Who We Are
Our Story
In 2023, Greg and Christie Salazar felt burdened to pray, “Lord, what would you have the Salazar family give our lives to?” In answer to that prayer God rekindled a long-held desire and sense of call, that began in 2011 to plant a church. Specifically, they felt called to plant a church near the urban core of a metropolitan city and near a university campus. Studies were revealing that those spaces increasingly had a higher percentage of folks who were without a church home and church planting had been shown to be the most effective way of engaging them.
They were assessed and recommended to church plant by denomination’s church planting agency. This group also put them in touch with those in Charlotte who oversaw and had identified strategic locations to plant new churches. After several months of prayer, discernment, many meetings, and multiple visits, in May 2024, our regional group of churches (the Central Carolina Presbytery) called us to plant in Myers Park
Mission – why we exist
We exist to cultivate a passion for new life with Jesus as King
Missional framework (what we do): We pursue our mission by embracing, enjoying, and extending Jesus’s life-giving rule and reign for the joy of all peoples.
Values – who we are
Our values reflect people at Christ Our King can embody our vision by growing personally and helping others grow as a missional missional-disciples.
We are people who seek to live the whole gospel, as whole persons, in all our lives through seven core values
Seven Core Values
- Winsomely-Reformed Faith
- Incarnational Witness
- Holistic Discipleship
- Healthy Church Culture
- Joyful, Wholehearted Worship
- God-dependent, Servant-hearted Leadership
- Radically Generous Participation
Vision – where we are going
We develop missional-disciples who seek spiritual formation in and share Christ with their community.
Vision embodiment—We can be confident that we are fulfilling our vision of making missional disciples as people at Christ Our King embody our seven core values.
Approach – how we get there
Our approach to developing missional disciples is to encourage people to give themselves to our discipleship platforms and grow through our discipleship pathway.
Our Approach—Discipleship Platforms and Pathway
We cultivate missional disciples who embody our core values by encouraging people at Christ Our King to give themselves to these eight discipleship platforms.
- Sunday Worship
- Teaching and Equipping
- Discipleship and Small Groups
- Incarnational Witness
- Missions
- Member Care
- Mercy
- Ministry Team Service