United Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ

"JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD"

OUR FOUNDATION

The United Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ were founded in 1945 by Bishop Thomas Watson, but date to the earliest days of the spiritual church movement in New Orleans. The spiritual movement, the name assumed by many African American Spiritualist churches in the early twentieth century, was brought to New Orleans by Rev. Leafy Anderson in 1921. The popular leader of the Eternal Life Christian Spiritualist Association attracted many African Americans who were interested in psychic phenomena and mediumship. Among them was Thomas Watson. In 1929, two years after Anderson's death, Watson withdrew from his association and founded the St. Joseph Helping Hand Church in a New Orleans suburb. This independent congregation grew by the addition of affiliated congregations into the St. Joseph Helping Hand Missionary Association (1934) and the Divine Spiritual Church of the Southwest (1935).

In 1936 Watson was elected senior bishop of the church. Among his major decisions for the new church was a rejection of his own heritage with Anderson. In 1940, having concluded that women should not be ordained ministers, he removed all of the women mediums and pastors, many of whom left the church. Then in 1942 Watson led his church into a merger with the Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ to form the United Spiritual Churches of Christ. When William F. Taylor, the former president of the Metropolitan Churches, died shortly after the merger, Watson was selected to succeed him. However, Watson immediately ran into a conflict with Clarence Cobbs, who also thought he should be president of the United Spiritual Churches.

The conflict grew over the next three years and eventually Cobbs forced Watson out of office and became the new president. With his following, Watson withdrew and reorganized his following into the United Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ. There is no difference in belief and practice between the two churches, and the area of disagreement was purely administrative.

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OUR BELIEFS

We Believe...

We Believe... the entire Bible is inspired by God, without error and the authority on which base our faith, conduct and doctrine.

We Believe... in God who exist in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We believe Jesus Christ is the Son of god who came to this earth as Savior of the world.

We Believe... Jesus died on the cross and shed His blood for our sins. We believe that salvations is found by placing our faith in what Jesus did for us on the cross. We believe Jesus rose from the dead and is coming again.

We Believe... water baptism is a symbol of the cleansing power of the blood of Christ and testimony to our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

We Believe... in the regular taking of Communion as an act of remembering what the Lord Jesus did for us on the cross.

We Believe... every believer should be in a growing relationship with Jesus by obeying God's Word, yielding to the Holy Spirit and by being conformed to the image of Christ.

We Believe... as children of god, we are over comers and more than conquerors and God intends for each of us to experience the abundant life He has in store for us.

We Believe... that the Spiritual truth and practices can transform the heart and minds of humanity and contribute significantly to bringing love, harmony, peace and abundance to all people everywhere without consideration of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age or physical conditions. therefore the united metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ, spiritual community does hereby affirm that is is a teaching, preaching, prophesying and healing ministry carrying Spiritual Truth to the people of the world at all levels using all available resources in the most effective manner to achieve these objectives.

United Metropolitan Spiritual Church Of Christ

OPENING SERVICE

SONG SERVICE - CONGREGATION

PRAYER SERVICE - CONGREGATION

MINISTER

CONGREGATION - All Standing

DIVINE SPIRITUAL CREED: (In Concert): I believe God is a Spirit, Almighty Creator of Heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ His Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered unto Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; He descended into Hell, the third day He arose from the dead; He descended into Heaven and sitteth on the right hand of Spirit God the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quicken and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Divine Spiritual Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the spiritual life everlasting. Amen.

Minister: I was glad when they said unto me; let us go into the house of the Lord.

Congregation: Our feet shall stand within thy gates O Jerusalem.

Minister: Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together.

Congregation: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

Minister: Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within they palaces.

Congregation: For my brethren and companions sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.

CONGEGATION - All Standing

HYMN = "NEAR THE CROSS"

Verse 1

Jesus keep me near the cross

There's a precious fountain

Free to all a healing stream

Flows from Calvary's mountain

Verse 2

Near the cross I'll watch and wait,

Hoping, trusting ever.

Till I reach that golden strand

Just beyond the river

Chorus

In the cross, In the cross

Be my glory ever

Till my raptured soul shall find

Rest beyond the river.

MINISTER

Our Father who art in Heaven, Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us out trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us no into temptation but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the power and the glory forever. AMEN

OUR VISION

Focus Area: Teaching, Preaching, Training and making disciples.

Strategic Objective: To create outreach services, visit the sick and shut-in, prison and hospital. Ministering to the needs of the destitute.

Goals: To build a membership of believers with a mind to work for the glory of God.

To open a Christian Book Sook Store. To be Christ-centered influence, helping to bring those around me into the knowledge of Jesus Christ and his saving grace; helping them grow to Christ-like maturity, equipping them for their ministry in the church, living a life that glorifies God. Training through bible study, preaching, example, while maintaining a loving and caring community where Christ is the head, whose help is the Holy Spirit and our focus is winning souls for Christ.

OUR FAMILY

St. Peter Spiritual Church of Christ

Archbishop Leo D. Leflore

5269 Willowhevan

Las Vegas, NV 89120

St. Jude Spiritual Church of Christ

St. Peter Spiritual Church of Christ

Archbishop Printous Taylor

8934 S. Western Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90044

St. Jude Spiritual Church

St. Peter Spiritual Church of Christ

St. Jude Spiritual Church

Bishop Helen Washington

P.O Box 733

Gonzales, LA 70707

Christ Resurrection

St. Michael Redeeming Spiritual Church of Christ

St. Jude Spiritual Church

Rev. Father Charles Brown

897 N Driftwood Ave

Rialto, CA 92376

St. Michael Redeeming Spiritual Church of Christ

Rev. Timmie Mitchell

10109 S Vermont Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90044

New Metropolitan Spiritual Church of Christ

St. Michael Redeeming Spiritual Church of Christ

Rev. Joseph & Cinderella Green

Bishop Catherine Williams

2800 38th Ave.

Oakland 94619

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