Christ Fellowship Blog

Celebrating One Year!

Thu, 20 May 2010 07:22:44 +0000

On May 16th, 2010, Christ Fellowship celebrated its first year as a fellowship in the city of Tehachapi. Over our first year, we have truly seen the grace of God at work in our fellowship, both individually and collectively.

For our celebration, we truly sensed the outpouring of the Spirit of God. Not planned. But we listened and submitted to the move of God the Spirit.

We also celebrated our first year with the Lord’s Supper and a fellowship meal.

It was both a time of celebrating the past and keeping our eyes on the future—expecting God to continue to do great things in and through us, for his glory.

“Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God.” Wm. Carey

Come, Be a part of What God is Doing in and through us!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:58:54 +0000

Who We Are

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 07:06:16 +0000

Christ Fellowship Church had its first public gathering on May 17, 2009.

Our Mission:

To lead others into a growing relationship with Jesus.

Our Vision:

To reflect the city of Tehachapi in an authentic and organic community of Christ followers.

Our Strategy:

To open the Bible and intentionally pursue intimacy with Jesus and one another, both in our public gatherings and in our small groups.

It’s about King Jesus and his Kingdom, not us!

Our Vision

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:00:07 +0000

Vision is often defined as “a mental picture of a preferred future.”

At Christ Fellowship, our vision is:

To reflect the city of Tehachapi in an authentic and organic community of worshiping, learning, loving, sharing, praying, and going Christ followers. (Acts 2:41-47)

Our vision is toward an expression of sincere and pure devotion to Christ (2 Cor. 11:3), freed of the baggage of institutionalized Christianity, which is often an distraction to the advancement of the Kingdom.

Toward Authentic Christianity, Pt. 3: Our Worship

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:12:48 +0000

At Christ Fellowship, we believe that our worship must be authentic. We believe this authenticity is achieved when we are God-glorifying, Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-filled, Bible-based, and where every believer is encouraged to use his or her giftedness to the glory of God and the edification of the fellowship.

In our effort toward authentic Christianity, we believe our worship will be characterized by spontaneity and sincerity, as we express our Spirit-giftedness in our exaltation of Jesus Christ:

What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. (1 Cor. 14:26, TNIV)

Toward Authentic Christianity, Pt. 1: Our Foundation

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:04:00 +0000

At Christ Fellowship, we believe our foundation is Jesus Christ himself. We believe that Jesus called us into existence for to lead others into full maturity in him, for his glory.

But to fulfill this mission he has given us, we believe Jesus has founded us upon himself, because the church only has one foundation, Jesus Christ himself (1 Cor. 3:11).

Our foundation is Jesus Christ himself.

Toward Authentic Christianity, Pt. 2: Our Mission

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:44 +0000

At Christ Fellowship, our goal is toward authentic Christianity in everything we do.

In part two of our series Toward Authentic Christianity, we want to focus on Our Mission. Mission answers the question of why we exist.

The founder of the Christian faith tells us why we exist. Jesus says that we exist to make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Triune God, and instructing these new disciples to obey the teachings of Jesus (Matt. 28:19-20).

Our Mission: We exist to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ, for his glory.

Our Mission

Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:02:33 +0000

We exist to lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ, for his glory (Matthew 28:19-20).

What to expect

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:28:46 +0000

As a fellowship, we realize that our primary mission is to live out the Christ who lives in us in a Spirit-filled community. And from this Christ-centered experience, we then share Jesus with others, inviting them to the community of Christ renewed people, the church.

As Christ-followers, having come to that realization of our own brokenness because of sin, we seek wholeness in Christ because he too lives in us.

What to expect, then? Expect a community of fellow Christ-followers who are seeking the heart of God through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.

A Kingdom Vision for the 21st Century

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:25:18 +0000

To bring about the changes that the human race needs, we don’t need more laws, more seminars, more education, more speeches. What we need is more changed hearts. Hearts that have been changed by the inbreaking of the kingdom vision of Jesus Christ.

When the historical Jesus of Nazareth began his earthly ministry, he immediately announced his mission: “Repent, because the Kingdom of heaven has come near” (Matthew 4:17). This verse of sacred Scripture would then be the guiding words of his earthly life.

Jesus began to bring about the changes a broken world was in desperate need of by living out and announcing the reality of Kingdom presence. This kingdom presence was to be understood as an invitation to a loving relationship with the heavenly Father and letting his principles bring about the needed transformation.

Therefore not more laws, education, and so on. But the kingdom vision of putting the world to rights through a loving relationship with the heavenly Father through Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.

TC is the lead pastor of Christ Fellowship, which meets at 10a.m. on Sundays, at 213 East E Street, Tehachapi, CA. 93561.