Who We Are
Threads is not 'church' the way our society defines it. We may not look like church, we may not sound like church, and we may not act like any church you've ever been to before; but we are a community. Some find us different, but for many it feels like home.
We aren't into changing someone into a "Christian" (we have seen some scary ones out there). We simply want to help people explore this thing of following Jesus. Threads is, essentially, a growing community of people who wish to know God and reflect His love to into our marketplace, our homes, our classes, and our city.
Threads began out of a burden to reach the spiritually disconnected young adults in the Kalamazoo area. We found many to be very spiritual, yet believing the church would be the last place where they would deepen that spirituality.
At first a small group of people began meeting in a living room. Then in June, 1999, a small group of 30 kids and adults began meeting publicly with the vision to reach the next generations.
From meeting in a high school, a hotel, then in a way-cool historical building, we have now grown to our current location @ 3600 W. Milham Rd. (map)
We have partnered to launch Freshwater Community Church in Paw Paw and we are eager to see many more unchurched people discover a real relationship with God. In the next 3 years our prayer is to launch two more sites in the SW Michigan area.
Thanks for checking out Threads -- we hope you will want to explore further with us.
