Our Vision

Our Vision…

The Church of Christ at Manor Woods exists to lead people to Christ by loving them into God's family, lifting them toward spiritual maturity, and launching them out to do Christ's work in the world.

Our Story

Three families came together to plant a new church back in 1946, officially becoming incorporated in 1947. In 1956, Ken and Jan Meade joined the effort, Ken as a part-time Senior Minister until 1961 when the church was able to hire him full-time. The first building on University Boulevard in Wheaton was a converted Army barracks that was remodeled with a baptistry. God continued to expand the church and its influence in the surrounding community. It was temporarily housed for two years at the English Manor Elementary School while a new, permanent home for the church was under construction in the "boonies" of Rockville. In 1966, the growing congregation moved to this new facility on Norbeck Road. Large additions were constructed in 1982 and 1992 increasing worship, fellowship, and education space. Through the years, God has consistently blessed Manor Woods with very loving and caring people, good leadership, and many dedicated volunteers.

OUR MOVEMENT

We belong to Christ and we follow Him. The Bible's instructions for the church are clear and simple. We are a part of the Restoration movement, striving to restore the pattern of the New Testament church. Ultimately our passion is to remove man-made creeds and clutter in order to fulfill God's plan for His church, His way.

Our worship includes prayer, praising, and preaching. We celebrate the Lord's Supper ever week. According to Scripture, God's plan of salvation includes faith, repentance, confession, baptism by immersion and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Christian Churches and Churches of Christ are autonomous(non-denominational), self governing bodies of believers. Elders and Deacons are appointed from within the congregation. Led by the Holy Spirit, our leaders guide our church as we seek to make disciples of all nations and share God's love with one another, community, and the world.

Our Beliefs

• We believe in one God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 5:16, 45; 6:1, 4, 8, 9; James 1:17 / John 1:1; 14:9 / Genesis 1:2; John 4:24; 14:16-20; 2 Peter 1:21)

• We believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of all things visible and invisible.(Genesis 1:1; Acts 17:24-28; Hebrews 11:3)  

• We believe in Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, my one and only Savior. (John 1:14; 1 John 4:9 / John 3:16; 2 Peter 3:18)

• We believe Jesus was born fully human and fully divine, conceived of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary. (Matthew 21:11; John 19:19 / John 1:14; Romans 5:15-17; Colossians 2:9; 1 John 1:1 / Matthew 1:18; Luke 1:26-38)

• We believe Jesus suffered and was crucified under Pontius Pilate. (Luke 23:1-46)

• We believe Jesus died and was buried and rose again from the dead on the third day. (Luke 23:44 - 24:8; John 20:24-29; 1 Corinthians 15:3-8)

• We believe Jesus ascended into Heaven and now sits at the right hand of the Father. (Luke 22:69; Acts 1:1-9; Colossians 3:1)

• We believe Jesus will return to earth to judge both the living and the dead. (Matthew 24:36-42; John 14:1-3; Acts 1:10-11; 10:39-42; 1 Peter 4:5)

• We believe in the Holy Spirit, who is an active and operative part of the triune God. (John 16:5-15; Acts 1:7-8; Romans 8:26-27)

• We believe in the Bible as God's Holy Word, Scripture. We believe God inspired the autographs (original writings) of the Scripture and those autographs were consequently without error. (Mark 12:36; John 14:26; 16:12-15; Acts 1:16; 1 Corinthians 2:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-16; 2 Peter 1:20-21)

• We accept the Bible as the final authority for all matters of faith and practice. (Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 5:18; 24:35; Romans 15:4; Hebrews 4:12)

• We believe the Bible teaches that salvation and the forgiveness of sin are achieved only by grace through the blood of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 26:28; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 2:8-9; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 1 John 1:7)

• We believe the Bible teaches that one receives God's grace by putting faith in Christ, repenting of sin, confessing Christ, and being immersed into Christ, but that none of these is sufficient in and of itself for the assurance of salvation. (Romans 5:1-2 / Luke 24:45-47; Acts 3:19; 17:30; 2 Peter 3:9 / Matthew 10:32; Romans 10:9; Philippians 2:11; 1 John 4:15 / Acts 2:38; Romans 6:1-7; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12; 1 Peter 3:21)

• We believe in the Church of Jesus Christ, founded on the Day of Pentecost and consisting of all Christians everywhere. (Matthew 16:13-18; Acts 2:14-47)

• We believe the Bible teaches that the Elders are to exercise authority over the local congregation. (Acts 20:28; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4)