Citadel of Hope Ecumenical Church

Citadel of Hope Ecumenical Church It is telling what the Lord is telling His people about the love of Jesus Christ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments”.

Our Mission

ECUMENICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST

“To bring people to Jesus and membership into his family, develop them in Christlike maturity, equip them for ministry within the church and their mission in life, all in order to magnify God’s name.”

Share the Vision�A Great Commitment to the Great Commandment and the Great Commission will build a Great Church. The Great Commandment

“Love the Lord your

God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might….Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matt. 22:37-40)


The Great Commission

“Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded.”
(Matt. 28:19-20)


Five “Keys” to our Mission

Membership: We incorporate God’s family into our fellowship
Maturity: We educate God’s people through discipleship
Ministry: We demonstrate God’s love through service
Mission: We communicate God’s Word through evangelism
Magnify: We celebrate God’s presence in worship

THE FIVE PURPOSES OF ECUMENICAL CHURCH OF CHRIST


Worship
Love the Lord with all your heart. The way to love God with all our heart is to worship Him. Worshiping God is the first purpose of the church. Ministry
Love your neighbor as yourself. Ministry is demonstrating God’s love to others by meeting their needs and healing their hurts in the name of Jesus. Ministry is more than attendance, ministry is service. Evangelism
Go and make disciples. It is our responsibility and privilege to share the good news wherever we go. Church growth is commanded by Jesus. God wants people to be saved. Fellowship
Fellowship is identification with the body of Christ. Going, baptizing, and teaching are the essential
elements of the disciple-making process. As Christians we are called to belong, not just believe. The
church is to provide fellowship for believers. Discipleship
Teaching them to obey. We are to educate God’s people. Discipleship is the process of helping people become more like Christ in their thoughts, feelings and actions. This process begins when a person is born again and continues throughout the rest of their life. We are called to reach people, but also to teach them. The Ecumenical Church is committed to supporting education and development of job skills; helping people meet food, clothing and shelter needs; working with children, families and the elderly; and providing support for health and recovery, locally and globally.

05/03/2026

”Staying Focused; Jesus is the Answer!"
Rev. Clarence P. Smith Jr., May 3, 2026
Lectionary Scriptures: Acts 7:55-60* Psalm 31:1-5,15-16* 1 Peter 2:2-10* John 14:1-14*

Citadel of Hope Ecumenical Church
1026 Pope Street
Columbia, SC 29201

12/09/2024

FROM THE RICH£ST COMPANY TO Z£RO...................

Remember the Kodak company? In 1997, Kodak had about 160,000 employees.
And about 85% of the world's photography was done with Kodak cameras. With the rise of mobile cameras over the past few years, Kodak Camera Company is out of the market. Even Kodak went completely bankrupt and all his employees were fired.

At the same time many more famous companies had to stop themselves. Like

HMT (clock)
BAJAJ (स्कूटर)
DYANORA (TV)
MURPHY (RADIO)
NOKIA (Mobile)
RAJDOOT (Bike)
Ambassador (car)

None of the above companies had bad quality. Why are these companies out yet? Because they could not change themselves over time.

Standing in the present moment you probably don't think how much the world could change in the next 10 years! And today's 70%-90% jobs will be completely over in the next 10 years. We are slowly entering the era of "Fourth Industrial Revolution".

Check out today's famous companies-

UBER is just a software name. No, they have no cars of their own. Yet today the world's largest taxi-fair company is UBER.

Airbnb is the largest hotel company in the world today. But funny thing is they don't own a single hotel in the world.

Similarly, examples of countless companies like Paytm, Ola Cab, Oyo rooms etc can be given.

There is no work for new lawyers in America today, because a legal software called IBM Watson can advocate much better than any new lawyer. Thus, almost 90% of Americans will not have any jobs in the next 10 years. The remaining 10% will be saved. These will be 10% experts.

The new doctor is also sitting down to work. Watson software can detect cancer and other diseases 4 times more accurately than humans. Computer intelligence will surpass human intelligence by 2030.

90% of today's cars will not be seen on the roads in the next 20 years. Leftover cars will either run by electricity or hybrid cars. The roads will slowly become empty. Gasoline consumption will decrease and oil producing Arab countries will slowly become bankrupt.

If you want a car you have to ask for a car from a software like Uber. And as soon as you ask for a car, a completely driverless car will come and park in front of your door. If you travel with several people in the same car, the rent of a car per person will be less than a bike.

Driving without driver will reduce the number of accidents by 99%. And this is why car insurance will stop and car insurance companies will be out.

Things like driving on earth will no longer survive. Traffic police and parking staff won't be required when 90% of vehicles disappear from the road.

Just think, there used to be STD booths in the streets even 10 years ago. All these STD booths were forced to close after the mobile revolution came in the country. Those who survived have become mobile recharge shops. Again online revolution in mobile recharge. People started recharging their mobile online sitting at home. Had to replace these recharge shops again. Now these are just mobile phones to buy and sell and repair shops. But this will also change very soon. Mobile phone sales are increasing directly from Amazon, Flipkart.

The definition of money is also changing. There used to be cash but in today's age it has become "plastic money". Credit card and debit card round was a few days ago. Now that too is changing and the era of mobile wallet is coming. Growing market of Paytm, one click of mobile money.

Those who cannot change with age, age removes them from the earth. So keep changing with the times.

Keep creating great content, keep moving with time.

10/01/2024

Rev. Clarence Smith
Yes He Can! Trust Jesus Always
Scripture: Psalm 124:1-8

Citadel of Hope Ecumenical Church
1026 Pope Street
Columbia, SC 29201

03/07/2021

First Ecumenical Church Bishop Redfern II 1026 Pope Street, Columbia SC 29201Third Sunday In Lent March 7, 2021Lectionary Scripture: Exodus 20:1-17* Psalm ...

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1026 Pope Street
Columbia, SC
29201

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 6pm - 7pm

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+18035000477

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