About / since 2012
Built to be sent.
Tidewell began in 2012 in a rented dance studio with nineteen people, one guitar and a folding table of coffee. We did not set out to build a network of campuses. We set out to find out whether a group of ordinary neighbors could be a family that actually changes a city.
Today we are four campuses and one church. Each campus has its own pastor, its own streets and its own personality, and every one of them carries the same purpose: help people follow Jesus together, and send them back out with hope.
We believe the church is not a show or a brand. It is a people. Our job is to be one, in every neighborhood we are given.
What we hold to
What we hold to.
- Come as you are
- Tell the truth
- Eat together
- Stay long enough to be known
- Be sent
What we believe
What we believe.
The Bible
We believe the Bible is God's word, our final authority for what we believe and how we live.
Jesus
We believe Jesus is fully God and fully man, that he died for our sins, rose bodily, and will return.
Grace
We believe we are saved by grace through faith, not by anything we do.
The Spirit
We believe the Holy Spirit lives in every believer, makes us more like Jesus, and equips the church.
The church
We believe the local church is God's plan for his people: baptism, communion, community and mission.
Hope
We believe God is making all things new and that we get to live that hope now.
The people
The people you will meet.
The pastors and leaders who read every email. Say hello.
Daniel Okafor
Lead pastorStarted Tidewell in a rented dance studio and still believes the church is a family before it is anything else. Preaches one passage at a time.
Marisol Reyes
Pastor of careLeads our groups and pastoral care across the campuses. If you are hurting, she is the first call and the last call.
Ingrid Larsen
Worship and artsWrites much of what we sing and builds the room around it. Classical training, coastal heart.
Nora Bell
Kids and familiesEleven years in children's ministry. Remembers every child's name, and every allergy.
Plan a visit
Come as you are, and come this Sunday.
Tell us when you are coming and we will email you directions and who to look for. No pressure, no cards to fill out on the day.
Sundays 9:00 AM + 11:00 AMTidewell Downtown, 240 Waterline Street, Savannah, GA 31401