Fellowship activities. Active Christian community with local to world-wide benevolence and evangelism. What to expect when you visit the Lorance Drive church of Christ:
*Our Purpose
Our purpose is to provide a biblically sound haven that honors God through a lifestyle of worship, fellowship, discipleship, evangelism, and service to our church family and community. In short: Love God. Serve all.
*Our Congregational Worship
Our congregational worship strives to restore the simplicity of New Testament doctrine and practice. It is a simple love for God expressed in acapella (without musical instruments) congregational singing, prayers, Lord’s Supper (for faithful baptized disciples of Jesus), giving (if you are a guest you are not expected to give, but please fill out a guest card), Bible readings, and scriptural reflections (sermon/devotional).
*Non-denominational? We view ourselves as simply Christians in Jesus’ one universal church. We hold no creeds, doctrines, or traditions as binding except those passed on by the Apostolic writings in the New Testament. We are not Jewish, Catholic, Protestant, Pentecostal, Baptist, Methodist, Liberal or Conservative. We reject all labels or teachings/preachers that would divide Jesus’ church or deviate from New Testament Apostolic doctrine.
*Simple Jesus Following
We strive to simply follow Jesus. We start by having a living faith in Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection (gospel) that we follow by obedient faith in baptism (immersion in water) (1Cor. 15:1-11; Rom. 6:3-4) and are saved and added by Jesus into His church (Acts 2:36-47). We continue to grow in Jesus by loving God, loving others, and serving all as Jesus did. As we do so we walk in the strength of His Spirit in a new way of life filled with faith, hope, and love.
*Our Ministries
We strive to serve God and others in His church and the community through love and kind deeds. We do so out of love and not a desire to earn God’s approval or salvation by our own merits.
• Local Food Pantry (benevolence)
• Children’s Homes, Inc. (orphans)
• Truth for Today (missions)
• Churches of Christ Disaster Relief (disasters)
• River City Ministry (homeless)
• Salem Cemetery (community)
• World Bible School (evangelism)
“The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” -Galatians 5:6