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manna?

A vintage faith community in downtown Holland, Michigan

It's only natural - when your name is literally a question (What is it?) there are bound to be more. Below are answers to questions we get asked quite a bit - or in some cases, wish we were asked quite a bit.

Question: 

Why not call it Manna Community Church, or something catchy like that?

Answer: 

Well, we called it manna? because as it began and “grew,” we weren’t sure what it was. It began five years ago with three friends meeting once a week at J.P.‘s coffee-house to hang out, share a Bible passage and pray.  After about a year other people started showing up and they couldn’t all fit in the booth. So they started meeting other places, like taking turns at each other’s house. It was mostly just some friends that wanted to share a little, study a little, pray a little and take communion. No one was sure if that made it a church or not. Plus, there never has been a Master Plan or Growth Strategy or Organizational Structure or anything… just folks depending on God’s grace one day at a time. So they just called it manna?

 

Still have questions? Don't worry - we do too. Like, will we still have this carpet in 5 years? If yours are deeper (and they likely are) please feel free to Contact Us.