Site Profile: Christ's Community Church

13250 93rd Avenue No.
Maple Grove, MN 55369
763-420-7187
http://www.ccc-mg.org/

Christ’s Community Church - Moravian is one of three churches at the same intersection. Across one street is Maple Grove Lutheran and across another is Redeemer Lutheran. Yet Christ’s Community Church looks similar to its neighbors; it has a sharped peaked roof, lightly stuccoed walls and a tinted glass door entrance. But when I walk up to the glass door, I find it locked. A sign points to a video intercom next to the door. I push the button and am asked to state my business. While I wait for a response, I notice another sign on the door: “No cash dispensed or kept on premise.” After a few moments, the pastor comes and lets me in. “We’re just worried about church burglaries,” she tells me.

Immediately inside is the sanctuary, which seats about 40 people. No walls divide it from other portions of the church. Through a wide hallway is a fellowship room, where members hold activities of their own at a few plastic tables. There are two rooms for children: a nursery and a Sunday school classroom, both well equipped but aging.

There are 95 communicate members of Christ’s Community Church. In the Moravian faith, communicate members are confirmed adults. Including non-communicate members (most of which are under 13), 120 are affiliated with the church. The vast majority of congregation is 50-70 years old and there are few families with small children or members over 70. In the words of their pastor, most are white collar, upper management types and many attended the church when it was founded.

When the church was founded, most members lived within 1-3 miles of its building. But they are now wider spread. Most members are married couples who came from differing faith traditions, but found room for both partner’s beliefs in the Moravian. As such, very few members were born Moravians.

Staff

There are two permanent staff members at Christ’s Community Church. Jenny Moran has been the pastor since 2008. She is assisted by a church administrator. Hear more about Pastor Moran and what she thinks is unique about Christ's Community Church...

History

Christ’s Community Church was founded by a group of young Maple Grove inhabitants 30 years ago. It grew quickly early on, but lost many of its members when other churches came to Maple Grove. However, it was one of the first non-Lutheran and non-Catholic church in Maple Grove and is one of only 8 Moravian churches in Minnesota.