Buckhead Church is a

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church in the

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district of

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. Buckhead Church is one of eight locations of North Point Ministries.

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is the senior pastor of North Point Ministries, and Joel Thomas is the lead pastor of Buckhead Church.

History

Buckhead Church was founded on April 29, 2001 as a biweekly meeting called Buckhead Fellowship. Andy Stanley advised the founders and was the first guest speaker. The church officially became affiliated with North Point Ministries in August 2001. The church originally met in the building of Buckhead Baptist Church on Sunday evenings. In 2002, the church moved to the

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in Buckhead. On

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2003, the church moved to a building in

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formerly occupied by a

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grocery store. From the fall of 2006 through the spring of 2007, Buckhead Church opened a second temporary campus in a movie theater at

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. This was known as the "Midtown Gathering." The church held its first services at its current location at Tower Place on May 6, 2007. The building houses an auditorium that holds 3,000 seats.Church blends in with office towers
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* {{official, url=http://northpointministries.org Evangelical megachurches in the United States Megachurches in Georgia Evangelical churches in Georgia (U.S. state) Churches in Atlanta Christian organizations established in 2001 21st-century Protestant churches 2001 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century churches in the United States