OUR HISTORY

HomeStar Fellowship began in the fall of 2002 as a small group of friends meeting weekly to explore new ways to express our faith in the new world in which we live. Some of us had studied the cultural/intellectual trend generally known as “Postmodernism,” and we wanted to learn more about how this developing mindset impacts what it means to live as a follower of Christ.

We began by reading and discussing Brian McLaren’s book, A New Kind of Christian. McLaren convinced us that we live in a new world, which calls for a new way of doing and being church.
Over a period of time, we put words to our core values and talked about the kind of faith community we hoped to develop.

In the fall of 2003, we officially chartered as “HomeStar Fellowship,” with eight charter members. We first met in the boardroom of the Biblical Recorder, a newspaper for the Baptist State Convention, then moved for a while to the fellowship hall of St. John’s Baptist Church. We currently meet at “The Ministry Incubator” at 206 New Bern Place, a restored home that serves small non-profits in downtown, Raleigh, N.C.

We have chosen to relate denominationally to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and to the Baptist World Alliance. We also relate financially or supportively to other organizations, as we feel led.