Substance Church is a

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, United States. In 2010, '' Outreach Magazine'' ranked the church as the 21st fastest growing congregation in the United States (8th in terms of growth percentages). Because the church has integrated ultra-contemporary worship,

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, and cafe church methods into a singular megachurch setting, Substance is often cited as being "trend-setting"."7 Trendsetting Churches" – Adrienne S. Gaines - Charisma Magazine – April 2010

History

The church was founded in 2004 by Pastor Peter Haas in partnership with the Association of Related Churches. In May 2005, the church began holding Sunday services in the University of Minnesota on the Saint Paul campus. In 2015 and 2016, after numerous re-locations, Substance acquired permanent facilities in Spring Lake Park and the Historic Wesley building in downtown

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Distinctives

Numerous publications have called it one of the most youthful megachurches in the country with over 70% of its members under 30 years old. Substance is known for its ultra-contemporary approaches to worship utilizing turn-tables, rap, and other forms of media. They have produced dozens of music videos and album projects for their two nationally known worship bands, Substance Input-Output and their

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DJ band, Substance Variant."Rock of Younger Ages" Jeff Strickler -- Star Tribune, October 4, 2008 Their progressive approach to church methodology applies not only to their music but their use of videography in their

multi-site church A multi-site church is a specific church congregation which holds services at multiple geographical locations, either within a specific metropolitan area or, increasingly, several such areas. Characteristic Within the multi-site approach, both the ...

format and online social networking. As a former

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DJ, its founding pastor, Peter Haas, is often cited in numerous books and publications for his conversion to Christianity in a nightclub. Publications also often note Substance for its approaches towards

Cell Church A cell church is a Christian church structure centering on the regular gathering of cell groups. Small group ministries are often called cell groups, but may also be called home groups, home friendship groups, home care groups, house fellowships ...

methodology and regular emphasis on

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Beliefs

Substance Church adheres to classic Evangelicalism with some

Neocharismatic The Neo-charismatic (also third-wave charismatic or hypercharismatic) movement is a movement within evangelical Protestant Christianity that is composed of a diverse range of independent churches and organizations that emphasize the post-biblical ...

overtones. Although Substance does not officially classify itself as an

emerging church The emerging church is a Christian Protestant movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries that crosses a number of theological boundaries: participants are variously described as Protestant, post-Protestant, evangelical, post-evangelical, ...

, many articles find similarities, perhaps due to its youthful attendance. But despite their independent polity, Substance has assisted in the planting of numerous denominational and non-denominational churches ranging from

Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christianity, Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete Immersion baptism, immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe ...

to the

Evangelical Covenant Church The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) is a Radical Pietistic denomination with Lutheran roots in the evangelical Christian tradition. The denomination has 129,015 members in 878 congregations and an average worship attendance of 219,000 peop ...

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

References

External links

* Substance Church Home - http://substancechurch.com * Substance Magazine - http://beingsubstance.com * Star Tribune "Rock of Younger Ages" Jeff Strickler - http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/30269639.html * Star Tribune "Growing Churches Blend the Old and the New"—HERÓN MÁRQUEZ ESTRADA http://www.startribune.com/local/south/110453469.html * www.peterhaas.org * Association of Related Churches - http://www.arcchurches.com/ {{Megachurches Evangelical megachurches in the United States Evangelical churches in Minnesota

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