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What sort of Church?

 

An Anglican Church in the Evangelical tradition. Founded some years ago as a Holiday Chaplaincy serving visitors to the resort of Ayia Napa.

 

What style of Church?

 

We maintain a ‘mixed style’ of worship and practice, although we are orthodox in our beliefs and doctrines. Because of this we have now grown into a fellowship of numerous denominations, Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Salvationist and other Free Churches. All are welcome and all feel welcome.

 

Although we are a mixed family, worshipping and serving the Gospel we maintain our ‘Anglican’ identity. That means that our system of church government and church order are based on the principal of ‘Episcopal Oversight’ i.e. The Bishop appoints the chaplain.

 

A bit of History!

 

Why ‘Chaplain?’ Why not Vicar, Priest, Minister? That’s our little bit of history. When the British Army took over Cyprus at the end of the Ottoman Empire, the Army brought their ‘Chaplains’ with them. The title has stuck! But because we have so many from different backgrounds, we are content with any title. (Definitely not ‘Father’ – for your Father is in heaven!). What happens on Sundays?

 

At all our services the proclamation of the Gospel and Bible teaching feature. Whilst following the lectionary as we are able, teaching will often be though a ‘series’ – a Book of the Bible or a Discipleship theme.

 

and the other six days?

 

We hold a range of midweek activities, ranging from home based groups (cells) to Men’s Breakfast and Ladies Lunch. We also feature ‘Christian Basics’ (see ‘The Five Stages of Effective Discipleship’).

Second Draft

An Anglican Church in the Evangelical tradition, Christ Church was founded some years ago as a Holiday Chaplaincy serving visitors to the tourist resort of Ayia Napa.

 WHAT STYLE OF CHURCH?

 Although orthodox in our beliefs and doctrines, we maintain a ‘mixed’ style of worship and practice and have grown into a fellowship of people from various denominations – Baptist, Methodist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Salvationist and other Free Churches.

 All are welcome and made to feel welcome.

 Although we are a ‘mixed’ family in worshipping and serving the Gospel, we maintain an ‘Anglican’ identity. This means our system of church governance is based on the principle of ‘Episcopal Oversight’ whereby The Bishop appoints the Chaplain.

 A BIT OF HISTORY

 Why ‘Chaplain?’ Why not Vicar, Priest or Minister? That’s our little bit of history. When the British Army took over Cyprus at the end of the Ottoman Empire, the Army brought their ‘Chaplains’ with them. That title has stuck!

 WHAT HAPPENS ON SUNDAYS?

 We meet each Sunday morning at 11:00. All our services feature the proclamation of the Gospel plus Bible teaching. Whilst following the lectionary, teaching will often be through a themed ‘series’ based on a book of the Bible or a Discipleship topic.

 AND THE OTHER SIX DAYS?

We hold a range of midweek activities that are open to all – ranging from home based groups and outreach social events such as Men’s Breakfast, Ladies Lunch and regular Coffee & Chat informal gatherings.

Throughout the year we also arrange special services away from our regular Church venue – at Cape Greko for example.

We also organise a Christmas Carol Service that is open to the public and typically held at Ayia Napa Town Hall. We work in partnership with the municipality of Ayia Napa to support their work in assisting needy families in the area with gifts of non-perishable ( food ) items