In 1996, Mark Batterson opened a “church for the unchurched” with about 50 worshipers meeting in Union Station’s dingy, basement movie theaters. Today, National Community Church, named one of ...

You’d expect Mark Batterson, lead pastor of the District-based National Community Church, to preach the Christian message, and he does. His congregation will host the annual sunrise service at the ...

Skye Jethani, managing editor of Leadership and Out Of Ur, introduced Mark Batterson, lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. Batterson described his forthcoming book, Primal ...

In a highly divided culture, one faith leader is reminding people of three key words and phrases that we need to use and embrace more than ever today, he told Fox News Digital. "I think it's time for ...

Batterson is the pastor at the National Community Church, which is developing a new location on Virginia Avenue in Southeast Washington. Why did you acquire that land? In 1996, we were one church with ...

“Maybe the central task of a worship leader is to keep worship from becoming routine? Maybe the central task of a teaching pastor is to keep the Bible from becoming routine? Maybe the central task of ...

National Community Church in Washington, DC, meets in theaters at Metro stops around the city. The church’s only permanent facility is Ebenezer’s Coffee Shop, located just a few blocks from the ...

“Please,” “Sorry,” and “Thanks” have the power to strengthen love, disrupt hate, and lift us higher. Today we launch our final pod-class series of the ...