Our Organization
Our Mission
The mission of Christ Church is to attract people to the excellence of Jesus Christ, the joy of ministry, the adventure of faith, and a lifestyle of generosity.
Christ Church wants to help people become followers of Jesus Christ. Because . . .
Jesus Christ is worthy of our trust and deserves our worship. He is everything God required and He is
everything we could want.
Serving Christ brings satisfaction and joy to life – in the church we get to do what we do best, and make friends and help others all at the same time.
Following Christ is exciting – you realize that you matter to God and that what you do “counts” for something big.
Our Vision
Mission Focus - In our lifetime we will attract thousands of people to a new life in Christ. We plan for the standard of our ministry to be the excellence of Christ. We will help people find the right place to serve so they can enjoy ministry. And we will call people to noble challenges created by the adventure of faith.
Influential Ministry - As God blessed us in the past we anticipate His blessings in the future. These divine blessings will make us influential for Christ regionally, nationally, and internationally.
Century Church - We will continue to organize our ministry to disciple the next generation of Christian leaders so we can be an effective church for 100 years and beyond.
The Christ Church tag-line: Real People...Real Faith describes, in a nut-shell, what you will find when you come to Christ Church; people who come as they are and who strive to live what they believe. But that tag-line also helps us outline the Biblical behaviors we value at Christ Church.
We believe that REAL PEOPLE:
LOVE one another
FORGIVE one another
ENCOURAGE one another
We believe that REAL FAITH is:
founded in God’s GRACE through Jesus Christ
honed by embracing CHALLENGE
evidenced by ACTION
fueled by HOPE
Christ Church is an elder-led congregation. Our College of Elders is the governing body of our church and responsible for our strategic direction and the evaluation and prioritization of the church’s business affairs. Our Elders are ultimately responsible for the quality of our church’s ministries and the overall spiritual well being of our church.
However, God has provided various forms of leadership for His Church. At Christ Church we recognize additional leadership positions including Pastors, Staff, Deacons and others as deemed appropriate by the College of Elders. Those who serve and minister in these roles collectively and individually oversee, provide for, and encourage the spiritual life, welfare, and total ministry of the congregation in order to insure the proper equipping of the saints for the works of service (Ephesians 4:12).
If you are interested in improving your leadership, why not check out Dr. Dave Collings' Leadership Reading List.
Christ Church is non-denominational which means we are autonomous and govern our affairs independent of a denomination. Recognizing, however, the benefits of cooperation with others in evangelism, leadership development, ministry enhancement and discipleship, we associate with other churches and Christian organizations including but not limited to The Chapel Association (locally and regionally) and the Willow Creek Association (nationally).
