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About ENCOUNTER CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Location:

1380 MONROE ST NW223, WASHINGTON, DC 20010, US

Mission Statement

OUR VISION We will be a community that reflects and transcends our neighborhood’s diversity, seeks transforming encounters with God, and joins God in the renewal of our neighborhood and city. OUR VALUES LOVE. We value love above all things. We are most like Jesus when we love like Him. STORY. We value the full narrative of the Scriptures. The call to follow Jesus is a call to find our place in the story that God is writing. PRESENCE. We value being present where we live. Jesus is most present in our neighborhood when we are present with our neighbors. ENCOUNTER. We value encounters with God. The most important thing the church can do is help people encounter God’s love. RENEWAL. We value renewal. The outcome of the work of the church is lives and neighborhoods renewed by God’s love.

Description

Encounter started as a dream years ago in the hearts of Joel, our pastor, and his wife Meghan. Coming from a large city in Latin America, Joel has always had a heart for urban ministry. During his tenure on staff at Centerpoint Church in Annapolis, Joel and Meghan started feeling the call to plant a church in Washington, DC that would truly reflect the diversity of the city. After months of prayer and exploration, they felt led to the neighborhood of Columbia Heights because of its diversity, vibrancy, and the life of the community. They, along with lifelong friends, answered God's call to become a part of what became the launch team of Encounter. For a few months, the team met Sunday mornings to eat a meal together and gear up for the public launch in the fall of 2017. The church officially launched in August of 2017 and now meets every Sunday at 10am at the District Bridges office (also where our office is located) on 11th St NW.