What happens when a Baton Rouge party kid meets Jesus, moves to New York, hustles in L.A., and ends up starting a church in Austin that looks more like a music festival than a sanctuary? You get Aesthetic: a church plant that’s flipping the script on what modern church can be.
Everybody's faith in the modern world can feel outdated or out of touch, but John Lee is on a mission to prove otherwise. His story isn’t one of rock-bottom redemption or dramatic conversion. In fact, when John encountered Jesus in a college dining hall, life was already pretty good. But something was missing, and that “something” changed everything.
John’s story starts like a lot of ours: raised in church but spiritually asleep. "I was just trying to have fun in college," he says. “I didn’t think I needed anything more.” But a casual dinner conversation with a friend cracked open a new reality, one where salvation didn’t mean cleaning up your act or checking religious boxes. It meant simply calling on the name of Jesus.
That night, in a dorm room, John prayed a quiet prayer that would redirect his whole life. Not because he was desperate, but because he was curious. "I was straight chilling," he laughs, “but something told me there was more.”
