A church for people who feel church isn’t for them.
Sunday: 9:30AM, 11:00AM
801 Beirne Ave, Huntsville (5-Points)
Upcoming events
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Sunday Funday
August 23rd
Come enjoy an afternoon of pure fun: water slide, foam party, food, ice cream, games, and giveaways. Bring your people and let’s make memories.
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Next Steps
August 30th
Are you tired of sitting on the sidelines and just doing church? Are you ready to learn more, grow more, serve more? Then Next Steps class is here for you!
Next Steps is not some boring tutorial, but an exciting overview of how you can join the Essential Church Community! You will hear what we are about, how you can connect, and where you can plug in.
Lunch and childcare are provided, but registration is required for adults (for the Next Steps class) and for children 6weeks to 5th grade (for childcare).
Registration closes on Thursday, August 27th at midnight.Register here.
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Speed Dating
August 23rd
Join us for a weekly time of prayer at The 2101. When we meet God, we want him to say “Essential is a PRAYING church. This prayer time will not be focused on anything in particular, it will just be a meaningful time of prayer for whatever is on your heart.
You Belong Here
We don’t care what you wear, how many piercings or tattoos you have, what candidate you voted for or even if you know anything about the Bible. We are a church filled with people just like you with every kind of story imaginable.
It’s dark, it’s loud, and it smells a lot like coffee. We love Jesus.
We love the Bible, and we love our church.
We’re having a ton of fun, but we aren’t just playing around.
We love what we get to do here.
We think you’ll love it too.
Huntsville
Address
801 Beirne Avenue Northeast
Huntsville, AL 35801
Summer Service Times
Sunday: 9:30am and 11:00am
Last week’s Teaching:
Whose Truth is True?
Guest preacher, Pastor Daniel Woodcock teaches us this week that truth is absolute, unchanging, and recognizable to anyone who genuinely loves it. As Jesus says, “All who love the truth will recognize what I say is true” . Truth is not personal preference or feeling — it is constant for everyone, everywhere, all the time.
The message warns that people often follow what seems right, but Proverbs 14:12 shows that such paths can lead to destruction: “There is a path before each person that seems right but it ends in death” . Believing something doesn’t make it true, and real love requires telling people what they need to hear, not just what they want to hear.
Jeremiah 17:9 reveals why this is difficult: “The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked” . Because our hearts deceive us, we cannot set our own moral lines. Truth isn’t something we invent — it’s someone we follow. Jesus declares Himself “the way, the truth, and the life.”
The sermon emphasizes the reliability of Jesus: His existence and crucifixion are historically affirmed, He predicted His own death and resurrection, and hundreds witnessed it. Rejecting truth often comes from isolation, where the enemy can trap people in loneliness and lack of accountability.
Pilate’s encounter with Jesus in John 18:38 shows the tension: Pilate recognizes innocence but hands the decision to the crowd. They choose Barabbas — “the worst of the worst” — because they didn’t want to face the truth about Jesus .
Ultimately, God’s way leads to life, but people must be willing to confront truth rather than avoid it.