Mannahouse Church
| Mannahouse Church | |
|---|---|
 Church Offices in 2024 | |
 | |
| Location |  Portland, Oregon |
| Country |  United States |
| Denomination | Non-denominational, Contemporary worship movement |
| Weekly attendance | 7,000 |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Founder(s) | Dick Iverson |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Derrill and Michal Corbin |
Mannahouse Church (formerly City Bible Church) is a non-denominational Christian megachurch located in Portland, Oregon, U.S. Their four campuses four six English and three Spanish services on Sundays, one Burmese and one Arabic weekly gathering and multiple other international groups. Their Portland Campus serves as their headquarters. Mannahouse is Nondenominational and is not connected with or a part of any particular denomination (though partners with Ministers Fellowship International founded by its first former senior pastor Dick Iverson.
History
[edit]The church started as a group of 13 people in 1951. The church grew rapidly, soon starting a Bible college, tape ministry, a Christian school and a Publishing house. In 2003, a second campus was opened in Tigard, soon followed by campuses in Vancouver, Washington and Downtown Portland and then a church they had planted in Eugene, Oregon became a campus. In 2018, the church changed its name from City Bible Church to Mannahouse Church to "better reflect the role that God has called us to in our time and culture."[1]
Beliefs
[edit]Mannahouse is a Trinitarian, Evangelical church. Some specific beliefs include the following:
- Baptism by immersion
- Biblical infallibility
- Traditional marriage
- Spiritual gifts
- Divine healing
- Communion (The Lord's Supper)
They also believe in Church autonomy and believe that Presbyterian polity with a lead pastor "who all qualify on the basis of 1 Timothy 3 in spiritual life, character, domestic life and ruling ability,"[2] is the correct way of church governance.
Church Organization
[edit]Ministries
[edit]- Children's Ministry
- Youth Ministry
- Young Adults Ministry
- Senior's Ministry
- International Ministry
- Worship Ministry
Music and Worship
[edit]Mannahouse Worship is the name of the Worship Ministry of Mannahouse and a Christian Music Artist the writes and publish Christian Music.
Mannahouse Worship as a ministry is formed by a creative community that express praise and worship to Jesus through music. Each Mannahouse campus has a Worship Center led by a campus worship pastor formed by multiple teams expressing praise and worship among generations and international ministries as well as its main team that leads worship on the main English services on Sundays and events.
Livestream
[edit]Mannahouse Church offers a livestreamed service at 10:00am from their Portland Campus.
Foreign Language Services
[edit]Mannahouse offers Spanish services at their Portland, Tigard and Vancouver campuses.
Community Relations
[edit]Mannahouse Church participates in many community functions and also serves as a community center and emergency shelter.[3][4]
Mannahouse church, in contrast to the above statements, has locks on all doors
Music School
[edit]Mannahouse operates a music school.[5]
Campuses
[edit]Mannahouse Church operates the following campuses:
- Portland: Rocky Butte (Headquarters)
- Portland: Downtown
- Tigard
- Vancouver
- Eugene
Schools
[edit]Main Articles: Mannahouse Christian Academy and Portland Bible College
Mannahouse Church operates a Christian School adjacent to their Rocky Butte Campus called Mannahouse Christian Academy (formerly City Christian Schools).[6] They also operate the Portland Bible College.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Our History - The Foundation Of Our Portland And Vancouver Church Family". Mannahouse. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "Statement Of Fath - The Beliefs Of Our Portland/Vancouver Christian Church". Mannahouse. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "'It takes a real heavy load off my back': Thousands of families hand-pick gifts through KGW Great Toy Drive". kgw.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ KATU Staff (2019-08-26). "1 home, 1 business lost, others damaged in 4-alarm fire near Rocky Butte in NE Portland". KATU. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "About". mannahousemusicschool.mymusicstaff.com. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "HOME". Mannahouse Christian Academy. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
- ^ "About". Portland Bible College. Retrieved 2020-06-12.