Planting the Seed

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Since 2015, in the wake of the rioting following the death of Freddy Gray, members of the church of Christ have been evangelizing and performing outreach in the Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park communities of West Baltimore, Maryland. Over the years, these communities have experienced extreme poverty, economic depression, high addiction rates, and high rates of joblessness and crime. To meet the needs of these communities, the church of Christ has stood in the gap to deliver services and provide spiritual education. In addition to weekly bible studies for children and adults, the church of Christ is meeting the needs of the community through community clean-ups, sponsoring a free community health fair, conducting backpack and school supply giveaways, and coordinating clothing giveaways. Beginning in September 2017, the church of Christ worshipped at the Lillian Jones Recreation Center in Sandtown-Winchester. In September 2018, the Church of Christ in Sandtown was established, and in 2019 the Church of Christ in Sandtown obtained federal tax exemption and is classified as a 501(c)3 organization. The church is also listed as a charity under the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC #49653).

Now, in 2023, the church of Christ is continuing renovations of its own worship and community outreach space. Demolition has been completed and the renovations are underway!! God has truly blessed us! 

Since this work began, nearly 30 souls have obeyed the Gospel and been baptized into Christ. To continue this life-changing, soul-saving work in our new home base, your donations are needed. All donations will be used for the sole purpose of preparing our worship and community outreach space, and for continuing to fund the mission work in the Sandtown-Winchester and Harlem Park communities.

The church of Christ – the only church mentioned in the Bible -- is the church Christ died to save! This is the church He founded when He told the apostle Peter, “Upon this rock, I will build my church” (Matthew 16:18) and the church for which He was crucified.  The church has one head and that is Jesus Christ Himself (Colossians 1:17-19). The churches of Christ are independent Christian congregations connected with one another through faith in Jesus Christ and the common belief that God saves and adds to His church those who hear the Gospel of Christ and believe it, repent of sin, confess Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and are baptized for the forgiveness of sins (Acts 2:36-47). Our practices are biblical, based on the doctrine of the Holy Scriptures alone as described in the New Testament. The purpose of the Church of Christ at Sandtown is to magnify and glorify God by being an instrument of teaching the one true Gospel: baptizing believers according to the scriptures, then further teaching those baptized to observe all things commanded by Christ. Our purpose also is to develop and nurture spiritually strong, scripturally sound Christians who are faithful to God and committed to serving Christ and humanity through sacrifice and love. ​​The mission of the Church of Christ in Sandtown is to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the city of Baltimore and the world in fulfillment of Christ’s call on our lives to preach and teach the Gospel to all nations (Mark 16:15-16; Matthew 28:18-20).

We believe that the Holy Scripture is divinely inspired, unfailing, and reliable. We reference scripture to settle any and every religious question because scripture is the final word from God. The Holy Scripture is our only doctrine and the basis for all teaching and preaching  of the Gospel (Galatians 1:8-9; 1 Timothy 1:3-4).

Originating from the Greek word "baptizo," baptism means "to immerse," and immersion was the practice of the church in the book of Acts. We believe that immersion is the only form of baptism that conforms to its description as a burial and resurrection given by the apostle Paul (Romans 6:3-5; 1 Peter 3:21). 

We believe that the Body of Christ is to assemble for worship on the first day of the week  (Acts 20:7; Hebrews  10:25).

Worship in the Church of Christ in Sandtown is scriptural in practice as was taught by the Apostles of the New Testament Church. We encourage you to investigate and compare this church with the one described in your Bible. Our aim is to bring men and women to Christ in a life committed to dedicated service. The Scripture is our standard of authority and the Lord Jesus Christ is our Author of Salvation (2 Timothy 3:16-17; Hebrews 12:2). We let His Word state the conditions of salvation. 

HEAR  Romans 10:17 

BELIEVE  Hebrews 11:6 

REPENT  Luke 13:3, 5 

CONFESS  Romans 10:9-10 

BE BAPTIZED   Acts 2:38 

CONTINUE STEADFAST  1 Corinthians 15:58