This Atlanta megachurch is doing what traditional denominations fail to do — turning Gen Z into passionate churchgoers

The stage is still shrouded in darkness when a keyboardist opens with a single, solemn note. The musician holds the note, steadily increasing its volume, as onlookers rise from their seats to surge forward. The auditorium then explodes with a barrage of lights and sounds. Four singers sprint to the foot of the stage, pumping their fists. The band joins them, unleashing a torrent of thunderous drums and scratchy guitar riffs that sound like an arena-rock anthem. “C’mon! Anyone grateful tonight?” the lead singer bellows as white, red and amber stage lights flicker behind him. Several thousand fans roar in response and join him in a hymn of gratitude by following the song’s lyrics displayed on two screens flanking the stage. This might look like a concert, but it’s actually church. Yet hardly anyone in the crowd tonight uses that name. They call it “TLR,” or “The Living Room,” and it’s a home away from home for the roughly 2,800 people who packed the auditorium on a recent Monday night. The Living Room was created by North Point Community Church, a nondenominational Georgia megachurch founded by its senior pastor, Andy Stanley. But the most astonishing sight on thi

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