About 2,000 years ago, the Christian church had no official buildings, no denominations and no recorded membership. John Slye, senior pastor at Arlington’s Grace Community Church, believes those early Christians were on to something. Ten years ago, the 45-year-old helped found Grace as “a church for people who don’t go to church.” Since then, it has grown from a handful of families to about 600 seekers who meet Sunday mornings at Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Slye shared with The Washington Examiner thoughts on his own faith, and how it has led him to a new kind of church. Do you consider yourself to be of a specific faith?

I am a Christian. As a kid, I began a relationship with God, and accepted Jesus Christ as my savior. As I got older and in my time at seminary, I began to investigate why I believed as I did. My faith, and my belief in the Bible began to make a lot of sense to me in a very logical way. I began to see that the principles of the Bible are true and solid. I’ve made turning to the Bible a practice. I turn to God and his word for help, and for those building blocks of an effective life.