Who we are
We are a fellowship of evangelical believers in Ketchikan, Alaska joined together dedicated to fulfilling Christ’s command to make disciples of all nations.
Our history
“In 1949 & 1950 the Ketchikan United Methodist Church decided to build two small churches, one south of town and one north.
The building of a road to town drew the North-end pioneers to the mother church and the “little red church” was dormant except for special occasions for 10-15 years.
The North-end grew and the First Lutheran Church rented the building and began services in 1973. In 1975 sponsorship was discontinued but a visionary die-hard group refused to close the doors. With pews from the Assembly of God, an Episcopalian altar, hymn books from the Nazarenes, Methodists and Lutherans the mission continued with lay leaders. The need for oversight and leadership soon became obvious. On Feb 29, 1976 the church was affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. There were 27 charter members. We are grateful to them for their vision, faith and hard work! Many people have come through these doors over the years!”
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Our beliefs
“And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.”
- Hebrews 11:6
Clover Pass Community Church wholeheartedly serves God and the people of His world, based soundly on the Bible. We live and die by these words and believe they bring the only life worth living—one wholly committed to King Jesus. For more complete information about our faith and doctrine, please visit www.cmalliance.org.
Our Values
Lost People
Lost people matter to God. He wants them found. In the formative years of our movement, the Holy Spirit instilled within A. B. Simpson a passion to reach people with no knowledge of Jesus Christ in his “Jerusalem” and around the world. That passion still lives within The Alliance today.
Stewardship
Everything we have belongs to God. We are His stewards. This core value is intrinsic to the nature and structure of The Alliance—we teach and practice the blessing and effectiveness of the faith principle of giving as Scripture encourages us to remember that it’s not the amount of money we have or how much we give—it’s recognizing that everything we have comes from God
Great Commission
Completing the Great Commission will require the mobilization of every fully devoted disciple. In The Christian and Missionary Alliance the first priority of every minister, congregation, and believer is to work for the evangelization of the world.
Healthy churches producing healthy disciples devoted to reaching lost people—this is what will hasten the completion of the Great Commission and the return of Jesus Christ.
Faith-Filled Risk
Achieving God’s purposes means taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change.For more than a century, Alliance workers have braved harsh and dangerous territory—often at great personal risk—to take the good news of Jesus to a lost world. These workers experienced this Alliance Core Value—“Achieving God’s purposes means taking faith-filled risks. This always involves change.” Because of the selfless dedication of Alliance workers who were willing to lay down their lives for the gospel, entire people groups now know Jesus.
Prayer
Prayer is the primary work of God’s people. We believe that nothing of lasting value can be done unless it is bathed in prayer. So passionate was his belief that prayer undergirds all ministry, Alliance founder A. B. Simpson was compelled to create a prayer league to focus on the world’s evangelization. He believed that the Prayer Alliance would “prove to be the mightiest force in the spread of missions;” that force still drives The Alliance today.
God’s Word
Knowing and obeying God’s Word is fundamental to all true success. If The Alliance had a “life application” verse, it would be Matthew 28:19: Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit—AKA The Great Commission! But the next verse is equally important: “. . . and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
Empowered
Without the Holy Spirit’s empowerment, we can accomplish nothing. The Apostle Paul said, My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power (1 Corinthians 2:4-5). This is the fiber of our being as believers and the sixth of our Alliance core values.
Missions
Clover Pass Community Church has sent out several people all around the world to share the love of God. We have touched Mexico, Africa, Romania, Russia, Thailand, and Canada, as well as here in the United States of America.