New to Christ the King?
Welcome!
At Christ the King, we’re fond of saying, “Nobody’s perfect and everyone’s welcome
because we take Jesus and His grace more seriously than ourselves!”
We are a Gospel-centered church in the heart of Pawleys Island. Our vision is simple: to be a community of Christ-followers, transformed by the Holy Spirit to love and serve our neighbors for the good of the Waccamaw Neck.
What Are We Up To?
For some, being a Christian has been reduced to going to church now and then.
For us, it’s far more than that.
We take our cue from the New Testament’s vision of Christian life and the deep traditions of the Christian church as opposed to the lackluster legacy of cultural Christianity in the U.S. (Revelation 3:14–22).
What We Believe Christian Life Looks Like
Christian life is about joyful surrender to Jesus in the context of an energetic, committed, bold, reflective, and humble worshiping community.
It’s about life together—deep friendship made possible by God’s grace (Psalm 133).
It’s a life that yearns for holiness: a desire for God’s healing and our growth in virtue (1 Peter 1:13–23).
It means practicing radical hospitality, the way Jesus did (Luke 14, Hebrews 3:2), and caring for those in need (Isaiah 58, James 1:27).
It means joining God in the renewal of all things (Revelation 21:5).
In sum, we see Christian life as an adventure—an invitation, as Jesus once put it, into “life abundant” (John 10:10).
Not for Everyone—But Maybe for You
If you’re looking for a humdrum, low-commitment, uninspiring church, Christ the King probably isn’t the place for you.
If you see church as a place to chiefly be entertained – as opposed to a forum to worship, serve, and grow in the knowledge and love of God – then CtK might not be the spot for you.
But if you want more—more of God in your everything—then we warmly invite you to join us in this pursuit.
“When we submit our lives to what we read in scripture, we find that we are not being led to see God in our stories but our stories in God's. God is the larger context and plot in which our stories find themselves.” (Eugene Peterson)
