus begins to transform you. No matter who you are or what you’ve done, you BELONG with Jesus.

Desperate times call for desperate measures... In today's message, our Special Guest, April Farmer, tells the story of a desperate woman who turned to Jesus as a last resort and was healed by her faith! By turning to Jesus, she finds healing and freedom, and same opportunity exists for each of us.

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As the United States barrels toward November elections, the topics that we've talked about thus far in this series are going to be used to divide us. Someone is going to try to convince us that THEY are the problem. “THEY” being the other side. And they are going to demonize the other side. Here’s the problem with that: When we demonize someone, we strip God’s image away from them. Politics makes us forget that they’re just people. But the truth is: Everyone who votes differently from you has as much of God’s image in them as you do.

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Gender Identity is complex because we’re often not sure where the line is between God-given gender and cultural stereotypes. And right now, it's a part of our national conversation in regard to ethics, morality and sexuality. It can be easy to make generalizations, but the truth is, every story is unique. And the stories aren’t just stories. Every story belongs to a person. And Jesus came to save people -- all people -- including transgender people. And our mission is to invite and equip people to follow Jesus. That is the heartbeat of why we do what we do, and it colors the way we approach everything and everyone. Because we believe Jesus changes everything.

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Lead Pastor, Carter McInnis

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