Mars Hill Church at Huntington Beach, CA went out with a dramatic flair. Watch:
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/115578257[/vimeo]
MH Huntington Beach started as Mars Hill Orange County. The OC location was beset by problems from the beginning. Soon after the church signed a lease, the city of Santa Ana told the church that the zoning laws did not allow a church in the building. Despite requests from the OC pastors and fines from Santa Ana, the executive elders of Mars Hill declined to approve a move to another location. Eventually, Mark Driscoll floated a discrimination narrative (maybe Santa Ana is discriminating against a church), but after awhile moved to another location.
Understandably, since the video appears to be meant as a tribute, this part of the history is not described in the video.
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Mars Hill Olympia Will Become Harbor Church in 2015; Mars Hill Huntington Beach Will Close in December
So says their Facebook page.
The church leaders announced their intentions last week, but now they have a name.
On the other hand, Mars Hill Huntington Beach announced that they would be closing in December. This was expected since Mars Hill had told the church they had to pick up giving to survive. Giving had not quite kept up with projections.