Welcome to Christchurch

Christ Church is a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God under Area 004, Lagos Province 15. The church started in October 1994 as an outreach mission of the then Apapa Parish of the R.C.C.G. known as Freedom Hall. Initially known as Courage Centre, the name change to Christ Church occurred in 1997 when the church moved to its present site. In July 2003, the church building was dedicated by the General Overseer, Pastor E.A. Adeboye.    

Christ Church aims to be a relevant church. It intends playing an active role in transforming its communities and the lives of those it comes across, serving the underprivileged and needy, affecting lives socially, emotionally, spiritually and financially, making a difference in people’s lives, and having an impact on the environment and community.

According to Ayodeji Jeremiah, the Media Relations Officer of the Church, the underlying philosophy of its social engagements is that ‘wherever Christ went, He was doing good.’ Some of the community development and social responsibility initiatives of the church are carried out through the following organisations/units:

i. Courage Education Foundation
ii. Edens Field
iii. Heritage Homes
iv. Trinity Leadership School
v. TIMELESS Courage Publishing Limited
vi. Prison Ministry
vii. Lydia Grace Foundation

THE COURAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION
The Courage Education Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the empowerment of the Nigerian child through the provision of quality education. It awards scholarships to intelligent but indigent children.

EDEN FIELDS HEALTH INITIATIVE
Eden Fields was established to provide professional and value added health care services to all, irrespective of race, creed or religion. This healing centre is intended to help reduce lapses in the health care delivery system in Nigeria and is to be situated in a serene location in Lagos. It will provide health care to cancer patients and support or medication to people living with HIV/AIDS. In the long term it will cater for people with kidney disorders. Eden Fields provides services in two principal areas:
1. Medical Healing Services
2. Medical Research, Support and Information Dissemination

HERITAGE HOMES
The Heritage Homes is registered as a non-profit, non-governmental, Christian organisation set up with the primary purpose of saving the lives of orphaned and abandoned children in our society. The name, THE HERITAGE HOMES is derived from the Bible in Psalm 127 verse 3 which says ‘Children are an heritage of the Lord’. This simply means that all children belong to God and we are responsible for them all. The first home is a bungalow of 120 square meters, with capacity to take 30 children. With the assistance of kind individuals, the church was able to furnish and equip the home with standard amenities to ensure the comfort and well being of the children.

The idea of The Heritage Home was birthed in 2002 when the church was led by God’s instruction to set up a model orphanage for orphaned and abandoned children. A group of about 12 pioneer members got together shortly after to pray, plan and strategise. In 2004, the organisation was registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission. Following weeks of successful fundraising in March 2006, the home was able to purchase, renovate, furnish and equip its first home. By September 2006, staffs were in place and eventually on the 20th of November in the same year, the home welcomed its first baby, Joshua, a three month old boy to the home. The second child Chinedu Joseph (approximately 4 years old) came two days after on the 22nd of November. As at March 2008, the home has successfully saved 22 lives and placed three children in responsible families through adoption.

TRINITY LEADERSHIP SCHOOL
The Trinity Leadership School graduated her pioneering students in October 2000. Eight years after, the school has widened her scope and curriculum to include applied leadership principles for life-changing experiences. TLS is poised to imbibe in her student leadership principles as laid down by our Lord Jesus Christ. The vision of the school is to nurture, equip and embolden individuals by inculcating the spirit of integrity whilst developing Godly entrepreneurs and managers with leadership skills and values. The objectives of the school are to make better leaders and managers through the transformation of the mind, bring about the leadership and management qualities of participants through an understanding of individual strengths and weaknesses, inculcate the spirit of integrity in all leaders and managers, empower entrepreneurs and leaders mentally and financially and make godly principles the hub of all training to be given.

TIMELESS COURAGE PUBLISHING LIMITED
TIMELESS NEWSPAPER is published by TIMELESS COURAGE PUBLISHING LIMITED, (a private limited liability company incorporated in 2002), owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Christ Church Parish. The company, which is also involved in the publishing of Christian, motivational, management, business, political and issuesoriented books is also the publisher of the newly introduced Christian newsmagazine, THE CHRISTIAN NEWS and the business and leadership quarterly journal, TIMELESS BUSINESS & LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY.

Every year the newspaper celebrates its existence through The TIMELESS Nigeria Lecture Series. The series of annual lectures/national discourse also serves as its way of contributing to national issues and as our own service to the nation. Last year, it held its fifth anniversary lecture with the theme, Transforming the Nigerian Economy. Speaker at the occasion was Mr. Donald Duke, immediate past Executive Governor of Cross River State.

LYDIA GRACE FOUNDATION
The Lydia Grace Foundation works with women and girls facing the challenges of poverty, destitution, homelessness and prostitution. The foundation presently has a home in which it temporarily houses the women who are trained in several vocational skills and mentored by professional women who are volunteers.

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