Christ Our Shepherd exists to form a people who live under the gentle rule of Jesus, shaped by His Word and Spirit, and sent into the world as a faithful presence of His goodness, beauty, and truth.

Christ Our Shepherd is an Anglican church plant forming a people under the leadership of Christ to become faithful, mature disciples who endure and bear lasting kingdom impact. We exist to see people come to faith in Jesus, new churches planted, and our community transformed.

We are a community learning to follow the voice of the Shepherd together. Rooted in the life of the Church through Scripture, sacrament, prayer, and shared life, we are formed not only for personal faith but for communal obedience and joyful mission.

We believe Jesus is restoring all things, and He is doing so through a people who remain with Him, become like Him, and are sent by Him. Therefore, we seek to be a church where disciples are formed deeply, worship is central, love is tangible, and mission is ordinary.

In Lebanon and beyond, we aim to embody the peace of Christ, seek the flourishing of our neighbors, and bear witness to the kingdom already breaking into the world.

AUTHORITY, DIRECTION & PRAYER
We believe that Holy Scripture is the Church’s only infallible authority, through which the Triune God continues to speak by the power of the Holy Spirit. As a people guided by the Good Shepherd, we seek to listen for His voice and follow where He leads in every area of life and faith. Receiving the Scriptures within the historic witness of Christ’s Church, we submit ourselves to God’s revealed truth with humility, trust, and obedience. (John 10:27; 2 Timothy 3:16–17; Psalm 119:105; Acts 15:28; 1 Timothy 3:15)

SACRAMENT, FORMATION & CARE
Christian formation is not merely about believing the right truths, but about being shaped into the likeness of Christ through worship, sacrament, prayer, and holy habits practiced within the life of the Church.
Through repentance, forgiveness, compassionate presence, and the steady practice of holy habits, Christ restores wounded people and draws them into a life of healing, holiness, and faithful participation in His Kingdom. (Matthew 11:29; Acts 2:42: Romans 12:1–2:  Luke 24:30–32: Galatians 4:19;  Psalm 23:1-3; Ezekiel 34:16; Matthew 11:28; Matthew 9:36; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; John 4:1–42)

COMMUNITY & GENEROSITY
The Church is not a collection of isolated individuals, but one people united as the Body of Christ under one Shepherd. Because Christ has welcomed us with grace and mercy, we practice hospitality toward others and seek to make the Church a refuge for weary and wounded people through compassionate care. As members of one body, we gladly serve one another with the gifts, resources, and callings God has entrusted to us, building one another up in love and faithfulness. (Psalm 23:1-3; Ezekiel 34:16; Matthew 11:28; Matthew 9:36; 2 Corinthians 1:3–4; John 4:1–42)

INCARNATIONAL MISSION
The Church exists to reflect the character of the Good Shepherd to the world, bearing witness to His goodness, beauty, and truth in all things. As a people sent into the world, we seek the renewal of our neighbors and city through lives shaped by worship, holiness, and love. By embodying the life of God’s Kingdom in both word and deed, we proclaim that the Gospel of Jesus Christ is beautiful, true, and good for the healing of the world. (John 20:21; Matthew 28:19–20; John 17:18; Isaiah 52:7; Micah 6:8; Jeremiah 29:7)