City Church Chattanooga with Pastor Shannon Chapman

December 1, 2021

City Church seeks to be just that – a church for the city. Even though it isn’t the oldest or largest congregation in Chattanooga, City Church has a reputation of being a “mother church” due in part to how they live out their mission. Lead Pastor Shannon Chapman says that City Church doesn’t need or want to lead every outreach opportunity in the city – “we just want to be involved.”

But what really makes City Church unique is how they value both the experience of the presence of God and the Word of God. Listen in to this episode to hear more about City Church’s culture and what Shannon sees God doing at City Church and in Chattanooga in this season.

Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.

 

Jump Through the Conversation

  • [1:22] Church location, service times, connection information

  • [2:10] History of City Church

  • [5:31] City Church’s heart for Chattanooga

  • [6:20] What it means to be a Church of God church

  • [9:25] City Church’s emphasis on the presence of God

  • [14:23] Stewarding spontaneous moments with order

  • [18:43] Balance between Scripture and experience

  • [22:13] Knowing how to steward the experience after it happens

    • Adam’s examples from Scripture

    • Experiencing the Word of God to know that it’s true

  • [29:04] City Church’s role in the city of Chattanooga

  • [30:41] Shannon: “God is stirring things in the heart of Chattanooga”

    • Urgency, hunger for God

    • How Shannon is learning that “God meets us at our level of desperation”

  • [34:18] The origin of City Church’s heart for Chattanooga

  • [38:04] City Church’s prayer culture

  • [43:55] What God is doing in City Church

  • [50:49] Back to Shannon’s observations on what God is doing in Chattanooga

  • [52:49] Exhortation to create quiet space

 

Links and Resources

 

A resource of the Chattanooga House of Prayer