Who We Are

    The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) is a community of believers who, through baptism into Jesus Christ, are bound by covenant to God and to one another. Disciples draw their inspiration from Scripture and the Holy Spirit, celebrating around the Lord's Table the life, death and resurrection, and continuing presence of Christ. We proclaim the good news of our salvation. We claim as our particular witness the quest for Christian unity as a sign of God's intention for the unity of the whole community.

    The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), of which Karl Road Christian Church is a part, is a mainline protestant denomination that has many things in common with other denominations, but also has some very unique features.

    Two sacraments:

        - Baptism by Immersion

        - Weekly Communion open to all believers

    Three branches of the Church:

        - Congregational - Congregationally governed, calls and dismisses ministers, and has
                                     their own constitution.

        - Regional - Statewide governing.  The region for Karl Road is the Ohio Region,
                            which is governed by the Christian Church in Ohio located in Elyria.
                            The address for the Christian Church in Ohio is:      

                                               38007 Butternut Ridge
                                                   P.O. Box 299
                                                   Elyria, Ohio 44036
                                                   (440) 458-5112                                                     

        - General - Most of our general governing units are located in Indianapolis and St.
                          Louis.
    Each one of these branches work in cooperation with the other two, none being any higher or more important than the others.