About Us
About Us

Our Philosophy

As an independent, non-denominational Bible church, Christ Chapel is a self-governing local body of believers who embrace the following truths as non-negotiable and essential to our understanding and application of the Scriptures.

What We Believe

  • the verbal, plenary, inerrant inspiration of the Bible
  • the virgin birth, absolute deity and sinless life of Jesus Christ
  • the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ to provide salvation for all
  • the Person and work of the Holy Spirit
  • the reality of Satan and his destructive work today
  • the personal and bodily return of Jesus Christ
  • the bodily resurrection of all men: some to eternal life & some to everlasting punishment

Our Five Purposes

We are committed to helping you become a fully-developing follower of Christ, or what the New Testament calls “a disciple.” To accomplish this, we’ve designed our ministries around five New Testament spiritual purposes:
  • Worship - A growing passion for God’s glory
  • Connect - A growing capacity to love and be loved
  • Grow - A growing hunger for God’s Word
  • Serve - A growing desire to be God’s servant
  • Share - A growing excitement to tell God’s story

Our Core Values

We’re committed to:
  • Monday-morning - relevant biblical teaching
  • Grace manifested in loving relationships where we expect neither more nor less of each other than the Bible does
  • Unity in our decisions, our planning and our daily interactions
  • Being purpose-driven toward the spiritual development of every involved person
  • Honoring God through the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of our ministry
  • The priesthood of the believer and to a permission-giving mentality as it relates to every believer’s ministry involvement
  • Allowing God to speak through the daily provision of our financial needs, including a debt-free facility
  • Encouraging personal shepherding and life change through small groups
 
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Leaders

TedKitchens

Ted Kitchens Senior Pastor

Ted was first introduced to a personal relationship with Christ at 16. He was strongly influenced by the local church as well as the parachurch ministry of Young Life. He considers himself to be a churchman who believes that the church is the hope of the world.
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Bill Egner

Bill Egner Executive Pastor

Bill grew up in Overland Park, Kansas and graduated from the University of Kansas (’85) with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering. After marrying Laurie (also a KU grad) and a brief stint in graduate school at Purdue University, he was hired by Aerojet Propulsion Systems and they moved to Sacramento, California.
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Greg Cook

Greg Cook Soul Care Pastor

We came to Texas in 1985 to start a Master’s program at DTS. I finished in 1989 and have since received a Masters in Counseling from Amberton University (also located in Dallas). In 2010 I received a D. Min. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Pastoral Counseling.
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Ken Miller

Ken Miller Grow Pastor & Minister to Men

Ken and his wife Julie have been attending Christ Chapel for more than 26 years. During that time Ken has been served as a deacon and elder, and as a Bible teacher in our adult education program.
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Shelly Davis Minister to Women

"We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ." – Colossians 1:28

Shelly has had the privilege of being a part of CCBC for 26 years and has been on staff for 14 years. She is married and has 3 grown sons and 3 terrific daughters-in-law. Being married to a vet, dogs and cats have always been a part of her life. Shelly loves studying the word of God and passes that passion on to all who meet her. When not at work, she can be found spending time with her family, shopping and downloading songs to her ipod.
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KathyBurr

Kathy Burr Minister to Children

I joined the Christ Chapel staff in October 1997, as we were just getting our second service started and we were completing plans for a new children’s building. It was an exciting time to come on board and be a witness to all the ways that God has been at work in our church family. It is a blast to get to serve with the Next Generation Children’s Ministries at Christ Chapel.
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Micah Barnum

Micah Barnum Local Outreach Pastor

Micah and his wife Holly have been married since January 2001 and currently have three children – Noble, Adler and Iris. Micah has served at Christ Chapel since September 2001, and spent nearly seven years as Middle School Pastor before accepting his current position.
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Bill Hampton

Bill Hampton Global Missions Pastor

Bill grew up in a church-going, Christian home right here in Fort Worth. After high school, he attended Texas A & M University and majored in Civil Engineering. While in college, Bill discovered that Christianity was not about keeping a set of rules, but rather about a real relationship with Jesus as both Savior and Lord.
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LukeSamuelson

Luke Samuelson Connect Director

Luke was born and raised in Hawaii and moved to Texas to attend high school and college. After being a part of church planting movements both nationally and internationally Luke moved to Fort Worth to attend Seminary. While at Seminary is when he first starting attending and then serving at Christ Chapel. While serving at Christ Chapel Luke met his wife, Stephanie, at church. Two years to the day they first met they married at Christ Chapel. Luke enjoys spending time with his best friend – his wife – and going to the ocean any chance he gets.



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Ryan McCarthy LifeStage 1 Pastor

Ryan grew up in the Kansas City area until he moved to Fort Worth in 1992 to attend TCU. At that time, he was actually an atheist party animal. But by the grace of God, he was dramatically rescued from sin in December of 1992.
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CodyMcQueen

Cody McQueen Life Stage 2 Pastor

Cody grew up in rural town two hours south of Fort Worth and attended Baylor University where he received a degree in Church Recreation (I bet you can’t tie a figure eight knot.). While serving at churches in Waco and West Palm Beach, Florida, Cody decided to pursue his Masters of Theology at Dallas Theological Seminary where he later met his wife Jennifer.

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Jeff Walchshauser

Jeff Walchshauser LifeStage 3 Pastor

Spouse: Anjanette
Married Since: May 31, 1997
Children: Beth, Anika, and Joseph
Education: BS The Ohio State University and ongoing seminary study
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Doug Cecil

Dr. Doug Cecil LifeStage 5 Pastor

Doug grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduated from the University of Cincinnati (BA, '74). He served in the Air Force for 6 years prior to attending Dallas Theological Seminary ('80-'84) where he graduated with a ThM ('84) and later with a DMin ('91).
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Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd LifeStage 6 Pastor

My name is Jim Boyd. I am privileged to be the Life Stage 6 pastor here at Christ Chapel. My wife, Carolyn, and I have been a part of the Christ Chapel family for more that 20 years. We have grown spiritually and had great fellowship during this tenure.
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History

In the summer of 1980, 60 individuals gathered together to discuss the formation of a new independent Bible church in Fort Worth, Texas. This diverse group was a cross section of the community, consisting of stockbrokers and financial advisors, small business owners and corporate executives, employers and employees, engineers and homemakers—all with a common love for Christ and a shared desire to establish a church that would impact their community through the teaching of the inerrant Word of God. Less than one month after that initial meeting, the church had been formally organized, a Board of Elders appointed, and a name selected: Christ Chapel Bible Church.

Our original home was the Texas Girls Choir building, once home of the Gideon Baptist Church. We met in this facility for just over three years, and during that time grew from the original 60 founders to more than 350. Our search for a new permanent home led us to our current location, the former home of Birchman Avenue Baptist Church. Having recently constructed a new facility of their own, they were anxious that the new owner of the old location be a church. With a no-debt policy and a small congregation of just over 350, we were faced with the formidable task of raising the $200,000 necessary for our initial payment on the $680,000 purchase price, with the remainder to be paid out over time—interest-free. Miraculously, the entire $200,000 was raised in one month, and we moved into our new home on January 1, 1984. Just 21 months later we were able to pay off the remaining $480,000. More than three years ahead of schedule!

Over the years, Christ Chapel has experienced tremendous growth and God has enabled us to expand our campus from the original half-city block to the current configuration anchored by our new, debt-free 1,500-seat auditorium. God’s miraculous leadership of and provision for our church has been truly amazing. He continues to guide and direct us through our pastoral staff, elders, deacons and gifted ministerial team. We look forward to seeing what He is going to do in the years ahead.
 


Take your next step with God by beginning
a relationship with Jesus Christ.

Admit that you're a sinner, separated from a holy and perfect God.
 (Romans 3:23, Isaiah 53:6)

Understand that the penalty for your sin is death - eternal separation from God and all that is good.
(Romans 6:23, Hebrews 9:27)

Believe that Jesus Christ took the penalty for your sin by dying in your place and conquered death by raising from the dead.
 (Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 5:21)

Receive the free gift of salvation by trusting in Christ alone as your Savior from sin and death and your provider of true and eternal life.
(Romans 4:4-5, 5:1, Ephesians 2:8-9)

One way you can express your trust in Jesus Christ is by telling God Himself:

"Dear God,

I know that I'm a sinner. I know my sin deserves to be punished. I believe Christ died for me and rose from the grave. I trust Jesus Christ alone as my Savior. Thank You for the forgiveness and everlasting life that I now have. It is because of Jesus that I have peace praying these things to you.

- Amen."

Want to talk with a pastor
about Christ?

Email LS5 Pastor, Doug Cecil at DougC@christchapelbc.org or call him at 817-546-2521.






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 Christ Chapel Bible Church
3701 Birchman Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76107
Phone: (817) 731-4329
Fax: (817) 731-4662
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