Christian Fellowship Church is a Christ centred community dedicated to impacting Belfast, Ireland and the nations with the love of God in the power of the Holy Spirit.
CFC is a group of people from all backgrounds who are walking in God’s grace and are on a journey of transformation with Him. We believe that God has called us to impact our city, our country and the nations with the love of Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit. This is the foundation for everything we do.
We are passionate about seeing people growing in their relationship with God and to do this we meet together every Sunday to worship God and to experience a relevant and powerful message, which teaches truths from the Bible and also during the week to further develop and explore God’s truth for us and our world.
Connect groups are the way we gather during the week in smaller numbers. Each connect group will look different, but all have the common primary purpose of becoming like Jesus together.
In connect groups we support each other, care for each other, learn from each other, in fact the word for “each other” or “one another” appears many times in the New Testament to describe how we should live in relationship: love each other; share with each other; pray for each other… none of these are possible without others. Community is important because it is where formation takes place.
Ryan Karayiannis is the connect pastor for all of our sites, and walks alongside our site specific connect coordinators. Connect coordinators help develop and equip the groups as well as finding the appropriate group for someone new.
Each of our sites have a connect group coordinator who will know which groups in your area have spaces. A member of the welcome team will be able to point you to them or you can contact them directly from your site connect group page.
No – but you do need to be a regular attender of one of the CFC locations and consider CFC to be your home. We also request that you read our beliefs section to ensure that you are in agreement with what we believe and teach.
Some groups meet every week, some every other week.
It varies but usually between 8 and 12.
When we gather together as a community, we believe that each one of us has an important part to play and without everyone participating we can never be all that God has called us to be.
What you bring is every bit as important as what you take away and there are many spaces and opportunities for you to share the gifts that God has given you and be part of a team.
Some of the opportunities are:
Welcome and Hospitality: It is important to us that everyone feels welcomed and at home as we gather together. From providing a friendly welcome to baking, serving tea & coffee and making connections, being part of our welcome and hospitality team might be for you.
Kids: If you are passionate about introducing kids to Jesus and helping them grow and flourish in a safe, caring environment, join our Kids Team.
Prayer: We believe in a God who answers prayer. We have prayer ministry teams praying for people after each service and run training courses for anyone who would be interested in growing in this area. We also have intercession teams
and groups for anyone with a heart for prayer and breakthrough.
Tech Team: If you have skills or want to learn in Sound, Lighting, Visuals, Videography, Photography or Social Media there is space for you.
Worship: Worship is central to the life of CFC and we have a large worship community. If you feel called to serve in music and worship we’d love to hear from you.
Youth: Disciple and journey with our P7 - Yr14s as they navigate these formative years with worship, teaching, banter and trips away.
Events: Throughout the year we run a number of courses, conferences and events. The team covers all aspects of making them happen from administration, venue preparation and logistics...
This is a fraction of the available opportunities within CFC, to bring who you are and share the gifts that God has given you with our community and beyond, as we come together and impact Belfast, Ireland and the nations with the love of God in the power of the Holy Spirit.
You can register your interest in joining any of our teams when completing a membership application. If you are uncertain how or where you can join in, your site pastor will be more than happy to help.
Money is a big part of life - we work for it, use it and need it every single day. As it is such a big deal, the Bible has lots to say about it. Jesus said that where our treasure is, our heart will be there also. Often, we inadvertently interpret this the wrong way round: we imagine that it’s saying that what we love, we will give money to. However, the reverse is true; what we put our money into is the thing that we will eventually love. Our encouragement, therefore, is that our church members should invest in the kingdom of God. This is not about something we want from people, but something we want for people. We want our members to love, build and experience the kingdom of God, and therefore invite them to put some of their finance towards that end, which leads to the expansion of the gospel through this church and eternal fruit for those who give.
Tithing - giving 10% of your income to God - is a clear Biblical principle, seen in the life of Abraham, the people of Israel, and even in the words of Jesus. However, we believe that this principle applies slightly differently at different stages of history.
We don’t see tithing as being a New Testament requirement for believers in the same way as it was for Israel in the Old Testament. We still believe that the first 10% of our income should be holy to God, but the requirement is gone, and has now changed to the following: “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Corinthians 9:7). It has shifted from being about a legal requirement towards being a free act of generosity.
So, we do not require that members give 10% of their income to CFC, in order to be members. However, we do encourage people to see tithing as a clear Biblical principle that we desire them to follow, and even surpass, when dealing with their money.
We update our members on the state of our finances each year through two primary means: Finance Meetings and Financial Accounts & Narrative. Our Finance Meetings are an opportunity for members to come and hear from our Elders and Finance team, how giving and expenditures have gone in the past year, and to ask any questions they might have regarding those issues.
The CFC Accounts and Narrative provides a detailed breakdown of our income and expenditure, staff changes, missionary support, ministries and events - and how each of these have used our collective finances to advance the mission of the church in everything we do. Our Annual Accounts are posted on our website each year, alongside our quarterly management accounts, and are available for members to view.
For full details on how to give please visit our giving page:
God has called us to share his love for others both here in Belfast, in Ireland and across the world. We are committed to do this through strategic partnerships, individuals, prayer, practical support, giving and going. Across our sites, we seek to help people find and follow Jesus through various partnerships and CFC initiatives. These include:
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) - A national debt counselling charity offering people hope and a solution to end the cycle of debt. CFC East run a Debt Centre and our Centre Manager, along with a trained team, offer help and support for those struggling with debt.
Overseas Missions Partners: We have three key partnerships based in India and South East Asia.Through a range of activities such as child sponsorship, developing leaders in the persecuted churches and providing medical care, these partnerships bring hope and have a massive impact on thousands of lives.
Missionaries: Through the years, we have supported and cared for key individuals serving both in Ireland and overseas long term and continue to do so. The work of these missionaries has included teaching, medical training, leadership development, working with refugees and helping people.
Mission teams: Every year a number of teams go from CFC to work with our partners and individuals. We send teams to do practical work, teaching, women’s development, kids and youth work and medical support – whatever the need!
