About Us

What is Christ the King Church, and what are we about? 

A Church Part of the Historic Christian Faith

We are a church that emerged from a Pentecostal tradition and now walks the Anabaptist-Mennonite path. This journey does not replace our Pentecostal heritage—it enriches it, calling us to live more fully as Spirit-filled followers of Christ in community, service, and peacemaking.

From the beginning, we have seen ourselves as part of something far greater—the One, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. We joyfully affirm our place within the historic Christian faith as revealed in Scripture and summarized in the ancient creeds, especially the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene-Constantinople Creed. These creeds remind us that, across diverse expressions, we are bound together as the bride of Christ—one family in the Triune God.

Organizationally, we are now an integrated part of GKMI Anugerah, walking alongside them in the process of becoming a full member of Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (GKMI), an Anabaptist-Mennonite denomination. We are grateful for this new chapter, which deepens our commitment to a faith shaped by the way of Jesus, marked by simplicity, mutual care, peace, and discipleship.

A Church in a Pluralistic Setting

We are a church in Indonesia, a pluralistic society. This reality calls us to be more than just a church in Indonesia; we need to be a church of Indonesia. To do this, we must grow in our discernment of how the Spirit, the gift of Pentecost, who was poured out on all people (Acts 2:17), has been working in this land long before. This discernment can only happen if, as a church, we readily embrace the self-emptying way of Christ.

A Church Woven Together by Grace

We believe that every human being bears the sacred image of God—a thread of divine beauty and worth, woven into the human tapestry. This image is not diminished by difference, but revealed through it. Each person carries stories, joys, wounds, and gifts that matter to God and to the life of the Church.

At Christ the King, we seek to be a community where these threads are honored and held together in love. Rather than striving for sameness, we follow the Spirit who weaves us into one body through grace. This means creating space for the voices that are often silenced, extending care to those at the edges, and learning to see Christ in one another. In this tapestry, no one is merely included—they belong.

  • Our understanding of the Kingship of Christ.

    The Kingdom of God is a kingdom of righteousness (which also means justice), peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is better to understand this Kingdom as kin-dom. This Kingdom is ruled by a King who holds all things together yet does not regard his kingship as something to be exploited. Instead, he exercises his kingship by emptying himself, taking the form of a slave, obedient to the point of death. This King is the same yesterday, today, and forever. This is the King we are called to worship, serve, and imitate. (Rom. 14:17; Phil. 2:1-11; Col 1.17; Heb. 13:8; Mat. 4:19)

  • Our understanding of the Christian Story

    The Christian story tells us about a God who enters human history concretely. When “the Word the became flesh” in the incarnation, God affirms that all flesh (as in all people!) participates in God’s reality! Through the event, God says to humanity, “You are all my kin!”

    This affirmation is reiterated on the day of Pentecost when all flesh became the recipient of the outpoured Spirit. This event reminds us that we are all made in the divine image despite our differences, and therefore, we are all kin!

Our Vision and Mission

Our desire is to be a church that has our complete dependency on the Holy Spirit. She(*) is our only chance of becoming the radiant church that is the bride of Christ.

Vision

As a church, we seek to be a community of Spirit-filled disciples who are on a journey together emulating the kingship of Christ in every area of life.

Mission

As a community, our mission is:

  • To live a Spirit-filled life of discipleship that cultivates joyful living by ‘eating at his table’ and ‘washing each other's feet.’ 

  • To love God expressed in loving neighbor as self as that is the standard for Christian conduct.

  • To demonstrate the radical and expansive love of God to all, particularly the vulnerable and marginalized.

  • To foster a culture of belonging for all in our community through our commitment to living and sharing the deep truth of God’s love to all and for all.

  • To participate in the work of Christ, who is making all things new, bringing redemption and liberation by embracing “the least of these.” 

  • To live in eager expectation of the coming New Creation, where Christ’s kingship will be manifested fully.

(*) addressing the Spirit in feminine or maternal terms has never been completely foreign to Christian or Jewish theology. In Hebrew and Syriac, the word for Spirit is feminine, which helped to overcome the exclusively masculine language for God.

Our values

  • Our hybrid identity

    • We value our ‘in-betweenness.’

    • We value embracing our brokenness

  • Our journey of becoming

    • We seek Christlike transformation by being filled with the Holy Spirit.

    • We desire to be disciples who are becoming pray-ers.

    • We aim to be equipped to live like Jesus in our beautiful but broken world.

  • Our reason to gather

    • Worship that glorifies the Triune God.

    • Preaching that declares Jesus and the Gospel of the Kingdom.

    • Intergenerational community life, gripped by grace, feasting together at His table.

  • Our reason to be sent

    • Extending God’s love to all and for all.

    • Reaching and serving our neighbors enthusiastically.

    • Living joyfully, sharing generously.