Past Sunday sermon: Philippians 1:12-18 “Finding Joy in Difficult Times”. The Apostle Paul said in verse 13: It has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ.
Christ Fellowship Moving Soon
Watch this site for future announcements. In the very near future Christ Fellowship will be moving to a new site.
We are excited that God is moving us to a better location with more space and better facilities for the growing needs of our congregation.
God is Good.
Wednesday Bible Study
God is doing an amazing thing in our midst as young people and adults gather around God’s Word each Wednesday night at 7pm. What is it that draws people across generations to God’s Word?
Is it rules and regulations people are seeking in the Bible? I don’t think so.
Is it religion that draws people to study the Bible? No, nobody wants more stale religion.
People are coming because they want relationship. The Bible is about a relationship with the Living Lord.
Joining together in Bible Study, sitting and sharing with fellow God-seekers, enhances and multiplies relationships with other fell-strugglers.
So…do you want to enhance your relationship with God?
We’ll see you in Bible Study on Wednesday.
Praying for Cindy
Thanks for praying for Cindy Morris.
She’s battling a difficult blood cancer.
You can keep up with her prayer needs at www.cindymorris.org.
Aug 1 Baptism
Come join our celebration on the first of August. Worship begins at a eleven am followed by one of the biggest days in the life of our church. What is the great celebration? It’s the celebration of life – lives transformed by Jesus Christ.
Shortly after our brief worship service we will take the celebration outside around the pool. That’s right, we’ll be having a pool party of a different kind. There will be refreshments but even better than the refreshments is a Baptism service! Many young people and young adults have come to know Christ through outreach, through our Sunday worship services and through our Wednesday evening Bible Studies. Even this week a new follower of Christ accepted Jesus as his savior in the hallway before our Bible Study. God is At Work and we want you to celebrate with us what He is doing in our midst.
Join us for worship, baptism and some delicious refreshments. Come pray with us over these new believers who are taking the plunge by beginning their first steps in the Christian Walk.
Please bring your friends and family.
God At Work
Christ Fellowship is blessed to see God working in our midst. Just a taste of what he is doing…
Each Wednesdays at 7pm Pancho has been leading 40-50 and a dozen adults in a video journey through the Gospel of Luke. The Word of God comes to life as we see it on screen and study, applying it to our lives.
Each Sunday God is amazing us as he speaks to us through worship and praise, prayer and giving, and the opening of God’s Word. Pastor Bowen and Associate Pastor Morris consistently preach and teach powerfully in a come-as-you are environment.
Christ Fellowship is a place for young people – increasingly, more and more of our teenagers and young adults are growing in their love of the Lord and are coming regularly to celebrate God’s goodness in our midst
Six Flags retreat is coming – Pastor Bowen is going to be taking a group of special young people to Six Flags this summer. Come and find out how you can participate.
Prayer is vital to the life of Christ Fellowship. Almost every week, we share in a dedicated time of prayer for the needs of our congregation, our city, and the world. If a need comes before us, we never fail to stop and pray and seek God’s face.
Fellowship Sunday occurs on the Fourth Sunday! Don’t forget that food and much joy is shared together at the beautiful pool-side,back-porch setting of the Olford Center. Come worship and stay for Faye’s fried chicken, Damian secret recipe BarBQ, or Cindy’s family recipe of spaghetti, and many other treats.
Christ Fellowship is a place where you can where jeans, sweats, suit or a dress. Everyone is welcome because God’s Kingdom is for all who seek Him.
Come join us as we watch and participate with God at Work in our midst.
Memphis Our Home
Memphis is our home. Christ Fellowship is devoted to making an impact on this city that we love. Want more information about our city our home? Here is a great video about our diverse city.
Something for Everyone: Memphis from Clayton Hurley on Vimeo.
Bible Study At Christ Fellowship
Join us Wednesday evenings for Bible Study.
30 to 40 young people and adults attend most Wednesdays at 7pm at the Olford Center. Cindy Morris teaches a room full of interested students.
11am Sundays – 7pm Wednesdays
Christ Fellowship is enjoying a new Summer schedule which includes Sundays at 11am and Wednesdays at 7pm. We meet at the Union University’s Olford Center on Riverdale, just South of Ryan’s Steak House.
Pastors Kelvin Bowen and Mark Morris alternate the preaching on Sundays while Cindy Morris is teaching from 1 Corinthians on Wednesday evenings to a packed house of young people and not-so-young.
Daily, many of our church family serve in one of several MAM ministry centers around Memphis.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Christ Fellowship featured by Mid-South Baptists
Mid-South Ministry Profile
Christ Fellowship of Memphis by Stuart McCollough
I was hungry and you fed me, thirsty and you gave me drink; I was a stranger and you received me in your home, naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me, in prison and you visited me.
— Matthew 25:35-36
In a city torn apart by racial tension, Christ Fellowship is seeking to bring people of different backgrounds together in one body to make a difference in their own lives and the lives of the people they come in contact with. They want to be a body of believers who exemplify Matthew 25:35-36. Their mission is to advance the kingdom of God against the darkness of this world
by loving God, embodying God’s love for each other and by proclaiming God’s love to the world.
Led by Pastor Kelvin Bowen 
and Associate Pastor Mark Morris, Christ Fellowship is striving to share the gospel both locally and globally. Both pastors have extensive experience in church planting, mission work and ministry. Pastor Bowen served as an associate minister at Healing Center Baptist Church for 14 years. He also serves as Executive Vice President for Memphis Athletics Ministry (MAM), an inner-city ministry of six
athletic facilities around the city that uses athletics as a tool to reach young people with the gospel of Christ. Mark Morris and his family served on the mission field for 14 years in Africa and Asia. They served as traditional missionaries for four years, he served as a Strategy Coordinator among unreached people groups in Central Asia and as a Regional leader of Central and Southern Asia for the International Mission Board. In 1997, Mark and his family returned to the United States where he co-founded All Peoples, a church consulting group which assisted churches to impact the least reached. He was on staff at Germantown Baptist Church from 2000-2007 and then served on staff at Saddleback Valley Community Church in California.
The church presently meets at the Stephen Olford Center on the Memphis campus of Union University. Christ Fellowship was already meeting under the leadership of Mark Morris. Bro. Mark and Bro. Kelvin were both basketball officials and had been friends for some time when they started throwing around the idea of beginning a multi-racial congregation. Knowing
that Sunday mornings were the most segregated time in America, both men had a desire to see blacks, whites and people of all races worship together. Sponsored by a predominately African-American fellowship – One Faith Fellowship – the church officially became a multiracial fellowship on December 14, 2008. The members have continued to cross cultural barriers
and face the challenges of blending worship styles and even preconceived ideas of what worship really is.
Christ Fellowship recently had two special services: a commissioning of 3-year missionaries being appointed to serve as Southern Baptist workers overseas and an Easter service where close to 100 people joined them for worship. The pastors want to see lives changed from the inside out and people come to know Jesus. They realize Christ Fellowship is among very few churches in the city and even the country that are trying to bring believers of diverse backgrounds together to worship and break down the walls of racial divide. They are excited about what God is doing and looking forward to what He is going to do in the future.