I had a thought as I slipped my vanilla latte: As long as the church stays on the periphery, our culture will never experience an epiphany. When National Community was first getting off the ground ...

But for Batterson, 43-year-old pastor of Washington’s National Community Church, there are no failures, only baby steps toward achieving big dreams. He trudges waist-deep into the Chesapeake, leading ...

Parks’ Outreach to Millennials His dark undercut stays slicked to one side, a stray hair rarely breaking rank in the spring breeze, as we discuss things like National Community Church’s ...

Attending church in a theater? No, that is not a misprint, it’s the plan of the National Community Church, a DC area congregation that is trying to change the concept of how congregations and ...

The tradition dates back to over 40 years ago, according to Mark Batterson, the Lead Pastor at National Community Church (NCC). “Huge shout out to Pastor Amos and Sue Dodge, who held the first ...

pastor of National Community Church, a multisite congregation in DC. The city is buzzing with anticipation and transition. People are waiting to hear back about jobs with the incoming administration.