Christ Chapel Assembly of God
Christ Chapel History
Christ Chapel, a diverse congregation representing people from a variety of backgrounds,
races and ages is preparing to celebrate its 38th Anniversary. It is a self governing
assembly It is linked to the General Council of the Assemblies of God through the Potomac
District Council on which Pastor Roberts, Christ Chapel's senior pastor, serves as an
executive presbyter.
Christ Chapel fellowships with churches of all denominations through local and area pastor’
s fellowships, prayer meetings, prayer summits and community-wide church events. The
Church has a strong Pentecostal and evangelical Christian heritage.
Christ Chapel is founded on the blueprint of the New Testament church and uses the Bible
as a pattern of growth and structure. It is legally recognized as an autonomous local
church, operated by a Board of Elders, and registered with the General Council of the
Assemblies of God.
Christ Chapel was birthed in 1969 under the direction of Pastor Gerry Qualls from Arlington
Assembly of God. Begun as a house church, its first building was constructed on
Telegraph Road, Woodbridge in the early 70's. After outgrowing its initial facility, the
church purchased property at its current location on Smoketown Road. In 1976, the late
Pastor Gary Jenkins became Christ Chapel's pastor. During his early years of service in
the late 70's and early 80's, the church met at Garfield High School. In 1983, it moved into
the first phase of our present building at 13909 Smoketown Road. In 1988 our current
senior pastor, Bill Roberts, joined Christ Chapel. With a committed leadership team, he
immediately set out to bring the overall Christ Chapel Ministry plan to fruition. The
ambitious long-range plans called for the construction of a sanctuary, additional education
space, and a center for the Elderly. The sanctuary project was completed in 1991. Most
recently, the Educational Annex was completed and occupied in 2000. And in August 2008
we opened the newest addition to our Education Wing. This Wing houses classrooms for
Christ Chapel Academy and Valley Forge Christian College, Woodbridge Campus. On
Sundays it is used for many of our Sunday School Classes. Planning continues for the
development of the Elderly Home project.
Throughout the process of building the aforementioned facilities, it was always
emphasized that the real building was taking place in the lives of people. Throughout its
history, Christ Chapel has been a church committed to building people in the ways of
Christ. With a strong "Salvation" message and a "Holy Spirit Power" emphasis, the church
has seen the lives of literally thousands impacted by the Gospel.
Simultaneously, the church has remained attuned to the voice of God. Throughout the
years, prophetic words have been proclaimed over the church that has indicated it would
play a major role in a mighty move of God in this region. Prophetic messages for the
church have continued with even greater intensity in recent years, and there have been
some powerful outpourings of the Holy Spirit in our midst. On March 18, 2002, Evangelist
Andre Van Zyl of South Africa proclaimed a Word for Christ Chapel that once again has
ignited an even greater passion from our leadership to pray and seek God for a community-
wide outpouring and transformation. In November 2003, Evangelist Danny Johnston
proclaimed a Word for Christ Chapel that characterized the church as "pregnant-poised-
ready" for even greater things to come in the near future.
Day after day the people of Christ Chapel live their lives to fulfill the New Testament
mandate of loving people, sharing truth and service. In doing so, they have proclaimed the
doors of Christ Chapel open to everyone and anyone seeking to know Christ and live by His
Word.
About our Pastor:
Under the direction of our Senior Pastor, Bill Roberts, our emphasis includes, but is not
limited to, Spirit-filled living, true spiritual worship, gifts of the spirit, racial diversity, liberal
giving, ministry services, home and world missions, generational ministry, revival and
awakening.
Pastor Roberts enjoys friendship with Pastors of many theological persuasions including,
but not exclusively, Episcopalian, Church of God, the Church of the Nazarene, Foursquare
Church, Baptist, Open Bible, Methodist, Presbyterian, and a variety of Christian and Bible
churches and independent churches around the area and the world.
Pastor Roberts joined Christ Chapel in 1988. He received his undergraduate degree from
Marian College, Indianapolis, Indiana and his graduate degree from the University of
Missouri, Kansas City. He completed his theological training through the Global University
system. Prior to receiving his call to full-time ministry, he completed over 20 years of
service with the U.S. Army. He and his wife, Lynna, have three adult children and four
grandchildren, all of whom reside in the Seattle, Washington area. Along with a staff of
gifted Pastors and assistants, Pastor Roberts continues to lead Christ Chapel toward the
goal of being a genuinely true lighthouse to our community, area and world
What We Believe
The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written Word of God.
There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God
the Holy Spirit.
In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in
His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right
hand of the Father, in His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule a
thousand years.
In the blessed hope—the rapture of the church at Christ's coming.
The only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious
blood of Christ.
Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
In water baptism by immersion.
The redemptive work of Christ on the cross provides healing of the human body in answer
to believing prayer.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it.
In the sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to
live a holy life.
In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to
everlasting damnation.
Christ Chapel
13909 Smoketown Road
Woodbridge, Virginia 22192
Phone: 703-670-8481
Fax: 703-580-6331
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