Long Beach Christian Fellowship

We are a community committed to knowing and celebrating the Father heart of God, living outside of ourselves for the sake of others, and practicing radical dependence on the Spirit of God in everything we do.

Long Beach Christian Fellowship. We are…. 

…a community committed to following in the way of Jesus, being transformed by the love of God that we may, in turn, love each other and others with the same hope and love. We remember the words of scripture in First John… “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” I John 4:7,18 …and we look to God’s love as the answer to our hopes and longings, knowing that in it, we are made whole.

We are a… passionate, intentional, intimate, authentic, honest, accepting, empowering, championing …community that… worships, prays, listens and hears, serves, plumbs the scriptures, laughs, eats, dances, encourages, and creates a sanctuary …together, living out a mystery we don’t fully understand and yet embracing our calling as ministers of the grace of God, in which we take confident responsibility and initiative, living in a process of daily transformation in the ever-living plan and conversation that is God’s.

We respect that faith is not something we use to be right, but something that humbles us and changes us. Following Jesus provokes us and at times challenges us; it destabilizes our survival mechanisms for the sake of abundance, and is often inconvenient and even uncomfortable. But its provocation is that we may be saved. Its discomfort is for a great reward.

We cling to the hope found in Jesus, believing His are “the words of life” and “the wisdom of God”, and we trust God to make us “the aroma of Christ to those who are being saved”. (II Corinthians 2:15) 

We acknowledge that the body has many parts, and each member of our community is a unique expression of our ministry. We believe God calls us to be on mission to each other, humbly loving each other and putting each other before our own selves, as Christ has taught us, to our city, bringing hope to hungry hearts and bodies, and our world, participating in God’s call to spread the good news of Jesus’ message to the very ends of the earth. Our mission — to our church, our city, and our world, is an expression of and response to the reality that we have been captured by the love of the Father. It is the living out of our mission and vision to celebrate God’s love and live out of a life-changing experience of His heart.

We believe the Holy Spirit has been given to lead us in the way of Jesus, empowering and equipping us to serve the world with passion and power.

At LBCF: People are valuable, relationship is primary, worship is priority, God’s presence is indispensable, life in the spirit is normative, the kingdom of God is reality, prayer is foundational, discipleship is progressive, healing and wholeness is available, unity of the body is essential, reconciliation is visible, togetherness is dynamic, family is vital, mission is central, generosity is desirable.