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Join our Faith Community Launch Team
We are building a community of committed individuals who will help us launch a new faith community. If you are looking to be part of something meaningful and want to make a difference in the lives of others, we invite you to join us.
What we need
We are looking for individuals who are willing to gather regularly for prayer, fellowship, and the sharing of communion. If you have musical talent and enjoy using it to worship God, we especially encourage you to come and join us. Whether you play the organ, piano, guitar, or any other instrument, or if you use your voice to sing praises, we welcome your contribution.
By joining our launch team, you will have the opportunity to help shape the culture and mission of our new community. Together, we can create a space where people can grow in their faith and build meaningful relationships with one another. So why wait? Join us today and become part of something great!
WELCOME!
If you have departed the Roman Catholic Church, Episcopalian or other church, and are seeking the Light of Jesus, come out of the darkness and refresh your faith at the Church of the Risen Christ!!
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If you have departed the Roman Catholic Church, Episcopalian or other church, and are seeking the Light of Jesus, come out of the darkness and refresh your faith at the Church of the Risen Christ!! +
Thank you!
Thanks for visiting the online home of the Church of the Risen Christ in Trenton, Tennessee. We are glad that you visited our website, and we would love for you to come by and worship with us.
At CRC, you will find a caring church family, with a warm and loving atmosphere. Our goal is to worship our Savior and bring glory to Him in all that we do. We seek to love and encourage one another in our faith and to answer the questions of those who are looking for hope. Our church family is dedicated to learning and living out the teachings of Jesus Christ in every part of our lives.
Our prayer is that if you don’t know Christ as your Savior, you would receive His free gift of salvation which He purchased for you by willingly dying for your sins and rising from the grave on the third day.
We hope to see you and your family soon!
-Your friends at the Church of the Risen Christ
A Word from our Priest…
Pastoral Greetings in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ!
"So yet here you have an order for prayer much agreeable to the mind and purpose of the old fathers."
-From the Preface of the First Book of Common Prayer, 1549
We extend a welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, filthy rich or dirt poor. We extend a special welcome to those who are carrying newborns, skinny as a rail or could afford to lose a few pounds.
We welcome those who can sing like Andrea Bocelli or like myself, can’t carry a note in a bucket. We welcome those who are “just browsing”, just woke up or just got out of jail. We welcome those who have perfect attendance pins since they were a child and those who haven’t been in church since little Joey’s baptism. We welcome those that are certain where they belong and those still searching.
We extend a special welcome to those who are over 60 but not grown up yet, and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome soccer moms, NASCAR dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte-sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome those who are in recovery or still addicted. We welcome you if you’re having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like “organized religion”, we’ve been there too.
We offer a special welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell, or because grandma is in town and wanted to go to church.
We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down your throat as a kid or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts…and you! A hearty Christian welcome is extended to you!
WELCOME HOME
The Rev. Fr. Justin L. Gates
"The perfect Church, for imperfect people"
Every day, more people leave the faith as they feel marginalized, discriminated against, judged and insignificant, from a church that excludes them for being imperfect or because they have made mistakes.
We provide a legitimate and valid Catholic alternative, our motto is, "The perfect Church, for imperfect people", following the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ and imitating the primitive Church from Apostolic times, where the very same disciples of Jesus, were called to serve God, as He created them, celebrating the Eucharist around the table in the intimacy of their homes and congregations.
Our Church is a perfect fit for the Catholic who wishes to regain or maintain their faith, without having to leave the catholic religion, or resorting to other religions where they must change their spiritual essence. In our Church, we adhere more to the word of God and the Gospel of Christ, which calls us to His love and mercy, and where He waits to be reconciled with all; not based in institutional laws that judged and marginalize people for being human and imperfect, diminishing any sign of hope for a new beginning, denying an opportunity for learning, reconciliation and salvation.
Our Church is ideal for those who have been away from the beauty of Catholicism or have been prevented from participating fully in the life and the sacraments of the Church.
The exceptions that we offer are:
"Open Communion" - Communion is offered to, and encouraged to be received by, all Believing Christians.
"General Absolution" - During the Penitential Rite of Mass, a moment is taken to confess sins communally and personally to God, then the Priest grants General Absolution, or one may choose to confess to a Priest in person.
"Sacraments" - May be administered outside the confines of the Church.
"Holy Orders" - Are open to Men and Women, Married and Single. Another question often asked is, how can a priest be married? Clerical celibacy is a discipline, not a doctrine.
"Holy Matrimony" - Is offered to those who have been previously married, without pre-condition. No Roman Catholic Church Annulment is required. We believe that marriage is a Sacrament, but divorce and remarriage are realities. We do not believe that divorce is the "unforgivable sin," nor do we believe that divorce should bar anyone from the ministry and the Sacraments of the church.