Beene, now a graduate student at UT, says his life in the church has been nothing short of fulfilling. Aside from being a Knoxville member since the beginning, he says he grew up in the Nashville Church. He also met his wife, Chandra, a third-year UT law student, while they were Nashville members. Mostly, he feels spiritually fulfilled, as the Knoxville Church has given him what other churches won't. We're trying to get back to the Bible and not live by the traditions that men have lived by over time - and the hypocrisy.
People are serious and committed.
Everybody in the church is. I think our relationships are a lot tighter because we're in each other's lives. At other churches, people come once a week and they sit in the same seat every week and do not know the person sitting beside them. We're in each other's lives here, and it's closer than any other group I've seen out there. The relationships are real and deep.