Who is the Columbine Church of Christ?
Individually we are “Christians” (Acts 11:26). We are neither Catholic, Protestant nor Jewish — just “Christian”. The congregation is autonomous, which simply means that the congregation is independent and self-governing. We are not a denominational church which is part of a larger organization such as a diocese, a district, a conference, or a synod. There is no earthly headquarters for the church. We do not answer to an individual or organization outside the local body of Christians. Jesus Christ is our only head and His word, the Bible, is the standard which determines what we do. In the Bible there is no particular name given to the group of Christians. Rather than a particular name for the group there are many descriptive terms used for Gods people. The Bible speaks of the group of Christians as “the body of Christ” (Ephesians 1:22-23), “the church of God” (I Corinthians 1:1-2) or the “church(es) of Christ” (Romans 16:16). We simply want to be the church which Jesus promised to bu
