Christ Covenant Church (Matthews, North Carolina)

Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, North Carolina a suburban city in Charlotte, NC is a Presbyterian congregation within the Central Carolina Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America.[1][2][3] Its active membership are about 2,350.[4] The founder of the congregation is Henry L. Reeder III.[5] the current senior pastor of Briarwood Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Briarwood Church was played significant role in the establishment of Christ Covenant Church in 1983.[6] The first building was a small unit in southeast Charlotte. The church grew rapidly. Land was purchased in Matthews, today the campus has 8 buildings, total 12,000 feet including a 2,000 seats sanctuary. The ministry is assisted by almost 100 members staff, including pastors.[7] The current senior pastor is Dr. Mike Ross.[8]

The church supports missionaries of the MTW in France, South Africa, Romania, East Africa and also in the Charlotte area.[9] The congregation also has outreaches in several US states like Mission Utah and cooperate efforts with Mission to North America of the PCA.[10]

Christ Covenant Church supports the Covenant Day School.[11]

Church located at 800 Fullwood Lane Matthews, North Carolina 28105

References

  1. ↑ http://stat.pcanet.org/ac/directory/directory.cfm
  2. ↑ www.ccpca.net/churches/christcovenant.htm
  3. ↑ http://1.1.1.5/bmi/www.christcovenant.org/connect-section/documents/CovenantConnection.pdf
  4. ↑ http://hirr.hartsem.edu/cgi-bin/mega/db.pl?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&sb=2
  5. ↑ http://briarwood.org/resources/communicate-with-the-pastor/
  6. ↑ www.christcovenant.org/who-we-are-section/history-of-christ-covenant.htm
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ http://1.1.1.5/bmi/www.christcovenant.org/who-we-are-section/sr-pastor-dr-mike-ross.htm
  9. ↑ http://1.1.1.5/bmi/www.christcovenant.org/missions-section/international-missions.htm
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ http://covenantday.org/about_us/core_values.html

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