Mars Hill has a published statement on alcohol. As someone of Italian ancestry who enjoys a glass of wine with my spaghetti, may I say “thank you” to Mars Hill.

I’ve reproduced it in entirey below. Knowing David’s heart in this matter, this reflects Sojourn’s position as well.

Bob
Fides Quaerens Intellectum

Alcohol

I like beer. It is an organic drink that has ancient roots. I enjoy trying beers from breweries and microbreweries around the globe. I especially like Huntsville’s own, Olde Towne beer. Don Alan Hankins is quite the brew master.

So how can a pastor like beer? Well, there is a heritage of pastors and theologians who enjoyed beer, wine and other drinks. John Calvin is quoted to say, “if we study… why he has created the various kinds of food, we shall find that it was his intention not only to provide for our needs, but likewise for our pleasure and our delight… For, if this were not true, the Psalmist would not enumerate among the divine blessings, ‘the wine that makes glad the heart of man, and the oil that makes his face to shine.’”