We have so much to celebrate this ministry year!
Our July 2024 – June 2025 ministry year was a particularly strong and exciting year for our church—punctuated by the answered prayer for our new Senior Lead Pastor.
Pastor Aaron Armstrong joined us in October of 2024, and we’ve since experienced dynamic, tangible growth across both our English and Spanish campuses. The English Campus has seen renewed momentum, and our Spanish Campus has continued its strong pattern of growth year-over-year.
We’re all about “people helping people find and follow Christ, and increased engagement around the four practices of our church is just one way to gauge how the Lord has been moving throughout the church.
CONNECT IN
A GROUP
646 participants in life groups
951 participants in growth groups and classes
Launch of a reinvigorated Men’s ministry
Growing Young Adult groups
WORSHIP IN
A GATHERING
1,319 average weekly in-person worship service attendance
265 average weekly Promiseland attendance
186 average weekly CF Students attendance
434 new guest families this year
187 first time givers
IMPACT OTHERS PERSONALLY
686 volunteers serving in the church
Over 30 organizations served
94 mission trip participants in 6 countries
Thank you for being “all-in” and thank you, Jesus, for all that You continue to do!
2024—2025 YEAR-END FINANCIAL REVIEW
GIVING
$4,276,471
EXPENSES
$4,684,522
DEFICIT
$408,051
(covered by reserves & non-giving revenue)
We are so grateful for the generosity of this body and continue to give God all the glory for the ways He has blessed us over the years.
We continually strive to bring clarity into our annual budget and to highlight the many ways we can all join in what God is doing here at Christ Fellowship.
Over the past few years, our ministry expenses have been steadily climbing while our giving has remained about the same. Many of us have personally felt a similar tension with the rising cost of living and inflation in recent years. In response, we have prayerfully cut expenses through careful stewardship of our ministries and some reductions to our benefits and staffing. Thankfully, God has provided generous cash reserves and non-giving revenue, which, in addition to the cuts, have covered our operating deficits. While we are grateful for all of His provision, we recognize that this isn’t sustainable, and that we want to operate within our annual giving contributions each year.
Please take a look at our 2025—2026 Financial Overview and join us as we continue to love all people and help all people find and follow Christ.
2025—2026 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
GENERAL BUDGET
$4,674,000The ministry budget includes all projected expenses for ministry at Christ Fellowship from July 2025 to June 2026, including human resources, facilities, and supplies. All tithes and offerings support our general budget.
MISSIONS FUND BUDGET
$300,000The Missions Fund is a separate fund that supports all our Missions initiatives — locally, nationally, and globally — for the year. All designated Missions Fund giving supports all of our mission efforts.
MORTGAGE
$9,512,309Our current mortgage is $9,512,309, which we currently pay at $61,000 per month. All designated “debt reduction” gifts go toward paying down the mortgage.
We have always been, and remain committed to transparency in our finances. Every year, we submit our finances to an external auditor for review, and we consistently receive their stamp of approval. If you’d like to see more details or the most up-to-date financial summary, please visit: CFhome.org/giving.
A LETTER FROM PASTOR AARON
Before we get to a few specifics, I want to pause and say, thank you. Many of you serve and give faithfully, and we don’t take that for granted. We know that you can give to many places, but you’ve chosen to invest in your church family—and that means more to us than you can ever know. Thank you!
As we look to the year ahead, we’re asking all of us — self included — to prayerfully consider how we can continue to be “all-in” with our time, talents, and treasure — so lives will continue to be changed, and Christ will continue to be glorified, for generations to come. Our prayer is that we will keep growing together in godliness, service, and generosity as we grow to be more like Jesus.
Pray With Us
We believe the world needs better churches more than bigger churches right now, so we have to be a church that prays. Please join us in praying for this ministry year:
- That we would align with the Psalmist whenever he says:
“There is one thing I ask of the Lord, and this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold His beauty and to seek Him in his temple.” — Psalm 27:4
- Pray that this one thing would always stay the main thing.
- Pray that we would really be “one church, 2 languages”, and that all would be driven by authentic worship more than a nominal religiosity.
- Pray that we’d be a place where people can be fully known and loved—and where loneliness, anxiety, and addictions can go to die.
- Pray for casual fans to become faithful followers of Christ, and for truth and grace to walk side by side, always.
- Pray for young people to see the value of Christ and choose to become godly influencers, while the older people continue leading the way by never retiring from their commitment to Christ.
- Pray for a church that keeps being the church, Monday through Saturday, so the love of Christ can go everywhere we go. That the whole world would “behold His beauty”, and come to embrace the fullness of life, that is always available in Christ.
Consider How to Serve
God has given us all: spiritual gifts, time, and a variety of opportunities that He intends for us to use for His glory. If you haven’t found a place to serve, would you consider where He may be calling you to serve? We have many opportunities inside and outside the church, and we would love to help you find a place where you can make an impact with your life.
Please take a moment to check out some of the opportunities to serve.
Consider How To Give
We believe that everything we have— our time, talents, and treasure—even our own breath — has been given to us by God for a reason: that Christ would be magnified and that all the world would know fellowship with Him.
Generosity is our response to His generosity towards us. We give because He has first given to us, and He continues to give to us, so it is both a joy and a privilege to join Him in what He’s doing through His church.
If you haven’t looked at your giving recently, we would encourage you to pause and prayerfully ask the Lord how He might be calling you to respond in this season. If you’re already giving, thank you—your faithfulness is making an eternal difference in people’s lives. And if you haven’t yet taken that step, we want to invite you to experience the unexpected joy of generosity for yourself.
Here’s what we always know to be true: every gift given in faith is multiplied by God to change lives. Nothing is wasted. No gift is too small. As we grow in generosity, we don’t just pay some bills and fund a ministry—we find that our own hearts begin to change, and they gradually become more and more like His.
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” — Matthew 6:21
Final Thank You
Again, thank you. Many of you have been “all-in” for a long time, and we don’t take any of that for granted. You could have invested deeply in many places, but you’ve chosen to invest your life here at Christ Fellowship — and that means more than you can know. Thank you!
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