The Church

The church that the Lord Jesus established had it's beginnings in about 33 A.D. shortly after Jesus spoke the words, "upon this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18).

The only authority the church would ever have would be the Lord, because He is the head of the church (Col. 1:18, 24).

After Jesus died to purchase the church with His shed blood (Acts 20:28), and ascended to the Father in heaven, the apostles began to preach the terms of admittance into the church. When people asked what they should do to be forgiven of sin and added to the church, they were told, "repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of sins...” (Acts 2:38).

The Bible then records that about three thousand were added to the church by the Lord after obedience to these commands. The Bible teaches that the promise still exists for any and all to be a part of the Lord’s church today. The text says, "…the Lord added to the church daily, those that were being saved" (Acts 2:47).
 

The church is not a building, but is a group of people who have been obedient to a calling to leave sin and serve the Lord. Those who are a part of the Lord’s church will continue steadfastly in the teachings of the Bible for the New Testament church (Acts 2:42; I Thessalonians 2:14).

In the New Testament we read of many congregations in different localities (Acts 8:1; 11:22; Rom. 16:1, 5 etc.) that belonged to the Lord, Jesus Christ (Romans 16:16). We call ourselves Christians and we are a church of Christ. We do not wear these names as a denominational classification, but completely out of respect and honor for Jesus, who is the builder and head of the church.

The Bible teaches there is one body (Ephesians 4:4), and every congregation, although independent to be faithful to the will of God, are united as a universal body of the saved, in Christ.

Those who are saved are called Christians (Acts 11:26), and were restricted from wearing any other name (I Corinthians 1:10ff).

There were no counsels or synods or even city wide organizations to plan and do the work of the church other than the local congregation itself. Every church was responsible to be active and function according to the directives of God’s word (See the churches in Revelation 1-3 for more examples).

The importance of being a part of the Lord's church, is that Jesus is the "Savior of the body" which is His church (Ephesians 5:23; Colossians 1:24). Those who are a part of the church and are contending for the one faith of the gospel (Jude 3) can look forward to salvation in an eternal home with the Lord (Hebrews 5:8-9), while those outside of the church will be eternally separated from God and lost,  while suffering the consequences of their sins.  Come and be a part of the church belonging to Jesus as you respond in obedience to the will of God for your life.

Does this information have a special appeal to you? If so take a look at the rest of our website and be sure to contact us or be an honored guest in one of our regularly scheduled assemblies. We would be happy to study with you and send you more information, if you so desire. Thank you and God bless you.

Establishment (Our History)

The church in Chillicothe is a newly planted church that is truly striving to be the church that Jesus established almost 2000 years ago. Our plea is not to accept denominational thought, but to "all be one" in non-denominational unity just as Jesus prayed (John 17:17-21).

We are simply reading and applying the teachings of the word of God, that we can be sure to put away all man made doctrines (Matthew 15:9) and creeds, obeying the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. We want to have Bible authority for all that is said and done in our service to the Lord (Tit 2:1; 1 Corinthians 4:6; 2 John 9; Galatians 1:8-9; I Peter 4:11). We are a congregation of Christians that serve the Lord by sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ. We call it “serving Jesus by sharing Jesus”. We want to share the Lord and His message of good news with you.

Assemblies

The church in Chillicothe is located in downtown Chillicothe in order to provide opportunities for area residents to come and assemble with us. We will meet regularly throughout the week in order to praise God and help each person in attendance to be uplifted by the word of God. We want to extend an open invitation to you and your family to come out and visit with us at any time that you have the opportunity.

Service Times:

Sunday: 10:00 am
Tuesday: 7:00 pm

Note: For other weekly meetings, check our calendar

Address:

We are located at 165 West 4th Street and we are meeting temporarily in the Carver Community Center. This meeting place is located directly behind the Chillicothe Post Office. We want to invite you to come and join us in our assemblies. View or click map below for more details:

The future meeting place of this congregation in Chillicothe:

This local church has been blessed with several donations made by some generous brothers and sisters in Christ. These gifts have enabled the congregation here to move forward in the purchase of a 1 1/2 acre piece of land  that is on US Route 50 behind North South Produce at 2004 Western Avenue. At this present time we have been approved by the state of Ohio for using this land as a place to build a meeting place and we have taken possession of the land after the purchase was finalized. We are looking forward to seeing how the Lord and other faithful Christians continue to bless us as we pursue this future meeting place. If you are a member of the church that would like more information or would desire to make a contribution to this project, please contact us. Pray that God's will is done in this regard and ask Him to keep us focused on the work that He has called us to do. God bless all those who are faithfully following the Lord.

Note: These two maps link together. Click here to see the whole map

Below are some images that we have taken of the property and we ask that you pray that we might be able to meet at this new location in the near future. Thank you and God bless.

Entering the driveway, you can see the old tree farm

Near the back of the property line, there is a lane

The left edge of the property shows our distance from Route 50

Looking down the lane exiting toward Route 50

North Fork Creek runs along the backside of the property

Standing in the middle of the land, you can see the rows of trees

Recently we have prepared the land for the building. There were 900 tons of dirt hauled in to elevate the land to the necessary height. We are now looking at several builders and should complete this project before the end of this year, if the financial means that others have donated are able to cover the cost. Thank you for your individual contributions for our future meeting place.

We want to thank God for the blessings He is richly bestowing upon us. We want to thank all of you who are serving as instruments that God is using to assist us in this journey of establishing and building up this local church in Chillicothe. God bless you all for your faithfulness.