Church ServicesSpirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville (STFK), a.k.a. the "Nerd Church", is an independent Evangelical Christian Church with a unique mission to the part of our community that includes sincere skeptics, scientists, geeks, nerds, science educators, and their families. Incorporated in Tennessee in 2010, STFK has served faithfully in the city of Knoxville for fifteen (15) years. Now in 2025, with a sincere desire to follow God's leading, STFK is seeking to establish a new church campus somewhere along Florida's Space Coast. 
Update: As of June 18, 2024, the church is authorized to transact business in Florida as Spirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville, Inc. Virtual Church Services (Weekly on Sundays)During this period of transition from Tennessee to Florida, we are using Zoom as the primary means of assembling ourselves for weekly Praise & Worship, Preaching, and Prayer. At the present time, our services take place at 2:00 P.M. each Sunday afternoon. Everyone is welcome to participate! If you would like to receive a Zoom invitation to attend our virtual church service, please send a request to by e-mail to church@spirit-and-truth.net. STFK Homecoming Service / Ordination of Randy Henderson (June 1)Everyone who has attended Spirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville in person or by Zoom are invited to join us on June 1, 2025 to witness the final ordination of Randy Henderson as minister of the Gospel. We are grateful to the congregation of North Lonsdale Church of God who has graciously allowed us to join in their morning worship service to perform this ordination. This "homecoming" for past STFK members and visitors will not include a meal, just the church service itself. The service will begin at 11:00 A.M. and continue until approximately 12:30 P.M. North Lonsdale Church of God is located at 3255 Johnston Street, Knoxville, TN 37921. If you plan to attend and have Facebook, follow this link to the Facebook event and mark that you are Going. For most of the past year, Randy has been preaching on Sunday mornings. He has several ongoing sermon series and other messages available to watch on YouTube.
About Our ChurchSpirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville (STFK) is a small-community, independent Evangelical Christian Church. We are not related to Scientology, Christian Science, or the organization called Spirit and Truth Fellowship International. We are worshippers of God, followers of Jesus Christ, and supporters of science and science education. We see no conflict between believing in the Creator and understanding the creation. As a church, we take no official position on Genesis chapters 1-11 in the Bible, so controversial matters such as the age of the Earth are avoided. Newcomers can basically believe what they want about Genesis 1-11 without being judged for it. You might find it helpful to watch our video describing the church vision. Until the start of our transition to Florida, STFK has always offered an in‑person meeting place for church services. We were a portable church until 2020, and then we began renting a facility where we had 24x7 occupancy and uninterrupted use of the building. Here is a list of all of our past meeting locations.
What We BelieveSpirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville embraces mainstream Christian (Protestant) beliefs, rooted in salvation that is by grace through faith (Ephesians 2:8-9). On Sunday, February 19, Pastor David Spakes elaborated on the Two Requirements for Salvation in the following video on YouTube. 
For a more complete description of what we believe, read the church's general statement of faith and explanation of church doctrine. What People Are Saying About Us(Amanda - May 9, 2025) "I truly want to say thank you for being a better person and accepting people the way they are and not belittling them or making them feel uncomfortable!" (Justin - August 6, 2022) "Hey man! Thanks for the message. I was looking at the Fanboy posts and I remembered meeting you with my wife in 2019 in Knoxville. We're in Birmingham aaaaand we've had some bad church experiences and remembered y'all and kept thinking we need some good folks like that around here! I'm 38 and had never been to church for real until I was about 30 or so, since then I keep coming back to the same conclusion: God's cool, Jesus is cool, and people suck 😁 it breaks my heart though because they don't have to. It's just tough to get connected with folks when inevitably you see behind the mask and it's all gossip or run by folks with a business mindset that are only concerned about butts in seats. I know it's not like that everywhere, it just takes a toll. Really I just wanted to say thanks for being a good person and trying to do what Jesus was all about: love folks, build em up, and just don't be a turd." Verse of the Day |
Science CaféSpirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville (STFK) is a member of the NOVA Science Cafés community and has proudly sponsored Science Café events for the Knoxville, Tennessee area since 2011. You can see a list of past Science Café topics and presenters by hovering over the Events menu above, then choose Science Café Events. STFK Science Café (2025)The STFK Science Café is currently seeking presenters in Florida for the Spring or Summer of 2025. Please check back later for announcements. For Science Café meetings that take place in Florida, we will make a best-effort attempt to provide virtual accessibility to participants in Tennessee and other locations through Zoom. To join the meeting as it is happening, point your browser to http://zoom.knoxsciencecafe.org. We will also attempt to record meetings and post the video on YouTube. 
Kid's CaféChildren are welcome to attend any of the Science Café meetings with their parents! For ages 5‑12, we offer a Kid's Café program in a nearby section of the in‑person meeting location; this includes a science lesson appropriate for the younger audience and activities that help make learning science fun! Kids can participate with the permission of their parents while the parents enjoy the adult‑level discussion. For proper planning purposes, it is important that our children's director knows in advance how many kids will be attending and their ages. 
Sponsor InformationThe STFK Science Café and Kid's Café are sponsored by a pro-science Evangelical Church called Spirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville. However, during Science Café meetings, discussion will be restricted to topics of science only. Religious viewpoints shall not be presented. Within the context of the Science Café and Kid's Café, Spirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville does not advocate religion. For more information, contact David Spakes, spakes@spirit-and-truth.net. UT Science Forum (Tennessee)From January, 2015 until May, 2024, Spirit and Truth Fellowship of Knoxville was a financial sponsor of the UT Science Forum. This forum provides the general public, students and other researchers an opportunity to learn about the latest cutting-edge research at UT, ORNL and other local institutions. If you are in the vicinity of the University of Tennessee main campus in Knoxville, Tennessee at lunchtime on Fridays, stop by the Thompson-Boling Arena Café and attend. Take your lunch with you or purchase lunch on site. Presentations by distinguished professors and researchers are 40 minutes long and are followed by a question-and-answer session. The UT Science Forum is free and open to the public. 
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