Find Your Community with Church on Main in Snellville

By Kristen Eleveld

Many people in the Snellville community are familiar with First Baptist Snellville, a staple that has been around since the late 1800s. And if you’re driving by and wondering where First Baptist Snellville has gone, don’t worry. It’s right where it’s always been. But now it has a new name to match its goals for reaching the community that has surrounded it for so long. Welcome to Church on Main.

Led by Pastor Brian Boyles, the church has worked to be an intentional, integral part of the neighborhoods around it as it invites everyone into its doors for services and events. Though the name is different, the mission and values are the same: to teach the Bible to anyone who wants to learn.

“We discussed changing the name for almost three years before we made a decision,” said Brian. “We talked about it as a staff and as a church to make sure everyone understood why we wanted to change the name.”

For Brian and the staff at Church on Main, the biggest goal of the name change was to be more accessible to members of the community. Their doctrine, statement of faith, and other values remain exactly the same as always as they work to teach biblical truth to those around them.

“What we believe has not changed,” explained Brian. “The only thing that’s different is the way we do church.”

Like so many others in his community, Brian is no stranger to overcoming hardships and struggles related to his faith. His plans to create a church environment that appealed to more of the community were driven by his desire to let everyone know that they were welcome to worship anytime, regardless of anything that may have happened in their past or present. This is also one of the reasons that Church on Main has two services every Sunday – one that plays more traditional music and another that has a more contemporary feel. Whatever you are looking for in a friendly, gospel-driven church, Church on Main is working to make sure you can find it.

Brian credits the welcoming nature of the staff and church members as one of the things the community has responded to the most.

“Everyone here is so friendly,” he said. “We have a casual, accepting environment here.”

When Brian and his team are not prepping for Sunday services, you can probably find them working in one of the many ministries the church has participated in or started throughout the years. You might see them hosting events for South Gwinnett High School or volunteering in the English literacy classes they teach on campus. The church also offers citizenship classes, as well as other helpful resources like a food pantry and a clothes closet to meet the needs of those around them. They also support other ministries, such as a Haitian church that was able to move from meeting in a small room to a church building, thanks to the support of Church on Main and others in the community. If there is an opportunity to support another church, Brian always encourages church members to take it, fostering an environment that is focused more on the work that gets done instead of who is doing it.

If you were to stop by for a service on Sunday, you would likely learn a lot as the church goes through books of the Bible on a deeper level to learn more about not only what the Bible says, but what the words mean and how they apply to everyday life.

For Brian, the biggest joy comes from seeing people learning more and more about the Bible and coming back eager to learn more.

“I am so grateful for the people here and how much they want to know what the Bible says,” said Brian. “It’s great to be at a church where people are so hungry to understand.”

If you are looking for a church community, you have found it in Church on Main. Brian and the staff will be waiting to say hello!

More information at www.churchonmain.net, 770-978-7000