Mt. Eden Christian Church

Finding a church can be a hard process. All of the messages are available online to stream so you can experience worship and listen to a message or two before you come!

We encourage children in the Worship Center to observe and be engaged in the worship service. Children are dismissed after the communion service for our Children’s Ministry to provide elementary Bible lessons and worship for birth - 5th grade.

At Mt Eden, it’s about multiple generations being able to arrive together, enjoying family time together, yet within one building finding all of the worship experiences that best fit their preference. From choirs to contemporary and children’s worship to youth there really is something for everyone. And while the worship experiences may be different, every service is centrally focused on the same message.

Jesus Loves Us This I know!

On Sundays, we have secure areas for kids where they can make friends and thrive. They will learn Bible stories and take steps in their faith journey just like you.

Kids can enjoy our new safe playground or enter the ark.

Our services are geared to last approximately one hour in length but are not time-limited but spirit-led.

We have plenty of handicapped parking close to the building. We provide an ADA entrance, and seating for those with wheelchairs, walkers, or special needs.

Our worship is more about community and experiencing God, so be comfortable and be yourself.

As the dress goes, you’ll see everything from shorts to suits.

Our only real dress code is, please be clothed!

We’re more interested that you’re here than what you wear.

Worship is upbeat and inclusive. All types of music are encouraged. Services mix hymns, praise songs, children's bands, celebrations in songs of birthdays, and anniversaries. All forms of music (traditional, contemporary, popular, gospel, country, jazz.) are sung to the glory of God

We're all on a journey and have room to grow in our love for Jesus. We don't have all the answers to all of life's issues, but we believe that God changes lives. We would love to meet with you and help you take another step. 

What does God want you to do?

There are 3 basic steps: admit, agree, and accept.

1. Admit that God has not been first place in your life, and ask him to forgive your sins. “If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from every wrong” I John 1:9
2. Agree that Jesus died to pay for your sins and that He rose from the dead and is alive today. “If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” Romans 10:10
3. Accept God’s free gift of salvation. Don’t try to earn it. “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast” Ephesians 2:8,9

“To all who received him, he gave the right to become children of God. All they needed to do was to trust him to save them. All those who believe this are reborn! – not a physical rebirth … but from the will of God” John 1:12,13

Jesus says, “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in…” Revelation 3:20

With all of my heart, I urge you to accept God’s destiny for your life. I urge you to get on board with Christ. According to the Bible, “Jesus is the only One who can save people. His name is the only power in the world that has been given to save people. We must be saved through him.” Acts 4:12

Would you let him save you? This is the most important decision you will ever make. Why don’t you give your heart to him right now? Admit your need. Agree with his work. Accept his gift. Go to God in prayer and tell him, I am a sinner in need of grace. I believe that Jesus died for me on the cross. I accept your offer of salvation. It’s a simple prayer with eternal results.

Your Response

I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the Living God. I want him to be the Lord of my life.

Once you’ve placed your faith in Christ, I urge you to take three steps. You’ll find them easy to remember.

Just think of these three words. They each start with a “B”; Baptism, Bible, and Belonging.

Baptism demonstrates and celebrates our decision to follow Jesus. The water of baptism symbolizes God’s grace. Just as water cleanses the body, so grace cleanses the soul. Jesus said, “Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved…” Mark 16:16 When the apostle Paul became a believer, he was asked this question: “Now, why wait any longer? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, trusting in him to save you” Acts 22:16 Paul responded by being baptized immediately. You can too.

Bible reading brings us face-to-face with God. God reveals himself to us through his word by the Holy Spirit. “Let the teaching of Christ live in you richly” Colossians 3:16

Belonging to a church reinforces your faith. A Christian without a church is like a baseball player without a team or a soldier without an army. You aren’t strong enough to survive alone. “You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together and encourage each other” Hebrews 10:25

Three steps – Baptism, Bible reading, and Belonging to a church – are essential steps in your faith.

I pray that you’ll accept this great gift of salvation. Believe me. This is not only the most important decision you’ll ever make; it’s the greatest decision you’ll ever make. There’s no higher treasure than God’s gift of salvation.”

If you have made the decision to surrender your life to Christ, or if you would like to know more about getting on board with Him, we’d love to talk with you about your decision and give you more information, encouragement, and a place to belong.

Just give us a call at Mt Eden Christian Church,  Phone: Grant Mathes 502.859.0359

Taken From: He Did This Just For You, 2000 by Max Lucado. Published by Word Publishing, a unit of Thomas Nelson, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214. Used by permission.

Clipped from: https://christianstandard.com/2022/10/throwback-thursday-the-restoration-movement-then-and-now-1984/?fbclid=IwAR2YRDeqOBAggke4-3ijxl8hvjno-o7WuA7pfI_wTqF89lq8xqEjVP1RgXo

By Lewis Foster 
Oct. 14, 1984; p. 15 

Each generation should be required to write out the pur­pose for the existence of any movement vital to its own time. This must be done conscientiously, striving to be faithful to the emphasis and intent of the founding fathers. It must be done frankly, willing to note shortcomings in the concept then at the beginning, as well as fault and loss of direction now. It must be done freshly, using words and concerns most mean­ingful to the present generation, but not changing simply for variety sake.  

A statement of purpose—The following statement is this kind of an attempt to enunciate for today the original thrust of the restoration movement:  

The restoration movement of Campbell and Stone exalted the lord­ship of Jesus, the Son of God, and acknowledged the divine authority of the Scriptures. It was dedicated to bring about a unity among all Christians through the restoration of the New Testament order of the church: its doctrine, its ordinances, and its fruits. Evangelizing the world was its prime task. It emphasized the freedom of each Christian in matters of opinion, the local autonomy of each congregation, and the cooperation of the churches in love and service.  

The restoration movement came into existence in the early years of the nineteenth century. This period was marked by an aggressive skepticism outside the church and deep denomina­tional division separating the professed Christians inside Christendom. Although the lines of division have shifted somewhat, the same basic need to confront unbelief and divi­sive barriers separating Christians is still with us. The restora­tion movement attempted to meet this need with a plea for unity based on the restoration of New Testament teaching, faithful to its purity and the intent of its inspired authors.  

Observations about it—The following observations on the essentials of the movement are drawn from the statement of the movement’s purpose given above.  

1. Jesus is Lord. The restoration movement made good use of catchy slogans, some of them new, some of them borrowed. “No creed but Christ; no book but the Bible,” were the first two lines of one of these. To many this was a negative state­ment about creeds, but actually it pointed up the true centrality of Christ in the whole movement. To others it was too broad an affirmation that leaves it possible to conjure up any kind of Christ one chooses. But the second line of the adage cleared this up. “No book but the Bible.” The Christ of the first line is the Christ introduced in the second line. He is the real Jesus, the Son of God, and we learn about Him in the trustworthy, divinely inspired Word of God. An individual’s experience or a theologian’s Christology must be measured by the teaching of Scripture. To accept Jesus, in faith and obedience is the basis of all else.  

2. The Scriptures are the divine standard. The word of Scripture was used as the infallible record to establish the standards of the church described in the New Testament.  

With you all we desire to unite in the bonds of an entire Christian unity—Christ alone being the head, the center, his word and rule; an explicit belief of the manifest conformity to it, in all things—the terms (Thomas Campbell, Declaration and Address). 

Believers’ immersion and the observance of the Lord’s Supper each Lord’s Day were advocated, not as an arbitrary trade­mark of a movement, but because they were taught in the Word of God.  

3. Unity through restoration is the way. The only hope for unity in Christendom was not in an attempt to get in step with one another, but to get in step with the Scriptures and find agreement with one another on this basis. It seems that the interest in restoring the New Testament practice in the church rose from the desire for unity. A search for the basis of true unity found no other way than a unity based on God’s Word.  

With the passage of years the movement, however, has been identified with restoration, not unity. In fact with many, this early essential unity thrust of the movement has been allowed to drift out of sight compared with the place it once occupied.  

On the other hand, many who claim a heritage with the Campbells and Stone have discarded the restoration concept along with the acceptance of the Scripture as the divinely authoritative Word of God. Ironically these have emphasized the word “unity,” but it is not the unity the restoration move­ment urged because the full authority of Scripture is missing. At the same time while they have pursued this different type of unity, they have welcomed the identification of themselves as another denomination, the Disciples of Christ.  

Still others, not to be confused with those who have lost trust in the Scriptures, would consider “restoration” a burdensome term to carry to the contemporary world. No one claim that an understanding and an acceptance of the movement are nec­essary for salvation. They are not necessary for an understand­ing of Scripture or the acceptance of Jesus as Savior. But the movement provides a great assistance: a rich heritage, exam­ples of faith, wise instruction, valid standards, worthy goals, urgent challenges. If it is a matter of changing the words, this is one thing; but the abandonment of the movement’s concept of either unity or restoration would be preserving a fairly empty shell. This is a particular area of tension both in the pursuit of unity and the concept of restoration. Both are vital to the movement and both show evidences of neglect.  

4. Evangelizing is the task. 

Next to our personal salvation, two objects constituted the summum bonum, the supreme good, worthy of the sacrifice of all temporali­ties. The first was the union, peace, purity and harmonious coopera­tion of Christians, guided by an understanding enlightened by the Holy Scriptures; the other, the conversion of sinners to God (Alexan­der Campbell, The Christian System, p. xiii).  

Although Campbell put conversion of the world as the end purpose for the unity of Christians, one must question the order in which unity occupies first place and evangelism sec­ond. The order of listing may not be important in itself, but because of what followed, it may reflect something more sig­nificant. It seems as though the founding fathers expected so assuredly the turning of the whole of Christendom into the unity they were advocating that they were waiting for this to occur before their evangelistic effort took them into all the world to preach the gospel. Although their record of evange­lism is phenomenal in the early decades of the movement, their writings emphasized unity and restoration, so that the lag in evangelism during later years may be connected in part with the disillusioned wait for unity. Evangelism is the prime task of the church, and its work cannot wait on any of the other demands upon the Christian. The salvation of souls is the goal the church exists for—“that they may be one . . . that the world may believe” (John 17:21).  

5. Freedom, autonomy, congregational government is the form. Another important lesson taught by the restoration fathers is that each individual has freedom in matters of opin­ion. Where the Scriptures speak, this is a matter of faith—there must be unity. But where there is no explicit “thus saith the Lord,” we have no right to demand that a brother adhere to our opinion, nor does he have the right to insist to our conformity with him—“in opinion liberty (diversity is to be expected), and in all things love.” The local congregation has a compara­ble freedom. No ecclesiastical power has higher authority con­trolling the individual congregations (local autonomy). In the local congregation the congregational form of church control prevails, the vote of the members is the final voice, not a presbyterial body or a synod.  

6. Love, cooperation, service are responsibilities. The priv­ileges accompanying genuine freedom are plagued by lurking dangers made real if excessive freedom is reached for. Licen­tiousness, selfishness, and pride result. Christian responsibili­ties point in the opposite direction. Love and mercy shown by God are the challenge to each Christian’s life. The congrega­tions, free from control over one another are urged in the spirit of unity to cooperate with one another in far greater undertak­ings than could be approached alone.  

Evangelism is the biggest challenge to the united effort of the churches. But the responsibilities of service and benevo­lence both in the congregation’s own community and the world at large must not be ignored. We live in a hungry world, the third world calls to us, and the vast lonely world craves the hope the Christian can supply. This is all a part of the Christian responsibility, and the restoration movement called attention to this side of the church’s work.  

To keep a movement alive and well, one must understand the heart of the past, breathe the air of the present, and exercise a vision that anticipates the future. The alpha and the omega is the Lord Jesus. By His presence is a person or a movement kept alive—both then and now.  

Dr. Lewis Foster is professor of New Testament at Cincinnati Christian Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio.