The members of the Cedar Avenue Church Of Christ, welcome you to our informational website. This website is intended to help us share the "good news" of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Within this website you will find information about many of the ways we are attempting to spread that message. This information includes details about our radio broadcast "The Cedar Sower," as well as other efforts. We hope that you find our website to be of benefit.
At the Cedar Avenue church it is our effort to Worship God as he has instructed within the pages of the Bible. As Jesus himself stated, "God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." (John 4:24). We in no way claim to be infallible, but we do live by the infallible and incorruptible Word of God (1 Peter 1:23). The apostle Paul taught Timothy that the Word of God was perfect, (2 Timothy 3:16) therefore we have no need for human creeds, manuals, or philosophies. Seeing that God is the recipient and direction of our Worship, we find no need to add human thought to his divine wisdom and guidance. In short, we take to heart the admonition of the apostle Peter when he said, "If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen" (1 Peter 4:11).
The church of Christ at Cedar Avenue is lead by two dedicated elders who oversee the work of the church here. They accept with all soberness the statements of Peter as he instructed elders to, "Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock." (1 Peter 5:2-3). They take sole oversight of the work here with no headquarters, synod, or counsel governing over them. Gods Word clearly taught that elders were to take the oversight of the "flock among you," thus restricting their oversight to only the congregation here and limiting the office to one single church, rather than a group of churches. We find this pattern to be consistent with the Scriptures, as well as completely functional. We find no reason to change the pattern of the church, whose headship belongs to Christ (Ephesians 5:23). If you have questions or comments about the work of the church here at Cedar Avenue, feel free to contact our elders. An email address directly for them is listed at the bottom of this page.
The church is also served by nine men who serve as deacons. These men serve diligently to meet the needs of the church here. They take seriously the character of deacons as described by Paul in 1 Timothy 3:8-13. A deacon by definition is, "one who ministers or serves." Working with the congregation here as well is Brian Price. As the "evangelist" here, his work is primarily geared towards teaching and preaching the Gospel. As Paul taught Timothy, he must "do the work of an evangelist" (2 Timothy 4:5). The preaching and teaching of the Gospel takes upon itself a variety of responsibilities. You may notice when attending one of our Worship services, that a large portion of our time has been dedicated to teaching and preaching. The apostle Paul taught that it is by the hearing of the Word of God, that we are able to build our faith (Romans 10:17). Earlier in that same text, he describes that God chose the avenue of preaching for his Word to be spread. If you have any questions that you would like to address to Brian, you will find his email address listed at the bottom of this page as well.
On behalf of all of the members here at Cedar Avenue, we again thank you for your interest in the materials available here at www.cedarsower.com. To the right you will find listed some email addresses where we can be contacted.
