Christ Church came into existence in June 1986 when Pastors David and Marlinda Ireland joined hearts with six other adults who were committed to seeing the gospel of Jesus Christ heal broken lives. The young church began formulating a vision to preserve and strengthen families. We continue to believe that strong communities exist because of strong families. To this end, we make families and single people a priority so that our nation and world will be strengthened as we impact the community. The rigor of developing a growing church included our making periodic relocations from one rental facility to another.

The rental of these temporary locations afforded us the privilege of exposure in various areas, resulting in dramatic numerical growth. In October 1994 we acquired our present facility, a 900-seat Romanesque Cathedral in Montclair, after nearly eight years of renting. Representing approximately 25 different nationalities, we now serve approximately 3,500 active members. Because of the size of our congregation, we currently offer four Sunday worship services along with various classes and small group activities for weekly Bible-based instruction.

In addition, the teaching portion of our service is televised every Sunday on three cable networks and heard daily on radio. This media opportunity allows us to penetrate over ten million homes. Thus, the gospel is presented to approximately 24 million people each week within the tri-state region.

To keep pace with the demands of the ministry, we have developed a full-time staff of 23 individuals with responsibilities ranging from accounting and finance, community development, and media production, to counseling, administration of children's ministries, and pastoral care. This broad-based staff, along with over 100 volunteer leaders, affords us the opportunity to provide a myriad of services to our community and church family.