Our site is aimed at the
congregations
we serve regionally and any individual who
may want to know more about our denomination, or
find
a place to worship. Use the organizational
chart
below (and wherever else you find it) to understand the unique
structure
of our denomination and to navigate through specific branches of our
regional
church by clicking on the names. Also check out the link
to our national e-zine, "Disciples Today" and the map
to our offices.
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Welcome to the website of the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of the Pacific Southwest
Region. We are a diverse church in a diverse part of the world
seeking to become an anti-racist church. We are a growing church
that continues to seek new ways in which we can share the love of
Christ by developing new congregations; increase the effectiveness of
our ministries; invite all God’s people to become participants in the
Gospel. It is in this way that we seek to affirm the
mission of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ): “To be and to
share the good news of Jesus Christ, witnessing, loving and serving
from our doorsteps to the ends of the Earth.”
We celebrate the Lord’s Supper weekly and welcome all to the
table of Christ. We do not limit ministry to the ordained.
We affirm the priesthood of all believers. We have a passion for
the unity of the church, a heart for justice. And, although we
practice baptism by immersion, we recognize other forms of baptism.
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Because we are a covenantal Church,
lines
of authority are very difficult to identify in an organizational
chart.
Ultimately the local congregations carry the authority in this
region.
They have it by vote at Regional Assemblies, which inform the Regional
Board and all other entities, individuals and groups below the
board
in the above chart.
As a church in covenant with each
other,
we are called upon to recognize the rights and privileges of all
persons
as children of God. This means that we attempt to make all
decisions
with respect and regard for all people impacted so their best interest
is being met as effectively as possible. As a church in covenant,
this means we attempt to do this by discerning the will of God in all
matters.
Being a church in a land which
has and
needs governmental authority creates an additional dynamic to these
relationships.
There are certain legal matters which require accountability, e.g.
Licensing
and "Standing" of ministers. In such matters, lines of authority
rest in the person or group over which the Regional Board has direct
authority.
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