As someone who goes to a real hipster church, I was offended to be lumped together with them. Let me make a case for hipster Christianity as I know it.
My church is incredibly young. People are going to college, getting married, starting families. We like coffee a whole lot and are as in to craft beer as the rest of Seattle. Our 11am service might start around 11:10 on a good day. We rent space in a local Boys and Girls Club and support local families through an orgranozatipn literally down the street from where we gather. We meet in people's homes for Tuesday night community group, and at a local coffee shop on Thursday mornings to study the Word. My favorite story about what our church looks like is from a father who came to visit and said, "This is it? These are the Christians?"
Yes, we are the Christians.
We are the ones who exclusively song hymns on Sunday mornings. There might be a dulcimer, but we are just as likely to use an electric guitar or a game boy or sing acapella. The worship team may not be the most uniform or organized, but in Christ, there is nothing but unity.
We are the ones who preach the gospel to each other. Church might not start on time, but what is time when we have eternity? Jesus is always the answer to every problem and the young and the older know it for sure.
We are the ones who study relentlessly. 15 people from our small church showed up at 6 on Thursday morning to read and discuss 1 John.
We are the ones who love greatly. You will always have a place to go when you know Anchor church. We love serving our community because oh how Christ has served us.
So yes, we are the Christians. Our teachers may talk about how the gospel is rad and our pastor is probably wearing jeans this morning but we love Jesus.
And that's what I think true hipster Christianity is: people who live in and with our culture but also in the eternal truth of who Jesus is.
Anchor Church summarizes itself as such: Jesus. Gospel. Seattle.
Amen
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