Young adults are waiting in line to worship at this fast-growing Atlanta church
December 6, 2025
An Atlanta church with a viral pastor has grown from less than 200 weekly churchgoers in 2023 to about 6,000 today. Before service, Christian rap blasts and volunteers chant into megaphones as lines snake outside. Many of those who line up as early as 5:30 a.m. are young people hungry for 2819 Church’s riveting worship and Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell’s intensity. He doesn’t sugarcoat the Bible, and urges people to revere God and lean on Jesus to escape sin’s consequences. 2819’s growth has attracted people of many races and ages, but it’s predominantly young Black adults.