History
The church was founded by Emily Swan and Ken Wilson, who served as pastors at the Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor (Ken was the founding pastor of that congregation) until the Vineyard denomination adopted policies that forbade full welcome and inclusion of same-sex couples. Rather than enforce these policies, Ken and Emily planted Blue Ocean Faith Ann Arbor in January 2015, serving as co-pastors.
Specialties
Blue Ocean Faith Church is about a faith that expands rather than narrows our horizons. It's an approach to faith that seeks connection rather than separation. The ocean, after all, is what connects all the land masses on planet earth. Nobody owns the blue ocean. No one can claim to have plumbed its depths. It's dynamic, always moving, always changing. The ocean humbles us. When you get far enough away to take a picture of planet earth so it fits in one frame what you see is blue ocean.