Welcome to the website of the
Yukon church of Christ in Yukon, Oklahoma.
We invite you to come worship God with us at:
702 South Ranchwood Blvd.
Yukon, OK 73099
The church of Christ is the only church you can find in the Bible. It is the church which Jesus promised to build (Matthew 16:18) and fulfilled that promise on Pentecost day as recorded in Acts 2. We are nothing more or less than simply Christians. We wear no name but Christ’s and we follow and preach no creed but the Bible.
The Bible is completely sufficient for man’s every spiritual need. For that reason, we study and follow the Bible only (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:3) and we urge every person to speak and live as the oracles of God (1 Peter 4:11).
You will find no “Ministries” (plural) on this website. The New Testament had only one ministry and that is preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If you find a “Church of Christ” with a website which has more than one ministry, you can be sure that it is not a New Testament church which Jesus built. Rather it is a church of a new denomination called “Mainstream Churches of Christ.” We offer nothing but the Gospel of Christ which can save your soul, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek” (Rom. 1:16).
Ministry in the New Testament
There is only one ministry mandated for the church in the New Testament. The word “ministry,” translated from diakonia, occurs 18 times in the New Testament and not once is it used in the plural as denominations use it. The only ministry of the New Testament church is preaching the Gospel. Observe the following New Testament uses of ministry:
1. and 2. Concerning one to replace Judas as an apostle of Christ: “Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. …That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place” (Acts 1:16-17, 25).
3. Concerning the apostles’ work and serving of tables: “But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word” (Acts 6:4).
4. Of the ministry of Saul and Barnabas: “And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark” (Acts 2:25).
5. Of Paul’s trials which lay ahead of him, that he recounted to the Ephesian elders: “But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God” (Acts 20:24).
6. In Paul’s report of the Gentiles’ conversion to James and the Jerusalem elders: “And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry” (Acts 21:19).
7. Of spiritual gifts of grace: “Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching” (Rom. 12:7).
8. Of Stephanas’ labor with Paul: “I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)…” (1 Cor. 16:15).
9. Of Paul’s inspired preaching: “Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not” (2 Cor. 4:1).
10. Of the apostles’ inspired preaching: “And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation” (2 Cor. 5:8).
11. Of Paul’s patient endurance of his trials: “Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed” (2 Cor. 6:3).
12. Of the purpose of spiritual gifts in the first century: “For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ” (Eph. 4:12).
13. In Paul’s charge to Archippus: “And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it” (Col. 4:17).
14. In Paul’s thanksgiving for the Lord’s long suffering toward him: “And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry” (1 Tim. 1:12).
15. Paul’s charge to Timothy as a gospel preacher: “But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry” (2 Tim. 4:5).
16. In Paul’s request for Mark’s presence: “Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry” (2 Tim. 4:11).
The only other instances in which the word “ministry” is found are in Hebrews 8:6 and 9:1. There it is translated from the Greek, leutergoia, which McClintock and Strong define as, “Public function (as priest) or almsgiver,” from which our English word, “liturgy” is derived. In both of these verses, “ministry” refers to the function of Christ as the mediator of the new covenant and the function of priests under the Law of Moses.
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
- HEAR THE WORD
Romans 10:17 – “So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” - BELIEVE IN JESUS
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 8:24 – “…if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” - REPENT OF YOUR SINS
Luke 13:3–“…except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.”
Acts 17:30–“And the times of this ignorance God overlooked, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent.”
2 Corinthians 7:10–“For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.” - CONFESS THAT JESUS IS LORD
Romans 10:9-10–“if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (See Acts 8:37 for an example.) - BE BAPTIZED FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF YOUR SINS
Mark 16:16–“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”
Acts 2:38–“Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins….”
Acts 22:16–“Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.”
1 Peter 3:21–“…baptism doth also now save us…” - REMAIN FAITHFUL
1 Corinthians 15:58–“Therefore…be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord”
Colossians 1:23–“…if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard”
Revelation 2:10–“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”
