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Tropical Sands Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
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About us
We
are youth, elders, and everyone in between. We are musical,
worshipful and community-oriented. We aren't for
everyone, but we might be for YOU!
Tropical Sands Christian Church was founded July 6, 1958. Located on Burns Road in the northeastern Palm Beach County, the church is known for its outreach to other congregations through music and community service.
We have:
- A Biblical approach to life and issues in which the Bible is taken seriously, but we are not bound by literalism.
- A worship that involves the people. We are participants, not spectators, in worship.
- Practical sermons that seek to inform, enlighten and entertain while equipping us to live in the real world.
- A willingness to not only tolerate, but to welcome and celebrate differences of opinion.
- An ecumenical integrity that lets us serve the entire Christian community, and not just those of our denomination.
- A strong sense of Christian Community. We follow the person of Christ, not the details of any doctrine or creed.
- A sense of ministry that involves every Christian, and not just clergy.
- A weekly celebration of Holy Communion that is open to all believers.
- An emphasis on Christian living that is descriptive, and not harsh or legalistic.
Our mission as Disciples of Christ is to profess faith,
proclaim hope, and practice love.
Our denomination:
Tropical Sands Christian Church is a member congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Our denomination is a community of about 850,000 Christians in 3,800 congregations in the United States and Canada. We are a part of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Florida, headquartered in Orlando.
Two groups of frontier Christians came together in 1832 to form the foundation of today's Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). They shared the view that people should not be excluded from fellowship in the church because they didn't adhere to a particular human-made creed. They used to say there is "no creed but Christ."
Today's Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) still thinks that way. We study the Bible to deepen our connection to God through Jesus Christ, and to discover what God wants us to do.
Disciples congregations emphasize communion and baptism. We celebrate communion, or the Lord's Supper, each time we get together. Our communion is open to all believers.
We practice baptism by immersion, but we accept into membership persons baptized by other means and recognize their existing baptism as valid.
More information can be found at www.floridadisciples.org. Our national ministry is headquartered in Indianapolis.
More information can be found at www.disciples.org.
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