Christ
Community
Church
our story

Christ Community Church was formed on September 30, 2001 to be an interdenominational worship center in east Polk County. The organizational structure is simple—a corporate board of Christian leaders to give counsel and accountability to the Pastor, and a board of Elders to assist in directing the spiritual life of the church.

In May of 2002 our founding Pastor decided to retire. Through a set of circumstances that border on the miraculous, God prepared Mark and Anna James to become our next Pastors.

An 8-hour meeting of the church leadership yielded a God-sized vision: Christ Community Church will be a church Where Brokenness Becomes Wholeness.

As a “purpose-driven” church we are caring, compassionate, celebrative, casual, and contemporary. We have participated twice in 40 Days of Purpose. Each time it has brought us closer together and more strongly forged our reason for existence as a church. Our purpose statement is:

Recognizing that only Jesus can lead us from brokenness to wholeness,
Christ Community Church provides a place to belong, something real to believe,
and God’s Word applied to everyday life.

Not all the good news is limited just to what God is doing for us, but also what He is doing through us. The people of CCC have been responsive to give above and beyond in time, money and effort when challenged with needs outside our local congregation. Pastor Tom Beauregard, director of the Winter Haven Mission, wrote this thank you: “Beloved Saints, Christ Community Church--What a joyous and special time of the year it is for us here at the Mission…Because you did what you did in Christian love-with a heart of giving and in the true spirit of Christmas, you are bringing smiles to their faces, hearts leaping with joy, and the feeling that someone cares about them…”

We have a beautiful church home on the 16.36 acres of land that God provided through a generous donation. Work began at 1895 Overlook Drive in the fall of 2004. We moved into a worship center with seating capacity of 500 in April, 2006. We now have two worship services on Sunday mornings. Our ministerial staff has grown to consist of a Senior Pastor, Executive Pastor, Administrative Pastor, Worship Pastor, Children and Family Life Pastor, and Youth and Young Adults Pastor.

CCC continues to enjoy powerful worship services. Through our caring community of small groups people are finding hope and acceptance. An increasing number are building relationships, growing in their walk with Christ, finding places of meaningful service, and discovering wholeness for their broken lives. We watch with excitement as God brings people our way who are seeking for God's power to bring life change. Weekly new people are beginning a salvation relationship with Christ and learning to apply God's Word to their lives. This is God at work, and we will continue to follow His plan.