Welcome to Castle Christian Church! We are an independent Christian Church in Cumming, GA. We believe that in Jesus God became human, lived among people, taught his kingdom, died and rose from the dead in order to reveal God to us and institute the Kingdom of God as a radical alternative to the kingdom of the world.
We believe that Jesus taught the Kingdom of God as a “now” and “not yet” reality. In the “not yet” sense, the Kingdom represents the promise of resurrection and eternal life. The ”now” sense, however, means that when we live Jesus’ Kingdom teaching and follow Jesus with our lives, we actually live a reality that changes the world as we know it. Therefore, our goal is to be a community of people who tell the story of Jesus Christ in our worship and our daily lives as a witness to and in anticipation of the final manifestation of the Kingdom after our resurrection! We also believe that knowing God through Jesus fulfills the need in our lives for authentic community in the church. So our goal is to share the love of Christ through personal relationships so that broken and imperfect people (like us) can come to meet Jesus Christ.
Many churches in our time feel great pressure to produce and sell a certain “product.” Sometimes that product is a flashy show, a Nickelodeon quality children’s experience, and a famous preacher. Sometimes that product is a nostalgic traditional experience. Churches often feel this pressure because they feel it is the only way to grow in a society so influenced by marketing and consumerism.
While there is nothing inherently wrong with these things, at Castle Christian Church we have decided we don’t want to do church that way. We have adopted a church model that we call “mustard seed church.” In our more than three-year study of the Gospel of Matthew we have found that the Kingdom Jesus taught he actually compared to a mustard seed–something that the world finds small and insignificant, but really has the power to change it (to take over the garden!). This means that many of the things that the world is impressed with, Kingdom people are not concerned with.
Because of this understanding of Jesus’ teaching, at Castle we don’t claim to have any production value in our worship service or ministries. You don’t come to Castle for a show, or for a flashy product or experience. We aren’t concerned with being “traditional” OR “contemporary.” We’re concerned with understanding and living out Jesus’ life, teaching, death, and resurrection as well as we can and sharing what we have learned about him in a true community. Our worship service is a simple time to sing, take communion together, and listen to the Word of God being preached. This allows us to use our small resources to serve our community, rather than create, market, and sell a product or an experience.
We want you to feel welcome to come worship with us! We meet again this Sunday morning at 10:00. We’re currently meeting at the Kiwanis club building on Pilgrim Mill Road in Cumming, GA.
We’re looking forward to meeting you!