WHO WE ARE
Our Mission
Our mission at Christ Church Omaha is summed up by the phrase “all of Christ for all of life.” Under the grace of God, this means that our desire is to make Omaha a Christian town through faithful and robust covenant renewal worship on the Lord’s Day, through proclamation of the gospel to unbelievers, while training additional evangelists who will continue proclaiming that gospel, through teaching men and women how to live together in harmonious Christian marriage, through establishing a family-friendly culture of Christian education in which well-loved and well-disciplined children will learn to stay the course, through outreach that brings people to church, accommodating them where they are while seeking to bring them into maturity in a structured way, through genuine cultural engagement that provides Christian leadership in the arts, in business, in education, in politics, and in literature.
And we seek to do all this in gladness and simplicity of heart, as we pursue love for God and love for our neighbor.
We are a member of the CREC.
What We Believe
THE APPOSTLES CREED (AD 2nd Century)
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended into hades; on the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
NICENCE CREED CONSTANTINOPLE (AD 381)
We believe in one God, the Father, Ruler of all, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. And we believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten from the Father before all time; Light, from Light, true God from true God; begotten, not made; of the same essence as the Father, through Whom all things were made; Who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate by the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and was made a man. He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried, and rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. He ascended to heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father. He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead; His kingdom shall have no end. And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, Who proceeds from the Father and the Son, Who is worshiped and glorified together with the Father and Son, and Who spoke through the Prophets. And we believe that there is one holy, universal and apostolic church. We confess one baptism for the remission of sins, and we look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.
DEFINITON OF CHALCEDON (AD 451)
Following, then, the holy fathers, we unite in teaching all men to confess the one and only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. This selfsame one is perfect both in deity and in humanness; this selfsame one is also actually God and actually man, with a rational soul {meaning human soul} and a body. He is of the same reality as God as far as his deity is concerned and of the same reality as we ourselves as far as his humanness is concerned; thus like us in all respects, sin only excepted. Before time began he was begotten of the Father, in respect of his deity, and now in these “last days,” for us and behalf of our salvation, this selfsame one was born of Mary the virgin, who is God-bearer in respect of his humanness. We also teach that we apprehend this one and only Christ-Son, Lord, only-begotten — in two natures; and we do this without confusing the two natures, without transmuting one nature into the other, without dividing them into two separate categories, without contrasting them according to area or function. The distinctiveness of each nature is not nullified by the union. Instead, the “properties” of each nature are conserved and both natures concur in one “person” and in one reality {hypostasis}. They are not divided or cut into two persons, but are together the one and only and only-begotten Word {Logos} of God, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus have the prophets of old testified; thus the Lord Jesus Christ himself taught us; thus the Symbol of Fathers has handed down to us.
What to Expect
The Word of God
All Scripture is breathed out by God and is good and profitable for all of life (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:3). Therefore, we seek to teach the whole Bible. In a day when many people soften hard truths, our culture desperately needs to hear God’s Word clearly, accurately, and boldly. Therefore, we will not exclude anything based on the cultural sensitivities of our day. In Hosea 4:6, the people of God were being destroyed due to a lack of the knowledge of God, therefore we place a heavy emphasis on the proclamation of the Word of God as we seek to understand the Scriptures within the context of the entire Bible and apply it to our lives and culture today. The Word of God, therefore, must be proclaimed, believed, and obeyed.
Children in Worship
All children, from infants to young adults should be in the worship service with their parents. This means that our service will often have slight interruptions from squirming and at times crying children, and we heartily welcome this. If a child is struggling, parents are free to take their children to the back to care for them and get them settled down and bring them back into the service. It is a joy to see our children learning to sit quietly over time as they hear and participate in Church with the adults. Scripture tells us that every member is to be involved in worship and therefore, we teach even the youngest of our children to participate in the liturgy and to hear God’s Word and grow with us.
Our Liturgy – Covenant Renewal Worship
God has revealed how we are to worship Him in the gathering of the saints on the Lord’s Day therefore, we follow the pattern in Scripture of a Call to Worship, Confession, Consecration, Communion, and Commissioning. In the Call to Worship, God calls us into the heavenly places. In Confession, we confess our sin to God, are reminded of the assurance of God’s pardon through the propitiatory sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and we confess our faith through creeds and catechisms. In the Consecration we offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice through prayer and the proclamation of His Word. In Communion, we partake of the Lord’s Supper and are nourished by Jesus Christ as we remember and proclaim His death, resurrection, ascension, and return in Glory. Finally in the Commissioning we are sent back into the world where we seek to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Our Ministry Leaders
George Little
Elder
Phone
Grant Little
Elder
Nathan Joslin
Teaching Elder
Richard (Trip) Clark
Deacon
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We meet every Sunday @ 10:00am CST
4223 S 120th St.
Omaha, NE 68137