Aug. 27, 2018 – As announced at the close of yesterday’s worship service, we have agreed to sell MC3’s property at 6015 Old Stone Mountain Road to the Diocese of North America and Europe of the Mar Thoma Church.

On Friday, we entered into a fully executed purchase agreement for Mar Thoma to buy the property for $5.9 million. Their down payment of $100,000 will be transferred to us from escrow as early as today, and the closing for the transaction will occur Sept. 24. We solicit your prayers that the process will continue to run smoothly and we will indeed close on the sale next month.

As you know, we embarked on a journey last summer to sell this property and re-envision the church. Early in the process, senior minister Art Stansberry challenged the leadership team to believe that God would do something so bold that everyone would realize only God could have done it.

Well, the good Lord has delivered once again on His promise, and our prayers have been answered.

We are beyond excited by what God has done and continues to do for His church. The church has faced significant financial hurdles for a long time, and yet God has always provided. He deserves all of the Glory for writing this latest chapter in MC3’s history.

We are also thrilled that a church steeped in the Christian faith and Biblical principles will continue to operate at our present location. Please keep the Mar Thoma congregations and organization in your prayers as they seek the Lord’s will and move in a new and exciting direction for their congregation as well.

Likewise, we want to say a special thanks to our realtors, Bill Palaski, Matt Messier and the entire Foundry Commercial team, who have worked tirelessly since last summer to show the property and secure the sale. They were picked as our realtors through a very competitive bidding process and have truly been a blessing to us throughout the past year.

Looking to the future, Mar Thoma will continue to allow us to worship rent-free on the property at least through December. In the meantime, we are working with the realtors to identify a new location for MC3. Expect to hear more details in the coming weeks as we continue to move through this process.

July 29, 2018 – You have an opportunity to own a piece of the history of MC3 and Mount Carmel Christian Church.

On Sunday, we kicked off a silent auction to give folks an opportunity to purchase some of the remaining Christian artwork that has graced the halls of the church through the years.

The available paintings and bid sheets are located in the breezeway outside the fellowship hall. The auction will run until 2 p.m. Sunday, July 29.

We have 36 pieces of framed artwork available. Much of our collection was returned to the donors, but some chose to leave their artwork to the church for sale.

Bidding for most pieces starts at $10, although some are priced at $20. You can bid in increments of $5. All proceeds will benefit MC3 ministries.

If you have questions, please contact Nancy Sorrells.

See list of artwork for sale

See NGCC's summer camp schedule!

May 18, 2018 - MC3 Church partners with North Georgia Christian Camp to provide summer camp opportunities for kids and students entering kindergarten through college.

Currently, we have targeted the Jun 17-21session for our rising third through fifth graders. Art Stansberry will serve as dean for that week of Middler camp.

Meanwhile, Art could use your help to serve as a camp counselor during that week.

The requirements are:

• You Need to love Jesus!
• You need to love third- through fifth-grade students.
• You need to enjoy the outdoors (sort of).
• You need to be age 15 or older.

If you would like to serve at Middler Camp this year, please see Art ASAP!

May 7, 2018 – After much discussion and prayer, we have decided not to hold our normal Vacation Bible School this year.

Given the transition we are currently experiencing, including our efforts to sell this property and relocate to a new building, MC3's leadership concluded we simply do not have the available resources to support an event that brings more than 200 people onto our campus each night of VBS.

Instead of a community-oriented, week-long event, we will hold a VBS celebration during our First Wednesday dinner and worship service on June 6, beginning at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall. A team of VBS experts led by Christy Stansberry is currently putting together the event, which will include a nod to many of the great VBS events we have done in the past.

"Our church is known in the community for the outstanding VBS program we put forth each year," said MC3 Church Senior Minister Art Stansberry. "We are using this year to regroup and plan to be back better than ever next year."

March 31, 2018 – Reaching the ONE who needs Christ in our community and world will be the guiding vision of MC3 Church, which launches Easter Sunday.

MC3 Church will strive to be a family that follows Christ and serves His kingdom. The church will put renewed emphasis on leading people into a relationship with Christ and then helping build them into Fully Devoted followers of Jesus.

“We are excited about the future the Lord has for this body of believers,” said Art Stansberry, senior minister of MC3. “We want to help lost people know who Jesus is and help believers build a deeper, fuller relationship with Him.”

MC3 Church is the new name for what was previously known as Mount Carmel Christian Church, a church body that came into existence more than 113 years ago. The decision to rename and re-envision the church was the end product of prayer and discussion that has been ongoing for many years.

Art and the elders hope and pray that all of the changes being made will help the church be more effective at fulfilling the Great Commission to baptize new believers.

“We have an incredible opportunity to share the gospel—the good news of Jesus Christ—with a community that desperately needs him,” Art said. “Our vision begins with the ONE who needs Christ, but it doesn’t end there. We have a mission to create Fully Devoted followers of Jesus, and that means discipling and ministering to each other so that we all grow stronger and deeper in our faith. Seeking the lost and edifying the saved is what the Lord wants us to do as a body of believers.”

Find out what you can expect