Disciples of Christ was founded in 2025, brother Paton Dennison as a house church in Edenvale. Brother Dennison has always been a very intellectual person who believed that faith is more than mystical and abstract and that God actually revealed himself in Scripture in a manner that man can understand.  As creatures made in the image and likeness of God, it is possible for humans to fathom that image and likeness.  By this time, he had engaged in a 20-year quest to find this Truth in various churches, denominations, and religions. The epiphany came in early 2022 when his findings culminated in the factual, real, and reasonable basis for belief in the God of the Hebrews and Jesus Christ.  

 

In many churches, however, it appeared that staying true to the Word and the Commandments was secondary to the matters of church solidarity, keeping up with modern ideologies and trends, maintaining membership, and gathering offerings.  Changes were being made to the Truth which were patently inconsistent with the Word of God but consistent with the Spirit of the World.  Worse still, many such teachings were disguised a new revelations from God revealed to church leadership by the Holy Spirit.  

 

In essence, the church Balance Sheet was more important than the Bible, Treasure was more important than Truth.

 

Brother Dennison believes that the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is not a God who follows the world – the world should follow him.  In light of this, the scripture in Joshua 24:15 was most apposite:  

"But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” 

 

The Scripture was clear and instructive. In 2025, Brother Dennison and his household pledged to plant a house-church in which they will serve the Lord as his Disciples and remain faithful to the Truth and the Commandments. Pursuant to Matthew 28, it is also their responsibility to spread the Truth to all nations.

 

Accordingly, Disciples of Christ is not your run-of-the-mill Christian Church which may only follow Pauline Christianity of the New Testament – almost ignoring the Hebrew Bible.  The New Testament is only 23% of the entire Bible.  Ignoring the teaching of the Old Testament is ignoring 77% of the Word. At DO Christ, we view the New Testament as completing and clarifying the Old.  Imaging a sentence missing 23% of its words – the message might seem complete and the missing words alone might also bear meaning.  But, together, we can see exactly what is meant.  

 

As a result of a Full Gospel approach, we also celebrate the Old Testament Festivals which Jesus himself celebrated annually, these are Passover (Pesach), Festival of Unleavened Bread; Festival of Weeks (Shavout/Pentecost); Festival of Thanksgiving (Sukkot).  Disciples also understand and how they prophesied and fits into the Gospel of Salvation.  These are celebrated in addition to the traditional Christian Holy Days of Good Friday, Christmas, etc.

1. We believe in one, holy, and church of Disciples of Christ which Jesus Commissioned us to create and grow.  

2. We  the community of the saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the dead, and life everlasting. 

3. We believe that the Lord Jesus rules His church and thereto sent His Disciples with a commission to teach his commandments, and to baptise with water and Holy Spirit.