Church Review - Christian Church of Buckhead

For those who don't know Georgia very well, there is a town in the state named Buckhead.  It is a tiny town and not particularly fancy.  This is NOT the Buckhead of which I speak in this post.  This Buckhead is one of the wealthiest sections of Atlanta.  And it's a strange place for this kind of church.

Church name:  Christian Church of Buckhead
Meeting place:  3372 Peachtree Road, Atlanta in the old Christian Science Reading Room next to Maggianos near Lenox Mall
Denomination:  Christian Church (which is a non-denominational denomination and not creatively named)
Worship Style:  Modern pop (acoustic guitar led with keys, bass, and drums)
Dress:  Casual (jeans)
Demographics:  Mostly white, mostly young families or young professionals
Service times:  9:30 and 11:00

Review:  We've visited this church a couple of time with friends.  It's a fine church, and we could possibly worship there on a more regular basis.  The worship is upbeat and modern with a good band.  In our visits all of the songs were recently written with no hymns or songs with complex writing.  There is no liturgy, but communion is observed (with grape juice in tiny cups) every week.

The building is rented, and the church has done a good job converting space designed for another religion to something that works for a Christian service.  Flat screen TV's flank the stage for lyrics and other purposes.  Artwork fills the wall behind the stage and is updated periodically based on the current sermon series.  There are no kids in the service because they spend the entire time in Sunday School, which received high reviews from the younger critics in the RB household.

Derek is a cool guy and a fine preacher.  His sermons are delivered in a very conversational style.  His sermons are practical without a lot of "religious stuff."  While he references a number of passages during his sermon, there isn't a lot of page turning.  The sermons are applicable without being very challenging or threatening.

Christian Church of Buckhead is a good church, and we can see why our friends have made it their church home.  However, our preference is for a church with a deeper root in historical Christianity.  Christian Church of Buckhead seems to have left that with the historical trappings.