12Stone Church (also known simply as "12Stone") is an American
Wesleyan with multiple locations in
Gwinnett County,
Georgia. Kevin Myers is the Founding Pastor, having transitioned out of the Senior Pastor role in 2023. Jason Berry currently serves as the Senior Pastor of 12Stone.
As of July 2024, there are nine physical 12Stone campuses located in
Gwinnett County,
Georgia, and
Hall County along with several home churches called "12Stone Home". 12Stone was listed in late 2010 as the #1 fastest growing church in America and as the fortieth largest church in the United States with an attendance of 9,636. 12Stone is the
daughter church
Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the believer. It may also refer to the primary church of a Christian denomination or diocese, i.e. a cathedral or a metropo ...
of
Kentwood Community Church.
In 2011 the average weekly attendance surpassed 10,000, making 12Stone the first
Wesleyan Church to surpass this milestone.
Each campus location has a Phoenix Roasters Coffee shop inside the church.
Locations
There are currently seven physical 12Stone campuses in Gwinnett and Hall counties and one temporary location in Jackson county.
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Lawrenceville (Central Campus) - 1322 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville, GA -
# Hamilton Mill - 3858 Braselton Hwy, Buford, GA -
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Flowery Branch
Flowery Branch is a city in Hall County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 9,391. It is part of the Gainesville, Georgia metropolitan area, and lies on the shores of Lake Lanier.
History
Flowery Branch wa ...
- 4256 Martin Road, Flowery Branch, GA -
# Sugarloaf - 2050 Sugarloaf Circle Duluth, GA 30097
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Buford - 2565 Buford Hwy NE, Buford, GA 30518
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Braselton
Braselton ( ) is a town in Barrow, Gwinnett, Hall, and Jackson counties in the U.S. state of Georgia, approximately northeast of Atlanta. As of the 2010 census, the town had a population of 7,511, and in 2018 the estimated population was 11,652. ...
- 2675 Old Winder Highway, Braselton, GA 30517
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Snellville
Snellville is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States, east of Atlanta. The population was 18,242 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the estimated population was 20,077. It is a developed suburb of Atlanta and a part of the Atlanta metr ...
- 1709 Scenic Highway S, Snellville, GA 30078
# Athens - 395 Research Drive Athens, GA 30605
# Jackson County - 1952 Winder Hwy, Jefferson, GA 30549
Controversies
In 2014, 12Stone church was involved in the arrest and false conviction of
David Justin Freeman
David Justin Freeman (born December 22, 1984) is a Christian minister, private educator and conservative political activist from the state of Georgia. He is best known as the teaching pastor at Clarkesville Reformed Baptist Church. In the mid 201 ...
, who had been a volunteer minister at the church. Freeman's conviction was ultimately overturned in 2017 on free speech grounds.
In 2016, 12Stone church was struck by vandals (whom the church reports did $10,000 worth of damage). The vandals left behind pamphlets describing their displeasure with the church's operations, and spray-painted scripture references suggesting that 12Stone church had turned God's house into a market.
The church and its head pastor have also made headlines for criticizing
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Rand Kaepernick ( ; born November 3, 1987) is an American civil rights activist and football quarterback who is a free agent. He played six seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League (NFL). In 2016, he knelt dur ...
's decision to
protest by kneeling during the national anthem during a sermon,
as well as a sermon in 2010 comparing acceptance of homosexuals to acceptance of pedophiles.
See also
List of megachurches in the United States
References
External links
12stone.com12Stone Official Website
{{Megachurches
Methodist megachurches in the United States
Megachurches in Georgia
Churches in Georgia (U.S. state)
Christian organizations established in 1987
1987 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)