Can I go to church if I don't believe in God?

A lot of people assume church is for people who have already sorted this out, and that showing up without belief is a kind of dishonesty. It is not. Curiosity is a real reason to be somewhere. Some people come because a friend invited them, some because something in their life stopped working, and some because they want to understand what their spouse or their coworkers actually think on a Sunday morning.

Nothing in the service requires you to perform belief. You are not asked to sign anything, recite anything, or sing anything. When people pray, you can sit there with your eyes open. When people sing, you can listen. There is no moment where visitors are separated out or asked to declare where they stand.

What you will get is a straight talk from the Bible that treats you like an adult who can weigh an argument. We would rather you disagree with something honestly than agree with it politely. Ps. Sam has a PhD from MIT and spent years as an entrepreneur before he was a pastor, and the teaching reflects that. Questions are not a threat here.

The thing worth saying plainly is that we are not trying to get you to believe something in order to belong. It runs the other way around. Belonging in a room is usually what makes it possible to work out what you actually think, because you are no longer doing it alone and under pressure. Ps. Sam has preached about the difference between an identity you earn by performing and one you receive, and about how long he spent trying to fit in before he stopped performing. That is the posture the room is built on.

If you want to hear a message first without walking into a building, you can do that. Otherwise, come sit in the back on a Sunday and see what you make of it.