About

James and Chris Seiler have over 25 years of pastoral, coaching, and counseling experience. After they married (1997) in Northern California, they served as youth and college pastors for 10 years, impacting hundreds of students and seeing countless families restored. After that season of ministry ended, they planted two churches that greatly impacted their cities. During that time, they served as church plant directors for an international denomination, helping a number of churches launch and reach their communities.

In June of 2019, they resigned from their second church plant, Real Life Church of Galt, where they pastored for 10 years and followed God’s lead across the country to East Tennessee. It was there they launched the Authentic Movement to support ministers, awaken the church, equip believers, and reach the lost. Recently, the Seiler’s and their amazing team, launched Authentic Church in Alcoa TN. Who knows, you might want to check it out? James and Chris have five amazing children,(1 married, 1 in college, 3 still at home) and one son-in-law.

THE BIBLE

The Bible is God’s Word to all people. It was written by humans under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. Because it is God-inspired, it is true, without error, and applies to us today.

GOD

There is just one true God. He is great, all-powerful, all-knowing, present everywhere, holy, and yet, our Father and friend. He is kind, loving, good, faithful, compassionate, and keeps His promises. God, Jesus, and Holy Spirit are three-in-one, making up the Trinity.

JESUS

Jesus is the son of God and was human and deity all in one. God sent His Son, Jesus, to the earth as part of His plan to redeem mankind back into right relationship with Him. Jesus was perfect, and died on a cross, then resurrected from the dead, to conquer sin so that we might have eternal life.

HOLY SPIRIT

After Jesus’s death, believers were left with Holy Spirit to guide and protect us. He is what many would identify as a “still small voice” who gives us direction, convicts us when we sin, comforts us, and makes us more like Jesus.

MAN

Man was created by God, to look like God’s image and to be in relationship with God. But because of sin, a separation exists between God and man. Man cannot bridge that separation on his own.

SALVATION

Man’s only hope of reuniting with God and receiving forgiveness for sin is through the shed blood of Jesus. A man receives salvation, or is saved, when he believes, by faith, that Jesus died for his sins and was resurrected for his freedom from sin. Salvation is a free gift, and cannot be earned by anything we do.​

THE CHURCH

Globally, the church is made up of those who believe in Jesus. Locally, the church is a community of unified believers committed to the teachings of Jesus, obeying His commands, and sharing Him with those who do not know Him yet.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The board of The Authentic Movement, and of Authentic Church, is the current board of Hope Church in Algood TN. In partnership with the Assemblies of God, they oversee this ministry. For more information, please visit their website.