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If you’ve never been at All Souls in Knoxville, we’d love to see you. If you’ve been here before, we’d love to see you again! While our website contains more information, this page hopes to answer a few general and common questions about All Souls that you might be wondering about.
Join us Sundays at 10:30am
100 W. Fifth Ave,
Knoxville, TN 37917
About All Souls Church
Our church is a non-denominational church which is made up of people from various church backgrounds. We celebrate the diversity of thought and practice that comes from our various church traditions and seek to create an environment that is rooted in historic church practice while simultaneously speaking a fresh word to the contemporary searcher and disciple. With attention to both diversity of thought and ancient wisdom, we are a church that is rooted in God’s sacramental grace, shaped by God’s story in Christ found in Scripture, and open to and interruptible by God’s work in the Holy Spirit. What does this mean? First, the structure of our worship is true to the liturgical rhythm that has been there for a very, very long time. Second, we are a place that welcomes the fresh Wind of the Spirit, along with all the gifts and life that the Spirit brings to the church. Third, we have a high regard for Scripture and a passion to co-labor with God in seeking the peace of our own city, as well as the peaceable reign of God throughout the world.
We affirm the Nicene and Apostles’ Creeds as the centering beliefs of the Christian faith. We like to think of the Creeds as the boards surrounding a sandbox. There’s a lot of room for a diversity of play in the sand, but the boards hold the box, the space for play, together. Just like we welcome people from various church backgrounds, we also welcome a diversity of beliefs theologically. The Creeds center our belief as a church and connect us to the church world-wide (which is what we mean when we say “catholic” in the creed). We recite a creed each week as a part of our worship.
Our ministers wear collars while a lot of our congregants wear shorts or jeans and a t-shirt. Our hope is that everyone feels comfortable to come as they are. Our worship takes a particular shape (which you can read more about here). The long and short of it is (1) we gather to worship (our music is both new and old and we love singing together), (2) we hear the scriptures of the day read and then a message preached (check out our podcast if you are interested in listening to a recent sermon), (3) we celebrate Baptism and the Eucharist together (all are welcomed in these waters and at this Table), and (4) we are sent out to bring the blessing and peace that we have received back into our city (Jeremiah 29:7) and the world more broadly (Acts 1:8).
We have a nursery where your babies will be well taken care of. Our kids worship with us for part of the service and then are dismissed for a time of age-based ministry.
Our middle schoolers meet each Sunday an hour before the service to hang out with each other and their leaders. We’re also intentional about actively involving our youth for various portions of our liturgy so that they (and we!) always remember that they are a not the “church of the future,” but a vital part of the church Body now. We are actively working towards a regular ministry for our high schoolers.
Wherever you find yourself on your faith journey we would love, as invited, to walk with you at your pace and without judgment, on the journey. Our pastors, Phil+ and Marisa+, have spent a lot of time with people deconstructing their faith and welcome the questions, dialogue, and journey.
Please reach out if you have any questions not addressed here or to set up a meeting with one of our pastors. We’d love to chat with you over coffee, on the phone, or through email if that is more comfortable.
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