5 /5 Mitchell Traver: My wife and I have been members of Watermark Fort Worth for almost two years now, and we couldn’t be happier! While I was a student at TCU, I attended the Porch pretty regularly, but at that time I pursued membership with the Village Fort Worth because I’d been attending the Village prior to hearing of Watermark. After my wife and I got married, we lived outside of Fort Worth for a brief season, but as soon as we returned we knew exactly where to begin looking for a Home Church. We are so thankful to be a part of Watermark Fort Worth. Truly, it’s hard to explain just how grateful we are. The community that God has given us at Watermark Fort Worth has been a tremendous blessing to our marriage, and to our individual relationships with Jesus. Leadership consistently pours into the Church Body in a myriad of ways, and they are faithful in how they live. While Watermark Fort Worth has at times been pegged as the “works” Church, which asserts moral performance as the means to salvation, I want to affirm that claim couldn’t be further from the truth. Watermark Fort Worth operates from a Gospel-centered framework, and my wife and I have constantly been met with grace and encouragement as we’ve sought to follow Jesus faithfully. There are no arbitrary operations here - Scripture drives the functional and structural decisions made. If you have any questions as to why being plugged into a Community Group or committing to an area of service is required for membership, take a look at the Statement of Faith on the website. These requirements actually made us wary at first as well, but upon reviewing the Scripture driving the design, and now after having been plugged in for some time, we are so thankful we dove in when we did. My wife and I believe Watermark Fort Worth to be a safe place - a safe place to pursue Jesus, to find community, to be transparent with our struggles, and to continue being sanctified. What a gift!
