And that begs the question of the purpose of these organizations. But 20 years from now, it, too, will be a dinosaur Mr. Murren and co-founder Steve Sjogren planned it that way. He and Mr. Sjogren, an Ohio mega-church pastor, have agreed to disband the organization in two decades. The two pastors hope that church leaders affiliated with Track One will be inspired at its end to emulate its founders and start their own, new, socially relevant ways of evangelism and worship. Mr. Murren founded four Track One churches in the Seattle area last spring under the name of Hope Community churches.
Services there look as little like traditional Christian worship as possible.
Small congregations meet in bars, storefronts or basements, sitting at round tables or in circles of chairs. There is a coffee break and a time for questions and answers. Sunday school is conducted by each family at home around the dinner table with guidelines from Mr. Murren. Track One has attracted interest from churches across the country, including several in the Dallas area, although Mr. Murren said the churches prefer not to be named. But he said about 100 generally small, nondenominational churches have joined Track One.