Community of Faith Christian Fellowship

Community of Faith Christian Fellowship is a Christian church meeting in Brighton, a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts. Our desire is to love God, to share life and to proclaim Jesus.

 

In January 1998, Sean and Laura Richmond moved to Boston and began 'scouting out the land' for a specific location for a Boston church plant in association with Antioch Ministries International. By May, the Richmonds had decided on the neighborhood of Brighton. The rest of the team (Jeff and Dorothy Abshire, Jeff Bianchi, Neil Hubacker, Audrey Smith Berry and Julie McBrayer) moved to Boston in September, and together they began to strategically pray. Holding weekly prayer meetings in team members' homes, the group prayed over the neighborhood and asked God to move.

 

By January 1999, Community of Faith Christian Fellowship was incorporated in Massachusetts. The new church began its first faithgroup in February, and, in March 1999, they celebrated their first public worship service at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Brighton.

Sunday services moved to Alexander Hamilton Elementary School in 2000, and then to Thomas Edison Middle School in Brighton in 2001, as the church had outgrown the elementary school facilities.

 

College faithgroups began in Fall 2002, and in Spring 2003, the Vine ministry was established to reach the Boston singles' community. Community of Faith Training School (CFTS) was established in 2001 to train future cell church planters, while equipping them in the Word of God and stimulating them to grow in Christ-like character.

 

In September of 2010, in a celebratory worship service, CFCF officially sent Sean Richmond to start a new church in Waltham, MA named The River.  Jeff Bianchi was also installed as the Lead Pastor of CFCF.  Jeff brings 20 years of ministry experience with him in his role as Lead Pastor.

 

Today, CFCF has grown to offer multiple faithgroups for college students, singles, children and families, and more than 300 people now attend the celebration service on Sundays. CFTS has also continued to grow and now has over 30 enrolled in the training school. Many church members participate in mission trips each year, and a new youth ministry is beginning to emerge.