Churches in the Twin Cities - Christian Legal Society
First Baptist Church
“Bringing people into a growing relationship with Christ”
Location: 1021 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Contact Number: (612) 332-3651
Service Times: Sunday 9:30am, 10:50am
*Classes available for adults and youth
Head Pastor: Matt Clausen
About: Great location from UST (across the street). Great, young pastor and a more seasoned associate pastor. It is an inner-city church with a decent focus on outreach and service, both in city and internationally. The church encourages small groups outside of church and will actively help you find one to join.
One thing to consider is that the church population is predominately older than law-school age, many with children and working, with some retired. They are very welcoming but it is harder to find a group of mid 20 year olds.
*If interested, and want more information from a student, contact Bryce Young
Hope Community Church
“… vintage Christianity for the next generation…”
Location: 707 10th Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55415
Contact Number: (612) 378-8820
Service Times: Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am
*Sunday School, Adult and Children available
*10:30am is connection time in the community room
Head Pastor: Steve Treichler
About: A student describes it as a great body of believers intentionally living for Christ. Their vision is to honor God by helping as many people as possible become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. It’s a down-to-earth church that’s right downtown. There is both a younger and older pastor who are both relevant to a younger congregation. The church has a very strong outreach to college students. The church population is on the younger side, with many young married couples with small children, as well as many students from the University of Minnesota. The worship is contemporary. In addition, they have many opportunities to get involved, such as missions, men’s and women’s ministry, prayer, and small groups.
Bethlehem Baptist Church
“spreading a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ”
Location: Downtown Campus – 720 13th Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN 55415
(612) 338-7653
North Campus – 5151 Program Ave., Mounds View, MN 55112
(612) 455-0800
South Campus – Burnsville Sr. High School, Mraz Center
600 Highway 13 East, Burnsville, MN 55337
(612) 746-2650
Service Times: Downtown Campus: - Saturday 5:30pm
All Campuses – Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am
Head Pastor: John Piper
About: A student describes it as a church with very deep Biblical teachings and God centered worship. The church is very centered around magnifying the glory of God and treasuring Him together. They are committed to supporting missionaries, around the US and across the globe. There is also a sense of community and a mixture of cultures in the way that worship is done. The church demographic is broad, with college kids, young families, families, and older folk. They have a wide range of small groups, and despite the large size of the church body, encourage their members to get involved in any way they can.
*If you are interested, contact Phyllis Mma for more information
Mill City Church
http://www.millcitychurch.com/
“Loving Northeast Minneapolis in the name of Jesus”
Location: Sheridan Global Arts and Communications School
1201 University Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Contact Number: (612) 702-1593
Service Times: Sunday - 10am
Head Pastor: Michael Binder
About: Mill City Church is geared toward developing the community of the church and loving the surrounding community in a humble and genuine way (although by no means does one need to live in NE Minneapolis to attend). The church has small groups that meet weekly to spend time together, study the Bible, and serve the community. The church is made up of a fair amount of young people as well as young families, and middle age adults. The church Sunday worship includes more contemporary worship music, a Bible-based teaching time, and plenty of time to meet and engage with those in attendance. Mill City Church was started in April of 2009.
*If you are interested, contact John Nielsen for more information
The Rock
“experience God, not religion”
Location: Jefferson Community School Auditorium – Uptown
1200 W. 26th St., Minneapolis, MN 55405
Contact Number: (612) 339-7625
Service Times: Friday, 7:30pm
Head Pastor: Mark Darling
About: They describe their church as a place for people seeking an authentic relationship with Jesus Christ. The church is mostly young singles, with young married couples and some young families. They desire mostly to maintain an environment of authenticity and genuine relationships. They spend a lot of time training believers to become future laborers, leaders, and pastors, and desire to develop them to become disciples for Jesus Christ. They also strive to reach out the city by doing community projects and providing relationships to their neighbors. Finally, they want to see the Great Commission fulfilled and strive to think of ways to plant more churches.
Upper Room - Christ Presbyterian Church
http://www.upperroomcommunity.org/
“A community loving God and others in the rhythm of Jesus”
Location: 6901 Normandale Rd, Edina, MN 55435
Contact Number: 952-920-8515
Service Times: Sunday, 5:00pm, 7:00pm
Head Pastor: Joe McDonald
About: The gatherings are very centered around worship and ways to learn about, connect with, and experience God as a body and as individuals. The population of Upper Room is on the younger side, anywhere from high school to late 20’s (Christ Presbyterian Church, which houses UR, has an older demographic). They use a lot of creative ways to give messages and provide incredible musical worship. Their vision involves seeking change and transformation, and let the mission of love drive them so that the Kingdom God could be more fully experienced here and around the world. Described by a student as a church geared for young adults. Amazing worship! Solid, relevant teaching that's easy for anyone to understand. The services encourage you to participate through an interactive atmosphere that plays on the senses.
Woodland Hills Church
Location: 1740 Van Dyke St., St. Paul, MN 55109
Service Times: Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 8:45am, 11:00am
Contact Number: (651) 487-0001
Head Pastor: Greg Boyd
About: It is a larger church. They’re desire is to have all that come to their church would connect with each other in a covenant community. To do that, they have many covenant groups that are equipped with “lay leaders” and staff, to nurture relationships, and provide places for prayer and ongoing training. It has been described as a contemporary and upbeat church, with lively music. The head pastor, Greg Boyd, is known for his tendency to combine religion and politics. One thing to note, the worship has been described often as more of a “concert” in style.
Sanctuary Covenant Church
“To Reconcile the People of the City to God and to One Another”
Location: 256 Upton Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55405
Contact Number: (612) 520-9160
Service Times: Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am
Head Pastor: Efrem Smith
About: Truly an urban, multi-ethnic, relevant, holistic, and Christ-centered community. It is a very open church: people come in jeans and t-shirts to whatever they choose to wear. Sanctuary is known for having dynamic messages from Smith, combined with creative ways to appeal to an more diverse, urban congregation. This is done through live graffiti, or their Hip Hop Sunday, on the 3rd Sunday each month with DJ’s, breakdancing, and spoken word as well. Their desire is to live for God in such a way to radically transform the world around them. They believe that God seeks to use them to be his hands, his feet, his justice, his mercy, his compassion, and his love to the surrounding community.
Substance
“People of all ages doing life together”
Location: Fridley High School
6000 Moore Lake Dr. W., Minneapolis, MN 55432
Contact Number: 1-866-99-SUBSTANCE
Service Times: Sunday 9:30am, 11:30am
Head Pastor: Peter Haas
About: Substance is a church that encourages community and corporate worship. They believe that church is a celebration and that it should be relevant to anyone one. It is a young church, and very college and student focused. They are passionate about innovate worship and evangelism, both local and global. At Substance, the teaching is Biblically based and shared in a way that reaches both believers and non-believers. They also enjoy meeting with each other through small groups. One student describes it as a place where you can expect to experience God through the amazing worship, the hilarious, challenging preaching and the warm, fun community of believers. Open to anyone no matter where they are at.
Wooddale Church
“A place to belong… a place to become…”
Location: 6630 Shady Oak Rd., Eden Prairie, MN 55433
Service Times: Saturday 5:15pm (contemporary)
Sunday 9:00am (traditional), 10:15 and 11:30am (contemporary)
Contact Number: (952) 944-6300
Head Pastor: Leith Anderson
About: It’s a great place to connect with people at all stages of life. There are many opportunities to get involved and has multiple services. It may seem big to some but it is a great church that is focused on teaching, equipping and growth. In addition, there are many areas to serve and volunteer, as well as small groups to encourage individual growth in a more intimate setting. They desire to honor God by making more disciples for Jesus Christ. They describe themselves as God-centered, Bible based, and outreach oriented, kingdom building, and future looking. It has multiples services that fit different styles. It is also more of a suburban church.
Calvary Baptist Church
“A Community where People can Belong, Become like Jesus, and Be a Blessing”
Locations: Roseville – 2120 Lexington Ave. N., Roseville, MN 55113
(651) 487-2855
White Bear – 4604 Greenhaven Dr., White Bear Twp., Mn 55127
Service Times: Roseville – Sunday 8:15am (blend), 9:30am (blend), 11:00am (contemp)
White Bear – Sunday 9:00am, 10:30am (both comtemp)
Head Pastor: Rich Schoenert
About: It is a larger, suburban church that reaches out to its community. It has a lot of resources available. There are many groups to get involved with, whether for Bible studies or outreaches or worship times. They offer two styles of services, with blended seeking to offer a variety of styles by using contemporary and traditional music, visual arts, and drama. They also use instruments including the organ, piano, and orchestra. Their contemporary service seeks to be culturally relevant by incorporating elements of modern worship, including music, multi-media, visual arts, drama, readings, and other means of expressing worship. They stress the importance of a strong community and want their church to be a place where believers and nonbelievers feel and are accepted.
Mercy Vineyard
“A community of Churches”
Location: The Waterbury Building, 1121 Jackson St. Minneapolis, MN 55413
Service Times: Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am
Contact Number: (612) 270-5807
About: Mercy Vineyard is an affiliate with the Vineyard movement. A student says that there is a large focus on reaching out to inner city and underprivileged in the community. Their long-term goal is to build a large, multi-ethnic, church-planting church that extends the Kingdom of God into Minneapolis and the surrounding communities. Their foundation values or based on Mark 12:29-31, and seek to develop peoples’ relationship with Jesus and with others. They also have priorities as a church that include: evangelism, discipleship, justice, theological reflection, contemplation, and spiritual gifts of prophecy, healing, and miracles.
Church of the Open Door
“An ‘honest to God’ journey of faith that can make us look more like the Jesus we follow”
Location: 9060 Zanzibar Ln. N., Maple Grove, MN 55311
Service Times: Saturday 5:00pm
Sunday 9:00am, 11:00am
Contact Number: (763) 416-5887
Head Pastor: David Johnson
About: An emergent church, it describes itself as “we take God REAL seriously – ourselves, not so much”. A student describes it as having good teaching. It is a large church that has great sermons and lots of ways to get involved. They seek to grow in Christ’s love individually and corporately, and as a community seek to know and love God. They have a lot of opportunities for members to connect and serve, based on natural talents and specific passions. They also encourage a balanced lifestyle, with one that knows how to balance being involved in church with continuing to live your life. They also have lots of groups and classes (anywhere from book studies to topical studies) for people to get involved with the Open Door community. One thing to note is that it is far from downtown Minneapolis.
Stadium Village Church
“an international American community of people from all over the world…”
Location: 501 Oak St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Contact Number: (612) 331-1632
Service Times: Sunday 10:30am
Breakfast, 8:55am
Table Discussions, 9:15am
Head Pastor: Kathleen Macosko
About: A student describes the church as having a focus on reaching out to international students. The church is smaller in size and has a very family-like feel to it. The church has a strong emphasis on Biblical teaching combined with evangelism and serving the needs of people. It is a multi-ethnic congregation with an international ministry in the community, by having a campus ministry and ESL classes for internationals. They also provide small groups for individuals who desire to learn more what it means to follow Jesus.
*If you are interested, contact Christina Davenport for more information
Grace Church
“Bringing Faith to Life”
Location: Eden Prairie
About: Grace Church is a large church that recently brought on a new pastor. The worship there is great and there are lots of opportunities to join small groups and to get involved in Bible studies. In addition, the church has many resources and opportunities to share the gospel around Minneapolis and overseas.
Eagle Brook Church
“real+relevant”
About: it is a more suburban church, with contemporary, great worship.
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
www.stjohns-excelsior.org
Location: 680 Mill St, Excelsior, MN 55331-3272
Contact Number: (952) 474-8868
Masses: Mon-Sat 8:00 am
Saturday 5:00 pm
Sunday 8:00 & 10:00 am
Sacrament of Penance:
Saturday 3:30-4:45 pm
Sunday 7:30-7:45 am, 9:30-9:45 am
Pastor: Fr. Mark Dosh
About: Family-oriented parish and school. Fr. Dosh, a former professor of moral theology, provides challenging homilies and traditional liturgies. The Holy Week services are particularly moving. Limited music ministry. Many opportunities for adult education and parish involvement.
The Basilica of St. Mary
“More than a church for more than a century”
Location: Hennepin Avenue between 16th and 17th, Minneapolis MN
Contact Number: Phone: (612) 333-1381
About: Main church downtown and architecturally beautiful.
St. Olaf's Catholic Church
www.saintolaf.org
Location: Corners of South 8th and Second Avenue, accessible by the skyway.
Contact Number: 612-332-7471
Service Times: Sunday: 8:00am, 10:00am, 12:00pm, 4:00pm
Monday-Friday: 7:00am, 12:00pm, and 5:15pm
Saturday: 8:00am, 12:00pm
Pastor: Fr. Mark Pavlik
About: The church is located downtown and has a diverse community. Intellectually stimulating. African masses once a month.
St. Mark's Catholic Church
Location: 2001 Dayton Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104
Contact Number: (651) 645-5717
Mass Times: Weekdays, 10:00am
Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 5:15pm
Saturday, 8:00am, 5:00pm
Sunday 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am
Confession Times: Saturday, 3:30-4:30pm
Pastor: Fr. Humberto Palomino, P.E.S.
About: Great location for those living in St. Paul near UST's undergrad campus. They just got a new pastor, and he is AWESOME. He is a young man, but is a great leader. The parish places a major emphasis on social justice and peace and the parishoners actually work for it. Moreover, Professor Organ goes there - isn't that reason enough?
Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church
Location: 1900 Wellesley Avenue St. Paul, MN 55105
Contact Number: 651-698-0309
Mass Times: Weekdays 8:15am, 5:00pm
Saturday 8:15am. 5:00pm
Sunday 7:00am, 8:15am, 9:30am, 11:00am, 5:00pm
Confession Times: Weekdays, half hour before morning/evening Masses
Saturday, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Pastor: Fr. Patrick Hipwell
Parochial Vicar: Fr. John Bauer
About: Great location for those living in St. Paul near UST's undergrad campus. It is a VERY vibrant parish, with tons of young Catholic, couples, singles, and families (I mean, just look at how many Masses and confession times the parish has to offer!).
Church of the Cross
www.ofthecross.org
"Connecting people to Christ and one another through a community rooted in history and relevant for today."
Location: 201 9th Avenue North, Hopkins, MN 55343
Contact Number: (952) 933-3686
Service Times: Sunday, 9 and 10:45am
Classes available for adults and youth
Rector: Christian Ruch
About: An Anglican Mission in America church (http://www.theamia.org), COTC is a vibrant 5-year-old community with a diverse age range, though lots of families with young children. The services are liturgical, but contemporary. The worship music is amazing. There are lots of opportunities to engage in teaching, learning, and serving. It is a very missional church with strong ties to both Rwanda and Kenya. Very comfortable for everyone, from those who have never been to church to those with a high church background.
The Catholic Church of Christ the King
Location: 5029 Zenith Ave S Minneapolis, MN 55410
Contact Number:
Pastor: Dale Korogi
Service Times: Sunday Mass: 9:30 a.m.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:30 p.m.
Weekday Mass (Tuesday-Friday): 7:30 a.m.
About: A very warm and inviting parish; members are very active in the community; wonderful worship experience. *If you’d like more information, talk to Prof. Vischer or Prof. Oseid.
St. Lawrence Catholic Church and Newman Center
Location: University of Minnesota, 1203 5th St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414-2030
Contact Number: (612) 331-7941
Mass: Sunday, 8am, 10am, 7pm, 9pm
Saturday, 9am
Weekdays, 1210
Pastor: Father Johnson
Associate Pastor: Father Brucz
About: The church is wonderful, close by, and full of students. Many members are student who go to the UMN for undergrad and grad school, students stay on after they graduate too so there is a good mix. Tons of groups and activities to get involved with from the grad student group, Cooks for Kids at the Ronald McDonald House in Minneapolis, and interfaith groups too.
Corporate Worship Gatherings
Vespers – Bethel University
Sunday evenings, 8:00pm, 10:00pm
The Gathering – Wooddale Church
Sunday evening 7:00pm
