Our Story
Resting Place Church
Pastor Cole and Anna are passionate about seeing everyone become who they were meant to be in Christ. We help everyone start their journey of becoming who God made them to be by following our Ways of Life.
We believe in a simple, more contemplative, and intentional way of life that leads to deep joy, genuine relationships, and freedom for the soul.
Ultimately, everything that we do is pointing us to Jesus, it is centering us in His way of life. We believe when we practice His ways and take on His yoke, we get His life.
After being the lead Pastors of Hope Unlimited Church for two years, Pastor Cole and Anna along with the leadership team felt it was time to make a name change to something that identified the churches assignment to Knoxville, Tennessee.
In a world that is full of chaos, we believe the answer is a place where people meet Jesus and find rest in Him.
Join us every Sunday at Resting Place Church, 9:30 or 11:30 am!
Our Vision
We envision a church that is healthy and thriving in every aspect of life: spiritually, emotionally, physically, financially, and relationally. We are committed to fostering that kind of environment and allowing people to flourish as God designed them too.
Our dream is that your heart would rest in God as we learn to practice the ways of Jesus faithfully.
“Our hearts are restless until they rest in God.” - St. Augustine
Our Beliefs
At Resting Place Church, we gather around our love for God and others.
What we believe has been handed down to us from Christians who lived long ago. We believe what the church has believed from the beginning. The simplest summation of these beliefs can be found in the Apostles' Creed and the Nicene Creed.
THE APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
And born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy catholic Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting. Amen.
THE NICENE CREED
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen.