This church gets all the main things right, and then some. The church states its focus on the front…read moreof every bulletin, "Christ in you, the Hope of Glory, Him we preach..." (from Colossians 1:27-28) Standing Stone Bible Church is a multi-generational church that values people of every age. It shows this through well-conceived opportunities to learn and serve in every stage of life. Special focus ministries include MomsLIFE, Marriage Mentoring (including Date Nite Kid Care), Men's Ministry and more. SUNDAY MORNINGS: Bible-focused, well-attended Sunday School classes for all ages. Worship through Biblical preaching, enthusiastic singing, heartfelt prayer, joyful giving. This is real community. Many of us call it family. WEDNESDAY EVENINGS: During the school year we have supper together every Wednesday evening, followed by activities and Bible studies for all ages. ALL WEEK: Small group ministry happens in Life Groups that meet at many different times and locations. The pastors do more than preach and teach. They get to know their people and really engage with them, including meeting one-on-one to bring God's truth and hope to bear on our troubles. My family started attending this church shortly after we moved into the community about 10 years ago. It was called Gretna Community Church at that time. I think the new name suits this community even better: STANDING STONE - Christ, and salvation through his finished work, is the foundation and focus. BIBLE - The Bible is taught as the accurate, authoritative and sufficient source of truth. CHURCH - A group of believers gathered to worship, pray, fellowship, learn and grow together toward maturity in Christ.

From the owner: "Christ in you, the hope of glory! Him we preach..." Colossians 1:27-28…read moreWorship Service: 10am Sunday School: 9am

This place is gorgeous and completely peaceful. I can't say enough good things about this place…read more They had a sweet little art sale there when we went. That is where the tree of art in the photos came from.

It is a beautiful location and a transparent architecture that allows a strong contrast between the…read morewooden structure and the clear background. It gives the church a sense of monumentality in the landscape. It has been built beside an underground welcome center. Architecturally, it is nice and kind of original. Great work by BCDM Architects. However, for me it was quite contradictory. I arrived there on a Sunday at 11 am, hoping to find a community there welcoming travelers; which was the kind of message that is ambiguously stated in its website. Nothing of that. The church is literally surrounded by scaring NO TRESPASSING signs, literally everywhere. I was really scared of being shot for being in proximity to this accumulation of negative signs. It really felt like being close to the home of a member of the National Riffle Association. It is funny how people claim to be loving and welcoming while creating a wall of threats; and claim generosity while dedicating all efforts to protect their property. You cannot serve both God and properties. That is the Gospel's mandate, right? Someone online claimed this to be an artifact to raise money. That'd be more consistent with what I saw, than the "we welcome..." message on their website.

I want to say that today at this church we felt very bad and discriminated against by the lady who…read moreserved us. She barely wanted to give us food, saying that because we're from Iowa, from where we drive almost an hour once a month for this help, well, you see, it's things like this that make one disappointed in the church. We should help our neighbors no matter where they're from, so we felt very bad at this evangelical church today. Listen, God is watching what you do here on earth. I'm very disappointed in this institution; it has given me the worst time of my life. Blessings to all.

Beautiful people !! Love everything, the atmosphere, people…read morewho run the Church, setting ... everything

Life Church truly cares about everyone, they are very welcoming, supportive and really care about…read moreeveryone that walks thru the doors. There is a strong sense of community, a great kids ministry especially the middle school and high school. There is a good range of age groups here too. If you are looking for a place to grow in your walk with the Lord his is definitely it. Oh, and the staff is amazing!!!!

This has got to be the most friendly, welcoming church. They are very community minded, partnering…read morewith already existed local non profits to reach out and help. The youth outreach on Wednesdays really seeks to meet them where they are at.

Love their Stephen Ministry Director and the opportunity to pray for people in our cityread more

To be clear, I post this review in great sadness and in the most respectful way possible. That…read moresaid, I was kicked out of CCC membership and fired from my full-time job for being gay... when I was a young, 24 year old kid that was really struggling in life. While at CCC, I was forced into the brutal/unchosen lifelong sentence of celibacy, void of romantic love and touch FOREVER (something that hetero church leadership/members will never attempt or fully comprehend the hopelessness of). I began my lifelong journey void of romantic love and touch at age 18. I was also encouraged by CCC leaders to take gay "conversion therapy" where my conversion therapist told me to "keep things quiet" since conversion therapy was frowned upon as it was illegal in most states (today it's illegal in ALL states) because it is "strongly discouraged" by the APA (American Psychology Association) due to its harmful affects on young people and common association with suicide. Google it. Looking back, I find it reckless that my therapists and church leaders would disregard the APA's "strong discouragement" of this technique and practice it on children. I could not even look people in the eyes while I was taking this therapy but constantly redirected back to it. So dangerous. So cruel. Once, I remember a bill was proposed by local politicians (The Ben Grey Act) that was designed to protect gay people in the Omaha workplace from being unjustly fired based on their sexuality alone (NOT work ethic). Special protections were already in place for race, age, gender, religion, and disability. So what did the leaders at CCC do? They passed around a petition to it's 3,000 members to ensure that this bill wouldn't be passed... citing that religious-owned businesses should have the right to fire gay people based on their sexualities alone, NOT work ethic. How sick. How cruel. What a horrible message to send these wonderful people that you are called to reach. It was in moments like this that it became crystal clear to me that the leadership/members at CCC saw me as a second-rate human. Heteros will never know the dehumanizing pain this inflicts on a young mind. And this is a great example of the treatment that a gay adult will need to constantly cope with when they are in the care of anti-gay leaders that are ill-equipped to care for gay people. Over the years, my experiences at CCC have come up often with various therapists... which they would often follow with a gasp, and then visible anger. I've seen 4 different licensed therapists since I was at CCC. ALL of them confirmed that my time at CCC was very abusive. So, finally when I was 24, after spending my entire life loyally fighting off my homosexuality and trying my hardest to fit into a community and an ideology that I couldn't, I began to break at the seams and broke down and went to a gay bar and kissed a boy. Afterwards, my roommate told on me and I was immediately forced out of CCC. I was escorted off the church premises that day like a stranger. This was my entire network of friends and relationships... my family... as I was escorted off, I couldn't help but think of all of the Christian men that I interacted with everyday that were regularly partaking in masturbation, pornography, gluttony, obesity, gossip, drunkenness, live-in partners, divorce, etc... so why could all of these people stay, but I had to go? The load I was carrying was SIGNIFICANTLY heavier than theirs. Pure hypocrisy and abuse. As I've gotten older, I've become uncomfortably aware of how common this abuse towards gay people is in these churches. The rejection/stigmatization, the inhumane lifelong/loveless lives, people always viewing you as "a project", the unbearable emotional isolation... and how often that abuse leads to suicide. I have SO much more to say but am out of room. I invite anyone that reads this to contemplate my words/tone before judging. I welcome all conversations on the topic broad or specific to anyone/anytime as long as we can do so respectfully. I appreciate all who took the time to read this, thank you.