Worship

Sunday School starts at 9:30 am and is held in the fellowship hall and classrooms downstairs. There are adult and children classes available.
Worship Service begins at 10:30 am upstairs in the Sanctuary every Sunday, and on every first Sunday of the month Sacrament of Communion is served, everyone is welcome!

Mission Statement

Through the ministries and mission modeled by Jesus Christ, in alignment with the Five Mission Initiatives of the church, and using everyone's God-given gifts and talents, the mission of Barberton Community of Christ is to provide community-friendly, safe, inspirational, and welcoming environment for all persons; to empower and equip the younger generation for service and leadership in a changing world; and to pursue outreach and educational opportunities in aeras of need for all ages.

5 Mission Initiatives

  • Invite People to Christ

    We are poised to share the peace of Jesus Christ with those
    who are waiting to hear the redeeming words of the gospel.

  • Abolish Poverty, End Suffering

    We are poised to be Christ’s hands and feet, reaching out
    through compassionate ministries that serve the poor and hungry and
    stop conditions that diminish the worth of persons.

  • Pursue Peace on Earth

    We are poised to restore Christ’s covenant of peace, even
    the Zion of our hopes. The hope of Zion will become reality when we
    live Christ’s peace and generously share his peace with others.

  • Develop Disciples to Serve

    We are poised to equip men, women, and children to be true
    and living expressions of the life, ministry, and continuing presence
    of Christ in the world.

  • Experience Congregations in Mission

    We are poised to become congregations that are true and living
    expressions of Jesus Christ, woven together by the Holy Spirit, and
    sent into the world as evangelistic witnesses, compassionate ministers,
    and justice and peacemakers. We will be a prophetic people characterized
    by uncommon devotion to the compassion and peace of God revealed
    in Jesus Christ!

9 Enduring Principles

Grace and Generosity

  • God’s grace, especially as revealed in Jesus Christ,
    is generous and unconditional

  • Having received God’s generous grace, we respond generously
    and graciously receive the generosity of others.

  • We offer all we are and have to God’s purposes as revealed
    in Jesus Christ

  • We generously share our witness, resources, ministries, and
    sacraments according to our true capacity

Continuing Revelation

  • Scripture is an inspired and indispensable witness of human
    response to God’s revelation of divine nature

  • God graciously reveals divine will today as in the past.

  • The Holy Spirit inspires and provides witness to divine truth.

  • In humility, individually and in community, we prayerfully listen to
    understand God’s will for our lives, the church, and creation more
    completely

All Are Called

  • God graciously gives people gifts and opportunities to do good and
    to share input God’s purposes.

  • Jesus Christ invites people to follow him by becoming disciples who
    share his life and ministry

  • Some disciples are called and ordained to particular priesthood
    responsibilities and ministries for the sake of the community,
    the congregation, and the world.

  • We respond faithfully, with the help of the Holy Spirit, to our
    best understanding of God’s call.

Pursuit of Peace(Shalom)

  • God wants shalom (justice, reconciliation, well-being, wholeness,
    and peace) for all of creation.

  • Jesus Christ, the embodiment of God’s shalom (peace), reveals the
    meaning of God’s peace in all aspects of life.

  • The vision of Zion is to promote God’s reign on Earth, as proclaimed
    by Jesus Christ, through the leavening influence of just and
    peaceful communities

  • We courageously and generously share the peace of Jesus Christ
    with others.

  • Led by the Holy Spirit, we work with God and others to restore peace
    (shalom) to creation.

  • We celebrate God’s peace wherever it appears or is being pursued by
    people of good will.

Blessings of Community

  • The gospel of Jesus Christ is expressed best in community life
    where people become vulnerable to God’s grace and each other

  • True community includes compassion for and solidarity with the poor,
    marginalized,,and oppressed.

  • True community upholds the worth of persons while providing a healthy
    alternative to selfcenteredness, isolation, and conformity.

  • Sacred community provides nurture and growth opportunities for all
    people, especially those who cannot fully care for themselves.

  • We value our connections and share a strong sense of trust
    in and belonging with one another—even if we never have met.

  • Some disciples are called and ordained to particular priesthood
    responsibilities and ministries for the sake of the community, the
    congregation, and the world.

  • We are called to create communities of Christ’s peace in our families
    and congregations and across villages, tribes, nations, and
    throughout creation.

Sacredness of Creation

  • In the beginning, God created and called it all good.

  • Spirit and material, seen and unseen, are related.

  • Creation’s power to create or destroy reminds us of our
    vulnerability in this life.

  • God is still creating to fulfill divine purpose

  • We join with God as stewards of care and hope for all creation.

Worth of All Persons

  • God views all people as having inestimable and equal worth.

  • God wants all people to experience wholeness of body, mind, spirit,
    and relationships

  • We seek to uphold and restore the worth of all people individually
    and in community, challenging unjust systems that diminish human
    worth.

  • We join with Jesus Christ in bringing good news to the poor,
    sick, captive, and oppressed.

Responsible Choices

  • God gives humans the ability to make choices about whom or what
    they will serve.

  • Some people experience conditions that diminish their ability to
    make choices.

  • Human choices contribute to good or evil in our lives and in the
    world.

  • Many aspects of creation need redemption because of irresponsible
    and sinful human choices.

  • We are called to make responsible choices within the circumstances
    of our lives that contribute to the purposes of God.

Unity in Diversity

  • Community of Christ is a diverse, international family of disciples,
    seekers, and congregations.

  • Local and worldwide ministries are interdependent and important to
    the church’s mission

  • The church embraces diversity and unity through the power of the Holy
    Spirit

  • We seek agreement or common consent in important matters. If we
    cannot achieve agreement, we commit to ongoing dialogue and lovingly
    uphold our common faith in Jesus Christ and the mission of the church

  • We confess that our lack of agreement on certain matters is hurtful
    to some of God’s beloved children and creation.