LIFEPOINT: CHRIST Ministries
Journey/East Magazine, December 2010
In 2009, after several years of discussing the need of a tax exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organization, Bert McKinney, Michael Sessions and Kenneth Reynolds formed CHRIST Ministries of Texas.

CHRIST stands for Christians Helping Rebuild In Service Together. CHRIST Ministries of Texas is a non–profit, non–denominational organization dedicated to providing basic services to those in need. With a Christ–like attitude of love, humility and grace, CHRIST volunteers provide food, clothing, transportation, shelter, and other services to those seeking assistance. CHRIST Ministries is not only a non–profit organization, 100% of monetary donations received goes back out into service projects.

CHRIST Ministries has helped local community members in various ways. They provided a refurbished trailer and gifts to a grandmother raising her grandchildren whose father was in prison for killing their mother. They have installed wheel chair ramps, helped people move, paid dental bills and gas bills, served meals to others, and continue to help in whatever way they feel called. If a project comes up, the men pray about it and God always provides for the need.

CHRIST Ministries has been assisted in their service by Clawson Assembly of God, Carpenter’s Way Baptist Church, Homer United Pentecostal Church, St. Cyprian’s Episcopal, Denman Avenue Baptist Church and Cross Timbers Cowboy Church. The men that make up this ministry are from various backgrounds and professions, from contractors to real estate agents, but they have one common goal—helping others.

CHRIST Ministries is centered on Matthew 25:35–40:

     “For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you invited me in; naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to me.”
     Then the righteous will answer Him, “Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink? And when did we see You a stranger and invite You in, or naked and clothe You?”
     The King will answer and say to them, “Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.”

Anyone interested in helping with CHRIST Ministries or who needs their services can get more information at ChristMinistriesOfTexas.org.