We assemble on Sundays to celebrate our relationship with God and one another. Though we worship God with all of our lives from day to day, when we gather together it is a special time of encouragement and community worship. We sing, we pray, we listen and we learn. We bring tithes and offerings to acknowledge that since God gave His best for us we will bring our best to Him to support the work He has called us to at Chibana. We remember Jesus’ death and the purpose of His coming to earth as we share the Lord's Supper. This is a unique time of humbly remembering what Jesus accomplished on the cross and joyfully celebrating the forgiveness of our sins.

For those not familiar with Churches of Christ, a few things will stand out as different from most other churches:

1. We don't use musical instruments in worship. This is a distinctive of the Churches of Christ and is derived from our desire to worship simply and in the same way as the early New Testament church. Musical accompaniment in worship was not a part of the practice of the earliest Christians, so we leave it out of our practices as well. 
2. We celebrate the Lord's Supper every Sunday. We do this because it is clear from the New Testament and early church history that the early Christians met weekly to 'break bread' and worship together. This 'breaking bread' refers to the Lord's Supper- which Jesus himself instituted- telling his discples to 'do this in remembrance of me' (Luke 22:19).
3. We don't have clergy.  We believe that all Christians are a 'holy priesthood' (1 Peter 2:5) and therefore equal with no distinctions.  Churches of Christ, therefore, do not ordain ministers or give them special titles, such as 'Reverend' or 'Pastor.'  We believe the New Testament leadership model is a simple one of deacons (men entrusted with a specific area of service) and elders (men entrusted with teaching and spiritual leadership).

It is our prayer that these distinctive practices will not cause confusion, but be understood as our sincere desire to follow the old slogan of the movement (The American Restoration Movement) from which Churches of Christ were born: "Speak where the Bible speaks, and be silent where the Bible is silent."  

The Chibana church has no creed, but the following is an attempt to capture the spirit of our basic beliefs:

• We believe that the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ is the Good News, or Gospel, that all people need to hear. Jesus suffered the penalty that our sins should have brought to us. He paid our debt at the cross and was raised in glorious triumph, granting eternal life to those who would believe in Him.
• We believe that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ. We cannot earn or deserve what God has done for us through Christ. Even our deepest remorse over our sins cannot undo the past or erase the harm already done. Forgiveness is a divine work. It is our Father's gift of love to us.
• We believe that authentic faith expresses itself in repentance and baptism in the name of Jesus. Repentance is our sincere acknowledgement that God's judgment against sin is just, and immersion in water is our confession of the sufficiency of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus to save us from sin. Though we were dead in our sin, Jesus came to give us life.
• We believe that baptized believers are called to adopt a life of discipleship that imitates Christ's own. He is our perfect model in all things. By the power of the Holy Spirit, we pursue all that is holy and learn to abhor the sinful things that once appealed to us. By the same power, we seek to honor God with spiritual worship, unity with our fellow believers, and service to our neighbors.
• We believe that the role of the local church is to glorify God, the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. As members of the church we should strive to share Jesus through our lives and our words, encourage individuals to grow in Jesus, inspire a sense of belonging by sharing joys and burdens, and reach out with loving support to people in need.