Welcome
We at the Main and Oklahoma Church of Christ would love to meet you, so after you look around on our website, please come to visit some Sunday or Wednesday. If you are new to McAlester or new to our website, we welcome you. You can learn some things about us by exploring this space, but we really hope you will come for a personal visit. Our goal is to foster a warm and inviting environment and to offer genuine concern and compassion to those who come our way.
The story that stands at the center of our life together is a story with several important markers. The marker of the cross stands above them all because the cross is the symbol of God’s amazing sacrifice on our behalf because of His unsurpassed love for us. The empty tomb is another important marker because it reminds us of God’s power over death and the power He has at work in us today. A third marker important in our life as a church is the towel. Jesus took up the towel to wash His disciples’ feet and we believe God calls each of us to the same kind of service and self-emptying love.
While we would never claim to enact flawlessly the story of our God and Creator, we seek to worship faithfully, to enjoy God’s forgiveness, to display our gratitude to God for our blessings, and to make needed changes in our personal lives as well as to our habits as a community. We feel a deep responsibility to preach and model the love that God has lavished on us through Jesus. We believe that Biblical teachings as well as close relationships are vital to our ongoing growth as a community and to our desire to be a healthy church.
What to Expect
If you visit our worship assembly on any Sunday, it is our hope that you will enjoy a warm and welcoming environment and hear strong Bible-based lessons. You will notice that our assembly is filled with the sound of the vocal harmonies that are part of our congregational singing. We will celebrate the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, every Sunday in the taking of the Lord’s Supper or Communion. As you sit in our assembly we hope the wonderful mix of dedicated older and younger members, families and individuals who are striving to serve our God and the community of McAlester, will bless you.
What We Believe
Our Loving God created us. He has always loved His creation but we have often lived in rebellion. Our Loving God has repeatedly called to His creation through passionate messengers. In these last days, He has called to us through His Son, Jesus.
Jesus loved us and appeared and lived among us.
Jesus died on our behalf, He was buried, He arose from the dead in accordance with prophecy, He appeared to numerous witnesses, He has an ongoing work of grace. This is the essence of the Gospel according to passages such as 1 Corinthians 15, Philippians 2, 1 Timothy 3, and 1 Peter 2 and we believe this Gospel calls us to enact Christ in our daily lives. This enacting is called INCARNATIONAL LIVING.
•We believe the creator message makes sense because many believe that they make their own world and are entitled to anything they can get in it. With this attitude, there seems to be little reason to give gratitude to the maker in any tangible sense.
•We believe that the messages of today’s world constantly encourage the pursuit of pleasure. This message is damaging because that hunger can never be addressed in the means offered by this world. We believe that the message of a Savior who came from riches to humble circumstances and lived a life of sacrifice makes sense and offers a healthier alternative to the bombardment of our world’s messages about the selfish pursuit of pleasure.
•We believe that our world has placed too much confidence in its own abilities to bring improvement and understanding to challenges and problems that plague our world. We believe that the message of a God who can perform surprising miracles and who is not confined to the boundaries of science will be at the same time a stumbling block and a welcome relief.
•We believe that our world fears and loathes death. We believe that the fear of death is addressed in the message of a God who has overcome death. We believe that new hope is found in embracing this wonderful and powerful God.
•We believe that in a world anxious and sometimes fearful of old enemies and threats and potential dangers, that the message of a God who protects and sustains His people through every storm will bring peace and the opportunity for real and sustained joy.
•We believe that in a world that feels lonely, that the message of a God who is with us and in us will shine a light in the darkness and break through the despair.
•We believe that in a world that feels isolated, that the message of a God who calls his people into a marvelous community will offer lifegiving connections.
•We believe that in a world that is adrift, that the story of a long line of believers who failed and were flawed but did great things with the help of their mighty God will offer a tangible anchor to real people who faced and overcame obstacles like the ones faced everyday.