Christ Church of Pataskala

Christ Church of Pataskala is a non affiliated Pentecostal Acts 2:4 church with the mission to worship God, give glory to Him, and preach the good news of Jesus Christ and minister to people. We believe in enthusiastic worship that express our love toward God with all our heart, mind, strength and soul.

We are a faith based, family oriented, worship center with lively music (Psalms 33:3) located at:

Physical Location
20 Harrison Street
Summit Station, Ohio 43073

Behind the Hornet nest Pizza Shop which is on Summit Road north of East Broad St. (Route 16) and south of the rail road crossing. See Map. NOTE: We are air conditioned

We welcome all people to our services and believe that if you try us out you will experience a blessing and be a blessing.

Entrance	Hornet Nest-Summit Rd

Christ Church of Pataskala is...

Christian

The church is built on the teaching of Jesus Christ and He is our chief cornerstone. Our redemption and salvation comes through faith in Jesus.

Protestant

Our basic theological beliefs are summarized in the five solas of the Protestant Reformation.

Sola scriptura ("by Scripture alone")- the Bible is the only inspired and authoritative word of God, it is the only source for Christian doctrine, and is accessible to all.
Sola fide ("by faith alone") - justification is received by faith only, not of works.
Sola gratia ("by grace alone") - salvation comes by divine grace, unmerited favor, not deserved by the person.
Solus Christus ("through Christ alone") - Christ is the only mediator between God and man.
Soli Deo gloria ("glory to God alone") - all glory is due to God alone.

Pentecostal

Christ Church of Pataskala is Pentecostal and believes in the out pouring of the Holy Spirit as was on the day of Pentecost. That God is still moving in the church today with sign and wonders. We believe and practice enthusiastic worship of God and love to make a joyful noise and practice Psalms 33:3 Sing a new song, play skillfully with a shout of joy. (NASB)
We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues is the initial evidence.

Foundational

Christ Church of Pataskala subscribes to these Christian doctrines.

The inerrancy and infallibility of the Bible and is in agreement with the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
The Trinity - That God is three divine persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, distinctly coexisting in unity as co-equal, co-eternal, and consubstanitial.
The virgin birth and the complete deity of Christ.
The atoning sacrifice of Christ's death for the sins of the world.
The physical resurrection of Jesus Christ with Him being the firstfruit of the resurrection and those that have accepted Christ shall also be physically raised from the dead.
Christ's second coming in bodily form to earth.

Charismatic

We believe that the Gifts of the Holy Spirit, 1 Corinthians 12:1-14,are still in operation in the church today and that the gifts of the Holy Spirit has not ceased to operate.

STAFF

	Pastor
Bill Havanas	Pastor Bill first started in the Ministry in 1974 pastor several churches in Pennsylvania and West Virginia before moving to Ohio. During his years in Ohio in work in several churches as a Worship and Music Minister. Now he returns to his first work of pastoring. Pastor Bill is an learned Bible Scholar and has spent years studying and seeking understanding of the Bible. He is an anointed preacher and teacher.

	Worship Minister
Hope Havanas	Hope has been involved in Church music since a child. She started singing in church with her brother, who is now the pastor of the Christ Church of Orlando, and her sister. She has sung and played in church ever since, creating praise teams and choirs and leading churches in worship. God has anointed her music and many are blessed through it.

	Musicians
	Hope Havanas on Piano Bill Havanas on Organ Arnold Kesterson on Drums Bill Reece on Guitar
	Deacons
	Arnold Kesterson Garnett (Cricket) L Steppe Bill Reece Todd Woods

Declaration of Faith

In the verbal inspiration of the Bible.
In one God eternally existing in three persons; namely, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of the Father, conceived of the Holy Ghost, and born of the Virgin Mary. That Jesus was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead. That He ascended to heaven and is today at the right hand of the Father as the Intercessor.
That all have sinned and come short of the glory of God and that repentance is commanded of God for all and necessary for forgiveness of sins.
That justification, regeneration, and the new birth are wrought by faith in the blood of Jesus Christ.
In the baptism with the Holy Spirit subsequent to a clean heart.
In speaking with other tongues as the Spirit gives utterance and that it is the initial evidence of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
In water baptism by immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Divine healing is provided for all in the atonement.
In the Lord's Supper and washing of the saints' feet.
In the premillennial second coming of Jesus. First, to resurrect the righteous dead and to catch away the living saints to Him in the air. Second, to reign on the earth a thousand years.
In the bodily resurrection; eternal life for the righteous, and the second death for the wicked.
The Gifts of the Holy Spirit has not been removed from the Church and are in operation in today's Church.

WORSHIP

Jesus told the woman at the well that His Father was looking for people who would worship Him in spirit and truth.

John 4:24: "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth"

The prophet Amos stated that God was going to restore the Tabernacle of David. This prophecy was repeated by James in the book of

Acts 15:16: After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:

If we examine the scriptures we see the Tabernacle of David was a place of worship, a place of praise, of music and singing unto the Lord.

It is our belief that David is the archetypal worshiper, a man after the heart of God and that we can look to the life and writings of David, especially the Psalms for our guidance to worship.

As such we obey

Psalms 33:3: Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy. (NASB)
Psalms 100:1,2: 1. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.; 2. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

And

Psalms 150:1-6: 1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.; 2. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.; 3. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.; 4. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.; 5. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.; 6. Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

by singing and playing musical instruments.

We lift our hands in praise and worship as instructed in

Psalms 63:4: Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
Psalms 134:2: Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.
Psalms 141:2: Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Nehemiah 8:6: And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.
1 Timothy 2:8: I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

We clap our hands as instructed in

Psalm 47:1: O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Ron Berkley stated that while on a bike ride and contemplating about God inhabiting the praise of His people that God spoke and said "Praise me and see if I show up." Our slogan is "Where we offer praise and God makes His presence known." and it has been our experience that when the Church praises God, He shows up and let you know it.

Bylaws of Christ Church of Pataskala

article i

Name

The official name shall be Christ Church of Pataskala

article ii

Temporal Nature

Christ Church of Pataskala is incorporated in the state of Ohio (U.S.A.) as a not-for-profit organization.

article iii

Governance

Christ Church of Pataskala is incorporated in the state of Ohio (U.S.A.) as a not-for-profit organization.The Christ Church of Christ web site at http://christchurchpat.org contains the church polity statements, rules of church order and discipline, and these bylaws.

article iv

Mission Statement

The mission of Christ Church of Pataskala is to communicate the full gospel of Jesus Christ as stated in Matthew 28:19, 20 in the power of the Holy Spirit as demonstrated on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4,6,13-18) and led by the Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14) and to worship God in Spirit and Truth. (John 4:20)

article v

Members

The membership of Christ Church of Pataskala shall be composed of Christians who have accepted the teachings, doctrines, and government of Christ Church of Pataskala and who have formally be received into its fellowship pursuant to the guidelines established by Executive Board of the church.

article vi

Governing Bodies

General Assembly

The General Assembly of Christ Church of Pataskala is composed of all members and ministers of Christ Church of Pataskala 16 years of age and above and shall comprise its voting constituency.

Executive Board

The executive board is composed of the Pastor and the Deacons of Christ Church of Pataskala with the Pastor being the chairman of the board.

The Pastor

The Pastor shall be elected by the members of the Christ Church of Pataskala and requires a 75% vote of the members. A candidate for Pastor must meet the criteria for a Licensed Minister of Christ Church of Pataskala.

Deacons

Deacons as stated in Acts 6:3 are to be members in good standing and of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom and will handle the business of Christ Church of Pataskala. Deacons may be male or female since Galatians 3:28 states there is neither male nor female in Christ Jesus. Deacons are elected by a majority vote of the members of Christ Church of Pataskala.

Election, length of term and number of Deacons

The number of Deacons shall be no less than two and no more than seven. The term of a Deacon is two years and on the first Sunday of August of each year the election of a Deacon shall occur.

article vii

Amendment of ByLaws

The power to alter, amend, or repeal these bylaws shall be vested in the General Assembly of Christ Church of Pataskala and exercised by a two-thirds vote of the General Assembly upon recommendation of a two-thirds vote of the Executive Council.

January 30, 2012

We ended our first fiscal year for 2011 in the black. We brought in more than we spent, borrowed no money and only a the fix monthly cost of rent and utilities. In the year we where able to equipment our sanctuary, purchase church supplies, purchase a piano, hold a Christmas concert and help two different families in their hour of need. All thanks goes to God first and then to our friends and members who obeyed God and gave of their means.

We had a good time on Saturday night music night, we had nine different singers sing unto the Lord.

Continue to pray and work for Church growth. More people are calling Christ Church of Pataskala their home church and supporting the church with their, prayers, attendance and finances. If you are reading this and haven't tried our church yet, come out and give it a try, you are going to love the church as the church will show their love to you.

January 13, 2012

Thanks to Linden, Bill Reece, Burl, Chuck, Arnold, Donna and Cricket for working on putting insulation and paneling on the walls to help keep the church warmer.

January 8, 2012

Sandy Toler has been elected as our new Church Clerk. She replaces Arnold who was doing the job on a temporary bases and we appreciate his efforts.

January 1, 2012

God blessed our church in 2011 and we are praying for and expect even more blessings in 2012

November 6, 2011

As we start our fourth month as a church we can reflex on how far God has brought us. As a new independent church we started with nothing and no help from a parent church and look at what the Lord has done. We have rented a three room building (plus two bathrooms) carpeted the sanctuary, added padding chairs, curtains, platform, pulpit, and decorations. We have a sound system, drums, piano, organ, and bass. We bought songs books, signs, custom prayer cloths, added wifi, established bylaws and ordinations rules. We have a children church for the children and a ladies ministry is being started.

We have a facebook page and a web page which you know if you are ready this. Our services has been filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit. We our incorporated in the State of Ohio as a non profit corporation and they have recognized our ministry credential and granted authorization to our ministers to perform marriages in the state of Ohio.

To have come this far this quick is a testament to the help that God has given us. So thanks first to God and second to our members that has worked and given to make this happen.

September 9, 2011

It has been a busy couple of week, first of all God has been blessing and the services has been full of His glory. People are being touched the gifts of the Spirit are in operation and prayers are being answered. We give all glory to God.

Next our congregation has been working hard and giving to the work of the Lord, thank you, God will reward you. The new sanctuary is open and been remodeled, walls and ceiling painted, platform built, carpet laid, chairs bought and setup, instruments and sound ready including our new digital piano. The sanctuary has a real comfortable and spiritual feel to it, I feel right at home ready to have church.

We have obtained our EIN and are incorporated in the state of Ohio, next set with non-profit status with the IRS, price tag $800. Bylaws has been written and approved, rules for credentialing ministers are ready to approval by the General Assembly, God is good.

August 7, 2011

Congratulations to Arnold and Cricket that was elected today as our first Deacons of the Church.

August 4, 2011

The Lord is My Teacher
By W. H. Havanas

The Lord is My Teacher,
I will learn.
He guides in the path or righteousness,
He leads to a deeper understanding,
He shows me new revelations.

The Lord is my instructor,
I will be still,
While He fills my heart with joy,
And He shows me how to love,
And He gives me the gift of faith.

The Lord is my master and I am His student,
I will learn.

August 3, 2011

We are nearing the end of our first month as a new Church and the Lord Jesus Christ has done mighty things for us.

The following is a list of things that the Lord has provided.

A core group of people
A building with one large room that will be our sanctuary and two smaller rooms that will be our classrooms. We also have two restrooms and very reasonable rent.
Two air conditioners for cooling the place.
Nice padded chairs
Communion Set
Other church supplies such as visitor cards and offering envelopes
We have our Federal EIN and a checking account
Identified directors and are filling paper work for incorporation in the state of Ohio
By Laws
Web site and our own domain name
Church Signs
A pulpit
Musicians and instruments

And this was just the first month, just think of what the future holds.

Pastor Bill

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