Who We Are
Geist Christian Church was founded in 1985 and is a congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a mainline Protestant denomination. The Mud Creek Campus was opened in 1987 and the Promise Road Campus was opened in 2008.
We practice unity and inclusion at the Lord’s Table.
All are welcome to the Lord’s Table for the sake of mission and for the sake of the world as the one family of God. At Geist Christian Church we do this by celebrating communion every Sunday.
We practice believer’s baptism.
A person makes the choice to follow God’s call rather than the choice being made for them as an infant. Baptism is the basis of membership in the Church and a mark that every person has unique gifts to serve God. While we practice believer’s baptism, all forms of Christian baptism are recognized and celebrated at Geist Christian Church.
We study scripture for ourselves.
Rather than having tests of faith and creedal statements, we critically and thoughtfully study scripture, considering the context in which it was written.
We are a movement for Christian unity.
We honor our heritage as a movement for Christian unity by cooperating and partnering with other faith communities to work for bringing about wholeness – healing and justice – in the world. This is what it means to be “ecumenical.”
We also honor the heritage of Christian unity by staying together in covenant as a witness to the world that even when we disagree, we can still make room, welcoming all to the table as Christ has welcomed us. Our spiritual ancestors were fond of saying, “unity, not uniformity.”