Interview with Church of the Highlands Pastor Chris Hodges

Church of the Highlands Senior Pastor Chris Hodges talks about the extraordinary growth of his church across Alabama during an interview with ABC 33/40 on Wednesday, June 15, 2016.

[lanamccay]

I am so thankfulTo sit under the ministry of Pastor Chris Hodges. He brings the message of Christ and salvation where the rubber meets the road . He preaches Christ and His blood and makes it clear that there is no other way toThe Father except thru Christ and the blood. He teaches us life lessons in a way that both young and old can understand. He loves his God, his family, and his churchIn that order. The way God intended it to be. I love my pastor and my church. If you are looking for a very well grounded and deepRooted church who loves people, come check us out.. Church of the Highlands.

[lewisdenise]

I Thank God for this man. A wonderful teacher pastor and his leadership. I Thank him for all he's done to reach people and help people.Bless Church of the Highlands and all the others who give there time talent and treasure to make this ministry so awesome. Bless you all💖

[daddyrichard]

Greetings from Trinidad, blessings to you all.

[brattymaggie]

FRICKIN LOVE PASTOR He’s the best pastor for teens and people who are new to Christ. I call highlands home. I’m also going through growth track!!!

[middle_pickup]

Awesome job, Pastor Chris! God gets the glory out of this! So thankful for your leadership!

[RussellKeatsRivas]

"I just want to make Jesus famous." -Chris Hodges

[StevenCarlisle]

Love God, and I thank him for pastor Chris and Church of the Highlands!

[floridaaholbert]

From the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it! Matthew 11:12. We must have faith in God! The problem of church is “the ways an traditions of man that make the Word of God of no effect!” We must get back to the real reason Jesus came to earth in the first place, to redeem and save the lost! He gave His life to establish a everlasting Covenant between God and people! Jesus became the only sacrifice accepted by God to appease His wrath! We must remember that and teach and preach that! Shalom!

[philipalexander]

" the church must get larger". If you read the bible, you dont see the church getting larger. You see people falling away to false prophets, and those organizations getting larger.

[alfonsoobando]

Let’s ask him about Robert Morris. Robert was an overseer of his church.

[TaylorMMontgomery]

I'm no longer a church goer and now consider myself agnostic, but used to work on staff for Highlands so I know a lot about the inner workings and how the church operates.
Pastor Chris is an extremely good marketer, a smart business person and a genuine guy, but he is first and foremost a business person. He runs the church like a business, and has taught many many other churches, if not the entire modern church industry, to be successful. If you go to any church that has small groups, multicampuses, or has coffee in the lobby, it's because Chris pioneered a lot of those things, things most modern 'charismatic' churches now do. You have to give credit where credit is due: Chris is a pioneer of modern church, especially large multi-site models. He is a business man. He found a group of smart people, figured out the formula and is squeezing every drop he can get out of it. It's just a business, like any other megachurch. He founded ARC and GROW to do one thing: expand the business model and license his way of doing church to other churches or people who want to start one.
He is in my opinion the Steve Jobs of modern churches.

[taylorvandermartin]

For what you give in startup's, how much do you get in return ? Do you have a payback into the system after you start them up? Would you be willing to share how many millions you get back? You did share how much you have given. Thank you

[AirGhostAlpha]

Now imagine if this man what a left winged liberal; nobody would have touched him. But because he has beliefs and moral values, everyone wants to hate him. That entire interview he never said anything against anybody because he knows what God wants from him. As someone who has had a chat with him, I can promise you that this man is blessed by God and is someone you won’t forget.

[anthonycrane]

Sounds like Church of the Highlands is doing well. Their church planting organization is not so great. I was church plant #422.

Sadly, they abandon you after launch day.
Myself and at least a dozen other planters have deep concerns on this pattern.

So the number of 580 plants is not correct. Many of them close because they lack aftercare

[tootall]

Great Job Pastor would you be will to look into buying a church building. I know of 1 that is in a prime location 55, 000.000 feet. ?

[SDASermons]

So at the campus sites is he preaching on the screen? What parts are in person?

[anthonyshaw]

I don't wanna be right??
I just want to be effective, and make lots of money??🤔🤔
It's a business opportunity?
Salvation -
1st Corinthians 15:1-4
Ephesians 2:8-9
BELIEVE THE GOSPEL!!!!

[youngolf]

The reason to spread ‘campuses’ all over the region? Cause collections go back to the mothership in Bham….then the campuses get theirs from mother. Its a tax free money bonanza…with hodges living the country club lifestyle. Great gig for a pastor.

[Vanessa-ckpv]

What about all the scandals and the lack of transparency with ALL the donation they receive? What about twisting scriptures to make people give money away so they are not under the curse?

[meithink]

Coth is a personality cult type organization. Hodges owns this organization, and lives well. He is a great speaker and communicator. He could sell a lot of whole life insurance. He did not 'create' this church experience - he simply copied HillSong Australia down the line. Why do i say personality? Wait until he is no longer streamed to each 'campus'. Then you will see how talented a speaker the local 'pastors' are...most will head off to the next new thing. We live in the day when talented speakers...start their own church and become wealthy and answer to no one, and are celebrities.