BACKGROUND
MISSIONThe Front Porch is an innovative, dialogue based church in Austin, Texas. Utilizing a public-house-church approach, we seek to find and build compassionate community through over 50 dialogue focused events a year. These “pub church” gatherings— Q & A’s, concerts, lecture series, town halls, panels, book signings, movie screenings, outreach calls, mashups of all of the above, and more—all come together to create a uniquely Front Porch take on practical spirituality, based in celebration of cultural difference, adaptability, art, service, and provisional authority toward the Other. ![]() Mother Falcon plays for our Unplugged on The Front Porch concert series. 2014. Topics on The Front Porch have included human trafficking, live music in Austin, wrongful imprisonment and forgiveness, compassion, sustainable food practices, gardening, Texas politics, the confederate flag, Black Lives Matter and the modern civil rights movement, Austin politics, prayer, Austin homelessness, love, marriage and relationships, gentrification, autism, artificial intelligence, sports and God, the emerging church, our Jungian shadows, Oscar-winning films, theologies, personal testimonies, and many more. Speakers/ Performers on The Front Porch over the last three years have included: Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Texas Senator Kirk Watson, Asleep at the Wheel leader Ray Benson, Peter Rollins, Michael Morton, Becca Stevens, Former Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, NPR’s Krista Tippett, NPR’s John Burnett, Rabbi Neil Blumofe, Turk Pipkin, Pittman McGehee, Sr., Meredith Walker, Jennifer Houlihan, Jesse Griffiths, Austin City Councilwoman Ora Houston, Tish Hinojosa, Ted Gioia, Alan Graham, Walter Moreau, Israel Nash, Eliza Gilkyson, Slaid Cleaves, Mother Falcon, Micky ScottBey Jones, Carrie Elkin, Danny Schmidt, William Inboden, Sam Baker, Brant Pope, Jimmy LaFave, and more. STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS![]() Pub Church audience members pass around the microphone at most Front Porch gatherings. The Rev. Mike Adams John Burnett Lucy Nazro Tim Klatt David Saenz Julia Howry Michelle Carlson Molly Sharpe The Rev. Billy Tweedie Cindie Brooks Will Coates Judy Myers
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NOTE: The Front Porch Project, Inc. is a Texas nonprofit corporation with IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status; EIN 20-8225492 |