About – Christ the King Church

OUR PASTOR

Dave Lindberg grew up in Arizona. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona (BA in History, 2006) and Covenant Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity, 2010). He has been married to Julie, who grew up in the Atlanta area, since 2004. Dave and Julie have six children, ranging from three to sixteen, and as a family they enjoy a pretty active lifestyle, as well as the joys of slowing down for a good movie or book whenever possible.

Dave has been active in ministry since college, and has been in full time ordained ministry since 2012. His passions in ministry are cultivating relationships, showing hospitality, and the privilege of preaching Jesus in all of Scripture. When he isn’t engaged directly in ministry, or focused on activities with the family, he is probably running or cooking.

The Lindbergs are happy to call north Texas their home, and look forward to participating in what God is doing here to make his “blessings flow, far as the curse is found.”

OUR CORE BELIEFS

Christ the King is a congregation in the Presbyterian Church in America. Our beliefs are most fully articulated in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms. You can find a link to them here.

In the meantime, though, here are a few bullet points about what we believe:

WE BELIEVE the Bible.

We believe the Bible is God’s word of self-revelation to the world. It tells us all that we need for salvation and godly living. The central focus of the biblical story is the person of Jesus and his mission in and for the world loved by God. In the person of Jesus, God’s perfect rule and reign—that is, his kingdom—has been inaugurated. This kingdom was proclaimed and expressed in Jesus’ teaching and healing ministry. In his death on the cross Jesus rescued his people from sin. Through his (bodily) resurrection, death was defeated and when he ascended to the right hand of the Father Jesus took his seat on the heavenly throne. From his throne Jesus sent his Spirit to his people in order to equip the Church for her mission in the world. On the last day Jesus will return to judge the world and bring about the restoration of all creation in the new heavens and new earth, where believers will (bodily) dwell with him for eternity.

WE BELIEVE that God is big and we are small.

We believe that in love God created everything out of nothing by merely speaking, that he delights in his good creation, and he rules and reigns over all that he has made as one who is perfectly good, holy, and just. God is sovereign over everything and nothing is outside his control, including the salvation of human beings who he made in his own image for communion with him.

WE BELIEVE that God related to his people in the same way throughout history.

We believe that God has always related to his people covenantally (relationally) through appointed representatives (e.g. Adam, Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus). This is why we believe that the Bible is a single story of God’s love in which he chooses, saves, and blesses his people definitively in Jesus. We believe that our calling is to receive the Father’s love in Jesus, participate in it by faith through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and bear witness to it in the world (starting in our homes, our neighborhoods, our places of work and recreation, Ellis county and the Metroplex).

WE BELIEVE that Jesus is the gospel (the chief need of believers/unbelievers alike)

We believe that all of salvation comes to us “in Christ Jesus.” What is true of Jesus becomes true of us in the gospel. In Jesus God counts us as righteous, adopts us as children, and renews us in his image He makes us willing and able to live in obedience to him, and delights in us, even as we delight in and worship him now and will for all eternity. All of this is to the praise of his glorious grace! This is why we believe that all of us, believers and unbelievers alike, need the same thing: Jesus!

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Nursery is available through age 3. Please come join us as we worship the triune God!