Why First Savvy Church of Christ Exists
The World Kids Are Growing Up In
Boredom has haunted humanity since Adam and Eve
When I was a kid in the early 60s, boredom was cured by stickball in the street and jump rope on the sidewalk.
We made up games.
We burned energy.
We went home when the streetlights came on.
Today, boredom looks very different.
Kids carry the world in their pockets.
Instead of inventing games, they scroll.
Instead of imagination, they scroll and prompt.
The danger has changed.
It has moved inside the house.
Onto the screen.
Into the mind.
This isn’t fearmongering.
It’s honesty.
That’s the world kids are growing up in.
Today, more than ever before, kids need a break.
They need trustworthy adults.
They need help making sense of the world they’re growing up in.
They need Jesus.
But kids cannot meet Jesus through half-answers, shallow faith, or adults pretending to have everything figured out.
Why Kids Are Being Shortchanged by Churchianity
Why Kids Are Walking Away
After twelve years teaching fourth and fifth graders in Sunday School, Wednesday nights, Vacation Bible School, and youth camps, I became convinced of something:
Kids are remarkably good at sensing when something doesn’t add up.
They notice contradictions.
They know when answers are vague.
They know when adults are faking it.
And when trust breaks, kids often walk away emotionally long before they ever leave physically.
Most kids spend huge portions of their lives feeling like the odd-kid-out.
Around adults.
Around teachers.
Around other kids.
Sometimes even at church.
First Savvy Church of Christ exists to create something radically different:
A place where kids are given a break.
A place where hard questions are welcomed.
A place where trustworthy adults actually listen.
A place where kids can explore Jesus honestly without bamboozlement, pressure, or fake certainty.
Because kids deserve better than shallow answers about the most important questions in life.
Why First Savvy Church of Christ Exists and What You’re Invited Into
The Problem With Churchianity
During years of disciplined, text-driven study of Scripture, I discovered a growing disconnect between the Bible and what is commonly preached in modern Christianity.
I came to call that disconnect:
Churchianity bamboozlement.
One of the biggest examples is this:
Many people think Christianity is mainly about dying and going somewhere.
But the Bible’s story is ultimately about God coming here.
About God restoring what is broken through Jesus.
About learning to live in a relationship with Him now.
Churchianity often turns faith into slogans, behavior management, culture wars, or vague religious performance.
Kids see through that quickly.
And honestly?
So do many adults.
Why FSCC Exists
I started First Savvy Church of Christ because I believe kids deserve at least one honest opportunity to encounter the real Jesus.
Not merely religion.
Not performance.
Not manipulation.
Not foggy answers wrapped in church language.
A real relationship with Jesus.
The kind that changes how we live, love, forgive, think, struggle, repent, and walk through the world.
FSCC is a Jesus-centered, youth-focused, biblically accurate church built around honest teaching, thoughtful discipleship, and genuine relationships.
We take kids seriously.
Which means we take faith seriously.
Not because we have every answer.
But because Jesus deserves honesty, and kids do too.
A Simple Invitation
If you care about your kids’ relationship with God…
If you’ve grown weary of shallow answers and performative Christianity…
If you want a place where questions are welcomed and Jesus is taken seriously…
Then come walk with us.
Everyone is welcome.
No child -or adult- is left where they started.
Walk with me.
I’ll show you what I mean.
And then you tell me.