Church of the Highlands

The Church of the Highlands is a nondenominational megachurch, founded in February 4, 2001 with 34 charter members and currently attracting more than 5,000 worshippers each week. The senior pastor is Chris Hodges.

For its first six years the church met at Mountain Brook High School's 1000-seat auditorium. As the congregation grew, additional morning services were added to the schedule and branch locations were opened in Riverchase and Auburn featuring video recordings of Hodges' sermons.

In 2005 the church purchased a 125-acre site at Grants Mill Road and Overton Road for $7 million and began planning a new $15 million campus with a 2,400 seat high-tech sanctuary. The new building opened on June 24, 2007 and includes an 800-seat youth auditorium, offices, child care facilities, 1,700 parking spaces, and a coffee shop. Instead of holding Sunday school on campus, the church organizes small groups that meet in homes, parks and restaurants. Cameras in the main sanctuary provide a video feed which is transmitted by satellite to the Auburn and Riverchase branch locations as well as a new space in Tuscaloosa.

References

• Garrison, Greg (June 24, 2007) "5,000-member church moves to new campus ." Birmingham News.

External links

• Church of the Highlands website