Christ the Redeemer
Church believes that the Scriptures, the Fellowship of the Saints, the
Lord’s Supper, and the Prayers – are the ordinary means of grace wherein
God communicates to us the benefits of Redemption in Christ (Westminster
Shorter Catechism Q. 88). By placing our emphasis upon these things,
we are intentional about growing up in every way into Christ.
TEACHING OF THE APOSTLE'S
Christ the Redeemer, Pella
strives to be a people who are saturated with the Word of God. We believe the
Bible in all its fullness is God’s revelation to man, and as such, is of
infallible divine authority in all matters upon which it speaks (and it speaks
of all matters); it is to be believed, as God’s instruction,
in all that it affirms; obeyed, as God’s command, in all
that it requires; and embraced, as God’s pledge, in all that
it promises. Jesus Christ is the ultimate person about whom the
Scriptures speak. Therefore, Christ the Redeemer Church is dedicated to the
reading, singing, reciting, memorizing, preaching, and teaching the Bible, so
that every member of the Church becomes better equipped to follow Jesus Christ,
being built up into Him who is the Head.
FELLOWSHIP
Christ the Redeemer Church
is dedicated to restoring the intimacy of godly fellowship in the Church. In
His High Priestly prayer, Jesus prayed that those who believe in Him would all
be one, just as the Father is in Him and He in the Father. The purpose, Jesus
tells us, for such a deep union and fellowship between believers would be for
the salvation of the world (John 17:21). Therefore, we seek to maintain the
unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace by providing as many opportunities as
possible for the Church to gather in fellowship, because we desire to see
people believe in Jesus Christ and be saved. Our fellowship gatherings are
ideal places for unbelievers to meet Christ in us. We seek to accomplish this
by:
- Providing fellowship
gatherings following Sunday morning service
- Opening up our homes and
lives to one another during the week.
- Meeting with one another
in homes, diners, parks, pubs, coffee shops, etc, – wherever life happens.
- Eating and drinking and
celebrating with another.
- We will also grieve, mourn
and cry, and pray with and for each other, bearing one another’s burdens, for
we are called to “live life together with God” (St. Augustine).
- Engaging one another in
deep genuine conversations, desiring nothing more than being a “friend that
sticks closer than brother.”
BREAKING OF BREAD
Christ the Redeemer, Pella
believes that the Lord Jesus gave the Church the Sacrament of breaking bread
(the Lord’s Supper, Holy Communion, Eucharist) to not only be a memorial of His
death for the forgiveness of our sins, but also to be sign of the union that
all Christians throughout the ages and throughout the world, have in Him. We
therefore seek to break bread every Lord’s Day as a congregation in order to be
built up in our faith in Jesus Christ, and to strengthen the union of the Body,
and to proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes again.
THE PRAYERS
God is enthroned in the
prayers and praises of His people (Ps. 22:3). We exalt Him, and give Him the
glory and honor He deserves, and we submit ourselves to Him because He is the
Lord. During our times of prayer and worship, we not only offer up our
prayers to God, but we offer and present ourselves, our hearts and minds, souls
and bodies, gifts and talents, to be a reasonable, holy, and living sacrifice
to our God. The Lord Jesus taught us to pray to God in order that He might
bless us by making Himself known to us in our prayers, and by providing for our
needs. As God’s children, we desire nothing more than to be in the presence of
our Heavenly Father, and to be blessed by Him on a regular basis. Christ the
Redeemer Church therefore is committed to providing numerous and various
opportunities for community prayer and praise for God’s people, such as:
- Lord’s Day Worship
Services
- Wednesday Evening Prayer
Services
- Fellowship Gatherings
- In the intimacy and
privacy of our own homes and families
You are all warmly invited to come and share
in the life of God together with us, as we seek to live out Acts 2:42, and
experience the redeeming grace of God in the ordinary.