Family of Christ: United in Showing God's Love for Others

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Our Lord be with you. What is the Family of Christ? It is an ecumenical ministry where followers of Christ join together showing God's love by serving others, doing good works, and engaging in fellowship with one another. The Family of Christ ministry is inspired by Christ's prayer to God in John 17:21, for followers to be one with each other and as Christ prayed, "may they also be in us, so that the wold may believe that you sent me." This ministry sees Christ's prayer as a call to be one with Christ by showing God's love. For followers of Christ to embody the message of God's love for people through ministry and service to others, and for followers to show love for each other. Shinning the living light of Christ in our communities and world around us. This ministry got it's start with the support of the Washington Area Ministerial Association of Washington, Iowa.

What's New

Current missions and ministry news and up-dates.

Please check out the Forum for more news and up-dates.

For information on Washington community services and resources visit The S.A.F.E. Coalition of Washington County

June 14th 2009

Efforts with the Home Repair Ministry continue. Referrals are being made and work continues on uniting people together to meet this need.

Ace Hardware in Washington is participating in the Brandon Bunnell Gun Safety Ministry. Ace Hardware is the only business in Washington that sells firearms. Also, the Faith Baptist church in Washington supports this ministry. Efforts are being made to engage other organizations in this ministry.

Check out an article found on the Christian Post website (www.christianpost.com) entitled, "Missional Church Movement-The Next Big Thing?". One way this movement is defined in the article states, "To think and to live missionally means seeing all life as a way to be engaged with the mission of God in the world." The mission of the FOC is similar to this movement. You can find the article on the Christian Post website under the Church tab, then click on General and scroll to find the article.

May 13th 2009

Referrals are being met for the Home Repair Ministry. Efforts continue to engage other congregations in this ministry.

Some churches in Washington made available the Brandon Bunnell Gun Safety Ministry brochure to their members. In addition, the Washington County ISU Extension Office and 4H Club are participating in this ministry by passing out the brochure. Efforts continue to engage more organizations in this ministry.

April 13th 2009

The Family of Christ ecumenical ministry has begun a new social justice ministry. The Brandon Bunnell Gun Safety Ministry. This ministry is named after Brandon Michael Bunnell who was killed from a bullet fired from an assault rifle used by another youth. For more information please refer to the Ministries and Missions section. Also, in the Ministries and Missions section is more information on the FOC Home Repair and Acts of Random Kindness ministries.