Imani
African Community Church
A
ministry of Central Baptist Church of Bearden
Middlebrook
Christian Ministries
1540
Robinson Road, Knoxville,
TN 37923
Tel
(865) 531-4966
Dr.
Peter W. Kinuthia, Pastor
Tel
(865) 223-1550 cell
Welcome
and thank you for visiting us at our church Website.
We hope you will join us in one of our worship services.
Our purpose is to exalt God through worship and to equip
you to be a servant minister to the world around us. May
God bless as you desire to live for His purpose.
Word
from the Founder
“The initial thought of a specially knit fellowship
for African immigrants started with a hunger to connect
and worship as "we know" from late months of 2002
after a thorough search in Knoxville to no avail. Imani
Church in its present form, started with early morning (7:00
a.m.) prayer fellowship and coffee meetings with a good
friend of mine over a span of 3 months (March to July 2003).
The first worship gathering was July 13, 2003. That set the
wave going to the present form.” Michael N. Mbito,
Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Family Science, Anderson University.
Opportunities
We are
so privileged and blessed by Central Baptist Church of Bearden
for embracing us as one of their ministries that meet
at Middlebrook Christian Ministries, 1540 Robinson Road.
As a result we now have a place with ample space to worship
our God, as Dr. Mbito puts it, as "we know"
how. Our services are for all: we use English during the
worship. We also sing our songs in both English and Swahili.
Our Sunday service schedule is as follows:
Sunday school for all ages 10:15-10:50 a.m.
Worship Service 11:00-12:30
p.m.
Prayer meeting
Thursdays,
5:00-6:00 PM
Men fellowship Second
week of every month
Mission
Statement
Imani African Community Church exists for the purpose of:
Magnifying Jesus Christ in Worship and preaching of His word,
Evangelizing the Lost, make disciple of all the nations,
equipping believers for ministry,
and loving one another as Christ loved us.
Our
core values
We value the preaching and teaching of the Bible as the unadulterated
Word of God.
We value uninhibited true worship of God from a clean heart.
We value people regardless of race, age, academics, challenges,
or position in society.
We value children and try to instill in them Christian standards
that will be needed for the hard decisions of their teen years.
We value teens and offer Christian support as they make decisions
that many times impact the remainder of their lives.
We value the family and encourage a healthy balance of work,
play, academics, and church.
We value seniors and minister to them in times of sickness
and change.
