Our Story

1999

• God calls a group of people to gather for the first worship meeting, laying the foundation for Threads Church.

• Leaders motivated by the statistic that 95% of 18 to 35-year-olds in Kalamazoo lack a meaningful connection to a community following Jesus.

• Vision established to create a church where this demographic can belong and connect with God.
   

Early Days

• Threads becomes a space for people to hear the good news of Jesus in relatable language.

• Emphasis on tangible engagement with God and connections to everyday life.

• Commitment to welcoming individuals as they are, fostering a casual atmosphere for encountering God and finding community.
   

2010s

• Threads Church, situated within the non-denominational evangelical movement, begins examining traditional hierarchical gender roles. Leadership takes steps to ensure that gender is not a barrier to serving at every level.

• Threads leans into anti-racist commitments and takes a strong stance against rising Christian Nationalism and anti-immigrant sentiment.
   

2014

• Threads relocates from Portage to Milwood, identified as an under-resourced neighborhood for community engagement.
   

2020 - Present

• Threads leadership begins a journey of listening, repenting, and reshaping understanding of the church's call in relation to LGBTQIA+ individuals.

• Leadership reimagines and recommits to Threads' original vision for a church where the marginalized can find belonging.

• Threads begins fully celebrating and affirming LGBTQIA+ siblings in Christ.

• Threads begins identifying as "post-evangelical" - retaining core values like love for Jesus and high value on Scripture while distancing from exclusivity and fear-based understandings of faith.

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