What to Expect This Sunday
Meeting Times: 9am & 11am
Children
We want to help kids love and obey Jesus. During the 9 AM meeting, we provide nurseries and classes for infants through kindergartners. During the 11 AM meeting, we offer nurseries and classes for infants through middle-schoolers. If this is your first time visiting Christ's Church, ask the greeter at the door about our check-in procedures.
Worship
Worship is a priority for us. Our Sunday gatherings are worship meetings from start to finish. We allow extended time for seeking God, for singing and declaring his praises. When we transition to the time of teaching, we maintain the same attitude of expecting to hear from God and experience his presence.
2014 Annual Report
PDF version of the annual report mailed to those who made financial contributions to Christ’s Church over the past year
The City and the River
The City of God is sustained and made glad by the streams of a great river. It springs up fountains to refresh the citizens. It flows out ...
The City of God
Is there a city or town you have always wanted to see? Or one that feels like home? The Bible says Abraham, the father of those who believe, was ...
Simeon
Simeon shows up when Jesus is about six weeks old. It is a brief appearance. But Simeon is an admirable man with a few important things to say. ...
Mary
We review the story of Mary the mother of Jesus as it appears in Scripture. We see her faith, her joys, and her sorrows. What might Mary say to ...
John
Who was John the Baptist? What role did he play in the coming of the Savior? And what might he say to us if we invited him to bring us an Advent ...
Zachariah
God sets the stage as the time draws near for the birth of the Savior. And one of the first people we encounter is an elderly priest named ...
Report from the Eldership Team
Rick Massey has resigned from eldership at Christ’s Church. Read more about that decision and what’s ahead for Rick here.
Mission and Thanksgiving
We review the history of thankfulness from before creation to the present. And we consider stories from the Bible and from the history of the ...
The Sending Church
This is a story about a glorious church built by un-named, ordinary people with no religious background or special training. We learn how this ...
Mission and Diversity
The inclusion of all types of people from every part of the world is a major theme in Acts. In Acts 10 we see God aggressively pushing his agenda ...
Mission and Personal Encounter
God’s missional heart is not just for nations and people groups. He loves and pursues individuals. He draws all kinds of people, including ...
Mission and Money
In the early days after Pentecost, the church experienced a season of extraordinary generosity. What enabled people to liquidate assets and give ...
Mission and Ministry Multiplication
Sometimes in the midst of progress and growth, weakness in the church is exposed. Sometimes leaders fail, and people get hurt. How will we ...
Mission and Persecution
Along with grace, joy, boldness, generosity and miracles, the first church experienced increasing persecution. We consider how Jesus had prepared ...
Welcome to Christ’s Church of Joplin
Thanks for checking us out. If you haven't been to one of our Sunday meetings, you are invited to come some Sunday morning at 9:00 or 11:00 AM. Have a cup of coffee, meet some people, and see what happens. Each meeting is about 90 minutes long. During each of these meetings there are nurseries and programs for kids.
We hope these Sunday gatherings reflect our enthusiasm for Jesus and his cause and our commitment to building communities where lives are radically transformed by grace. We hope you will feel both welcomed and challenged. We hope you will experience these things on Sunday because this is the kind of community we aspire to be every day of the week.
If you are looking for more detail about what we believe and what we are doing, you should be able to find some good clues here on the website. If you like what you see, come join us. We are looking for broken people who need healing, lonely people who need a family, and disenchanted people who need a glorious challenge.