Posted May 10, 2023
by JonChristopher Collins
Florida’s Greenhouse Church seeks to plant disciples rather than churches. Located in Gainesville, Florida, Greenhouse Church advocates certain “fluencies.”
The church also encourages engagement in culture. Greenhouse Church explains that these fluencies aid them in building the unique and diverse “Kingdom of God.” They desire to build and exist as an inviting church as the church is seen in the Book of Acts.
Can you tell me a little bit about your background?
Matt Ulrich: I am the microchurch pastor. I’ve been that for the last 15 years. I went to the University of Florida in 2000, graduated in ’04, moved away [and] actually did some seminary in California at Fuller, and then came back to Gainesville to get married. My wife was doing her master’s here. [I] didn’t even know about Greenhouse, honestly, until I moved back to Gainesville.
My wife and I both weren’t raised in the church at all, so we were kind of the first in our immediate family to start following Jesus. We didn’t have a denomination or religious background, so we just started reading the Bible and we were like, “Man, this is interesting because we read ‘every tribe and every tongue’, but on Sundays we go to an all-white church.”
The article was originally published and can be read in full on the KOINESÚNĒ website.
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