What organization purchased the Buckhead Methodist Church sanctuary?
“It was not anything hugely strategic,” said Willets. “It’s just that our auditorium in Alpharetta was so full. Somebody came up to Andy and said, you know, this works so well here, this will work anywhere.” The church established a satellite location at Buckhead Baptist Church. Greeters were on hand, musicians were added and Stanley’s sermons were beamed in. The numbers grew quickly; crowds outgrew the move to the ballroom at Tower Doubletree Hotel and are now bused from satellite parking lots to the current facility, a 3,000-seat converted Harris Teeter supermarket on Roswell Road, just inside I-285. Today, about 4,000 residents from around Buckhead attend one of four weekly Sunday services, while the Fusion singles workshops draw about 800 area 20- and 30-somethings each week. At North Point more than 10,000 adults hear the church’s message weekly. “We are filling that auditorium at Buckhead four times every Sunday and turning people away,” McDaniel added. The growth of the large gr
