About Us

With locations in Rockaway, Montclair, and Clifton, NJ, Christ Church is a multisite, multicultural, non-denominational church founded in 1986 by Drs. David & Marlinda Ireland and six other people. Now over 70 different nationalities and thousands of families call Christ Church home.

All of our sites enjoy a live, contemporary, and diverse worship experience, led by our very own Christ Church Collective, and a transformational message by the Christ Church Teaching Team, led by founder and lead pastor, Dr. David Ireland.

We also have our Quest Student Ministries that serve the next generation (kids, teens, college, and young adults). Since 1986, we've sought to Unite People to God and People to People—and we look forward to welcoming you to Christ Church Rockaway.

Christ Church Collective
Thought-Provoking Messages
Live Service for Kids & Teens
(Newborn-12th Grade)

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You’ll also get a quick pre-service email with everything you need to feel confident on your first Sunday, including:

🚗 Inside information on where to park

✉️ Email + text reminder with all the details you need

🧒 How to check in your kids (6 months–5th grade), if needed

🙌 Teen Worship info (grades 6–12), if applicable

🤝 Optional opportunity to meet some of our key leaders (if you'd like!)

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Christ Church Montclair

Service Time:
Sunday: 9:00am | 11:00am | 1:00pm

GPS Address: Church St. & Trinity Pl. Montclair, NJ 07042

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What to Expect

Contemporary Worship
The Christ Church worship experience seeks to capture the heart of God through a range of musical and creative expression.

Practical Messages
The Christ Church Teaching Team seeks to come alongside you with biblical truth that can be applied to your everyday life.

Quest Student Ministries
Quest provides an age-appropriate worship experience, amazing adventures, friendship and learning for our young leaders who will be leading our churches tomorrow. We provide ministry to our youngest guests from newborn through 5th grade. For our middle schoolers and teens, we encourage them to join the Friday night Quest Teens experience, Unite, in Montclair.

Montclair Campus Team

Anthony & Barbara Franklin

Campus Pastors

Lionel King

Teaching Pastor

Hector Mercado

Quest Teens Director

Vilmary Mercado

Quest Kids Director

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