Touchstone Christian Fellowship is a community of followers of Jesus Christ. We seek to live out, in our time and culture, the teachings and examples he gave us, and to share his message of hope with others. We welcome everyone, regardless of their place along life's path.
Our Vision and Purpose
We believe God created the church to be a family. A place for us to find acceptance, security, accountability, guidance, encouragement, and love. That has always been one of our primary goals at Touchstone.
Galatians 6:2 says, “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” In other words, we are to help each other through life. So we see ourselves as a family, supporting each other, looking out for each other, laughing and crying with each other.
We believe God intends each member of the church to be an active participant. Church is not a spectator sport. Everyone is supposed to be on the field, in the game, making a contribution. Every member of this family needs to be involved in the family’s life; otherwise the whole family suffers. We need each other.
Romans 12:4-5 says, “Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.”
We want to see every believer engaged in meaningful ministry, using his or her gifts, talents, interests and energy to serve and bless others, expressing God’s grace in tangible ways, glorifying Christ with his or her life. One of the purposes of the church is to help each member accomplish this.
The example of the first church, found in Acts 2:42, is the model we seek to follow. “They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.” Our core aim is to be a New Testament church.
It is our hope and prayer that you will find a home here at Touchstone, become a member of our family, and find those special places of service that God has uniquely created you for (Ephesians 2:10).
Background
Touchstone Christian Fellowship is a nondenominational Christian church serving the Sacramento, California area. Our first Sunday morning worship service was held on October 3, 2004. We began as a church plant of Warehouse Christian Ministries, a church that has been a part of the Sacramento area since 1974. We are also part of the Calvary Chapel fellowship of churches. Our worship style is contemporary and our teaching is from the Bible, expositional, verse-by-verse.
Pastoral Staff
Jeff Miles -- Senior Pastor. Pastor Jeff served as an associate pastor at Warehouse Christian Ministries, Sacramento, for 13 years before founding Touchstone. Prior to that and during those years, he also had a career as a civil engineer for 19 years.
Steve Bunnell -- Associate Pastor. Pastor Steve had a career in television news for 19 years before joining the church.
