Welcome to the web site of Christ Evangelical &Reformed United Church of Christ! Thank you for visiting our site. We invite you to contact us for more information and to join us for worship on Sunday mornings at 10:30 AM.

Christ Church has been a vital part of the Locust Point community in Baltimore for 125 years. We are a congregation of the United Church of Christ, a progressive Protestant denomination which extends a radical welcome to all people.

In 2007, the United Church of Christ celebrated its 50th Anniversary as a denomination.  Christ Church's roots go back to our predecessor denominations: The Evangelical Synod of North America and its merger with the Reformed Church in the United States to form a new denomination, the Evangelical and Reformed Church, in 1934.  In 1957 the Evangelical and Reformed Church merged with the Congregational Christian Churches to form the United Church of Christ.

Each congregation is autonomous - free to call a pastor and has ownership or control of real or personal property belonging to the congregation.  We are in covenant with the other congregations that together form the United Church of Christ.  Our church is a group of people who are together because we have been called together by God and because we have agreed to be together. The local church is “the basic unit of the life and organization of the United Church of Christ.

Visit us. Come worship and grow with us in the service of God and neighbor.

No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey – you are welcome here!

Oktoberfest and Arts Festival

October 31 and November 1, 2009

Come join the fun!  Meet more than 20 talented artists and craftsmen/women.  Enjoy the food (sauerbeef and dumplings and brats and hot dogs), the music, beer and wine, and much more at the First Annual Oktoberfest and Arts Festival sponsored by Christ Church.

Watch this web site for a listing of artists, calendar of activities, and for other information. 

Something for everyone! Free admission.

You may also call 443-690-9640 for additional information, updates, or if you are an artist interested in participating.  The arts and crafts show is juried and no re-sale items.

A Point of View

This local congregation, Christ Church, is over 125 years old.  The United Church of Christ is 52 years old this year. 

But our rich heritage and our memories go much farther than these 49 years.  Indeed, they go back beyond the history of the denominations that are our predecessor denominations – the Congregational Christian Churches and the Evangelical and Reformed Church.  The late Dr. Joseph Evans, a former president of our denomination, said that “… we are a pilgrim people, a people dedicated to opening doors and stepping over thresholds in our search for new light and truth breaking forth from God’s holy word.”

When we gather to celebrate the Holy Communion, we are bold to proclaim that the table does not belong to the church, but it is The Lord’s Table.  That means all are welcome.  The table is spread and the invitation extended to all who hunger and thirst for the abundant life promised by God.

But extending a welcome to this table means more than being willing to allow any and all to partake of bread and the fruit of the cup.  Our welcome embraces all into the full life of the church.

Christ Church boldly proclaims, as our witness to a risen and living Savior, “You belong!”  You belong – and there is room at the table for you no matter what your station in life, no matter what your economic situation, no matter what your race, no matter which gender, no matter if your sexual orientation is straight, bi or gay, no matter if you come in a wheelchair or walk with crutches, no matter if you old or young – no matter!  You belong!  This is an inclusive table; this is an inclusive denomination; this is an inclusive house of worship.

I invite you to join us on this faith journey.  No matter who you are, or where you are on life's journey - Welcome to Christ Church!