== Historie ==
Mars Hill Church blev grundlagt i foråret 1996<ref name=confes38>{{cite book |title=Confessions of a reformission rev. |url=https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris |last=Driscoll |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Driscoll |year=2006 |publisher=Zondervan |location=Grand Rapids |isbn=0310270162 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris/page/n39 38] }}</ref> af Mark Driscoll, der på det tidspunkt var 25 år gammel, Lief Moi og Mike Gunn.<ref>{{cite book |title=Confessions of a reformission rev. |url=https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris |last=Driscoll |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Driscoll |year=2006 |publisher=Zondervan |location=Grand Rapids |isbn=0310270162 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris/page/n55 54] }}</ref> Kirken startede hjemme hos Driscoll og hans kone Grace, men lejligheden blev hurtig for lille, så man mødtes i ungdomslokalerne til en anden kirke.<ref name=confes38 /> Kirken holdt sin første officielle gudstjeneste i oktober 1996, med omkring 160 deltagere,<ref>{{cite book |title=Confessions of a reformission rev. |url=https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris |last=Driscoll |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Driscoll |year=2006 |publisher=Zondervan |location=Grand Rapids |isbn=0310270162 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris/page/n77 76] |quote:Between 160 and 200 had shown up for our big kick off service. }}</ref> men gudstjenestedeltagelsen faldt hurtigt til omkring 60 pga. diskussioner om kirkens visioner og mission.<ref>{{cite book |title=Confessions of a reformission rev. |url=https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris |last=Driscoll |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Driscoll |year=2006 |publisher=Zondervan |location=Grand Rapids |isbn=0310270162 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/confessionsrefor00dris/page/n83 82]-83 |quote:Though our church was brand-new, we had already lost focus of our mission [...] Our attendance had declined to about sixty or seventy people... }}</ref>
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