CHRIST THE KING

D O R C H E S T E R

PROSPECTUS

“Seek the peace of the city where I have sent you…” Jeremiah 29:7
 Dorchester, Quick Facts
Massachusetts
• Founded in 1640

• 280,000 residents

• 65% of the population is African-American, Hispanic,

Asian or multi-racial

• 39% of people in Dot hold Bachelor’s degrees. Dot is

home of UMass-Boston

• MA was a haven for Unitarianism and the birthplace

of Transcendentalism, and it has more members of
the Universalist Unitarian church than any other state

• Dot’s slogan, “Boston’s largest and most diverse

neighborhood”

• Deeply concerned about civic issues

• Very “religious”, but only 5% of the population place

their faith in Christ alone

• 260 colleges/universities in the New England region

• “Settled” neighborhoods have been home to the

same families for generations
 Christ the King- Dorchester exists
Mission: to glorify God in the Dorchester
neighborhood of Boston, to be
a gospel-driven, community
based church striving to seek
the peace and well-being of
the city and the surrounding
neighborhoods where our
members live, work, and play.

“Should I not be concerned about that great city?” - Jonah 4:11

Boston is a bustling and diverse city with residents from a broad spectrum of socio-economic classes
and faith backgrounds. In recent decades, the city has also become home to a large and vibrant
immigrant population. Increasing numbers of Brazilian, Asian, and African immigrants now live in
Boston, and there are more Cape Verdeans (Cape Verde is a Portuguese-speaking country off the
western coast of Africa) in Boston than in Cape Verde. The world has come to Boston, and now the
Church has an unprecedented opportunity to share the gospel with the nations standing at its
doorstep.

Much like New York, Boston is made up of various neighborhoods that have maintained their own
distinct demographics. Historically, the residents of Dorchester, Boston’s largest neighborhood with
over 200,000 residents, have been poor and working class African-Americans. Today, Dorchester is
46% African-American, with a large African and Asian immigrant population. Dorchester presents
the church with a challenge. What would bring these different types of people together to love
one another and be true neighbors? The gospel of Jesus Christ is the great reconciler, and today
through the movement of Christ the King - Dorchester, we have an opportunity to meet that
challenge.

With a population of over 4.4 million people representing every tongue, tribe and nation, the need
and opportunity to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ in Boston is untold.
 “Grace is the most potent
Vision A GOSPEL-DRIVEN, GRACE FILLED CHURCH counterforce at work in our
violent species, and our only
hope.” -Phillip Yancy

At the center of our vision is the conviction that the gospel of Jesus
Christ is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who
believes, that every malady and grief is addressed and substantially
healed in this gospel. We long to see a transformation of the city by
the outgrowth of the lives of the congregants as they are
transformed by this gospel. We are convinced that the good news
of the love of God expressed in the death and resurrection of Jesus
towards real sinners with real problems will change everything as it
courses through our communities.

Network Christ the king

One church alone cannot possibly begin to reach the diversity and
density of metropolitan Boston. It will take a collaborative network of
gospel-centered churches to reach the wide variety of communities,
ethnicities and cultures God has brought there. CTK-Dorchester will be
part of a larger network of churches under the umbrella of Christ the
King – Cambridge, a church plant of Redeemer, NY.

To that end, we will begin with a vision for new churches. We hope, by
God’s grace, to see at least 20 healthy, reproducing churches planted
in the next 20 years, extending out into the suburbs, the North and South
Shores, and beyond.
The church will be both a home and a mission by:

Helping Building Following

People know God through Community among our Christ in our lives, our city,

Christ-centered worship, members and neighbors and the world through

prayer, intentional with supportive fellowship relational learning and

evangelism, and missions and community, and equipping, and cultural

restorative mercy and engagement and
justice transformation
My Role Church planting Intern
There is a good reason why you do not see many 26-
year-old pastors:
We do not know anything. Working as a volunteer in the
Church over the past few months has shown me how little
I know about life and ministry. Although the Lord has
given me a strong pastoral calling, I know that I need
experience and guidance before I will be ready to lead
my own church.
Christ the King, my home church for the past three years,
has graciously allowed me to become the first of what
we hope will be many young men to receive formal
church planting training. Over the next two years, the
Pastoral team will meet with me on a weekly basis to
address my strengths and weaknesses as a future pastor.
They will help me to improve my preaching, evangelism,
pastoral care, and basic leadership ability.
Throughout the year I will work side-by-side with CTK-
Dorchester’s lead pastor Dan Rogers , a seasoned church
planter, as he attempts to builds Christ’s Church.
Over the next two years, I will be trained and equipped to
preach the gospel, disciple others, and expand God’s
kingdom through the church planting efforts of CTK.
 Projected Time Line CTK- Dorchester

Events: • Year One: 2008-2009 - Completed

Work under Lead Pastor Dan Rogers to learn the language of the area. Assist his effort
to shepherd the existing church, network in the community, and shape ministry plans
according to the context.

• Year Two: 2009-2010

Continue weekly worship. Leaders will be cultivated and small groups expanded.
Networking continues, praying especially for ethnic leaders. Staffing expands as
possible; outreach and mercy ministries expand as well. Plan for daughter church.

Church Financial Goals:

• Year One: 2008-2009
150000
Support church from outside giving
100000 during initial phase
Future giving for
50000 Planting
• Year Two: 2009-2010
CTK-Dorchester
0 Reduce amount of outside support and
begin giving to church planting

• Year Three: 2010-2011

Plant new Church, reduce outside
support, increase Giving to Church
Planting
 Projected Time Line Internship and Beyond

Events: • Internship Year One: 2008-2009 - Completed

Learn church planting under guidance of the Pastoral Team from CTK-Cambridge,
and Dan Rogers, Lead Pastor of CTK-Dorchester Plant. Take Personality Assessment
tests and address potential weaknesses as a church planter. Minister to the
congregation of CTK-Dorchester. Preach occasionally, take licensure exams, and
complete ordination requirements in May 2009.

• Internship Year Two: 2009-2010

Continue learning process and pastoral work with the Dorchester congregation.
Begin formal church planting assessment. Begin Demographic work for future
Church planting location in Boston.

• Post-Internship Years 3-5: 2010-2013

Gather core group and plant a new church in the Boston Metro area. Repeat
process of church growth and multiplication. Become a self-supporting
congregation.
Prayer Needs Internship and Beyond
• At CTK-Dorchester we are trying to raise up 1,000,000 • Each week we meet new people who have been
people around the country and the world who will pray for burned by the church and can no longer believe a
the coming of God’s kingdom in Dorchester loving God actually exists.

• There is brokenness throughout the community because of
Drug and Alcohol abuse, violence, teen pregnancy, and
poverty.
• Many people in the area still feel betrayed by the church
after the sexual abuses that occurred in the Catholic
churches in the neighborhood.
• Our city desperately needs Jesus to transform hearts
and lives as he calls people to himself.
• I am seeking to raise support over the next several years
in an effort to see life giving, Gospel proclaiming
churches planted and grown.

Financial Needs Internship and Beyond

• Internship Years 1-2: 2008-2010

$53,825 for basic living expenses
140,000
120,000
• Post-Internship Years 3-5: 2010-2013
100,000
After Church planting Assessment,
80,000
there will be a Short-Term increase in
60,000 Giving to Church Planting
40,000
giving for the new Church’s Start-up
CTK-Dot Internship
20,000 costs.
Future Church Plant
0
• 2013
Anticipated financial independence
and giving of future church plant
 How you can partner
JOIN OUR PRAYER TEAM
Our most important need is for people to join us in prayer for this project. If
you would like to receive regular updates and prayer requests, please email
us at Loganmk@gmail.com.

INVEST FINANCIALLY
We are inviting churches and people to support the project financially
during its early stages when congregational giving is low. As the church
grows spiritually and numerically, we anticipate becoming self-supporting
by year three and contributing to future church plants in the area.

SEND CONTACTS AND REFERRALS

If you have family or friends in the Boston area, please refer them to us or
drop us a note at Logan@ctkdorchester.org

OUR CURRENT PARTNERS

Logan and Melissa are members of Christ the King Presbyterian Church. Logan is an intern
under the care of the Southern New England Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in
America. A one-year internship is a formal prerequisite for ordination as a teaching elder
Unless the lord builds
(Pastor) in the PCA. Christ the King Presbyterian Church-Cambridge will provide direct
the house, they labor
oversight of the internship as well as any future church planting endeavors. CTK-Dorchester
in vain who build it.
will be a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America, a national denomination
Psalm 127:1
that holds to the historic truths of Christianity.
 Partnering Goal
• Christ the King Presbyterian
Church-Cambridge has
committed seed funds to help
begin CTK - Dorchester. Dan
Rogers is also raising additional YEAR 1 YEAR 2 Total
Funds for the Church.

• I am seeking partnering churches

and individuals to reach these
goals for my internship: $53,825 $53,825 $107,650

How this goal may be reached

• Two-year monthly Commitments

Monthly Gift Annual Total Number of Partners Total

$50 $600 20 $12,000

$100 $1,200 12 $14,400

$500 $6,000 2 $12,000

$1,000 $12,000 1 $12,000

 HOW TO Your tax-deductible contribution may be mailed to:
MAKE A Christ the King - Dorchester
CONTRIBUTION Attn: Logan Keck
PO Box 220754
Dorchester, MA 02122

• Please designate every gift to:

“Christ the King Presbyterian Church” with “Logan Keck Internship” written in the Memo Line.

• Your support may be given as a one-time gift or pledged over a two-year period.

For Secure Online contributions go to:

www.prayforthedot.com

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.
- Micah 6:8
 CHRIST THE KING D O R C H E S T E R

HRIST THE KING

D O R C H E S T E R

ATTN: LOGAN KECK LOGAN@CTKDORCHESTER.ORG

PO BOX 220754 (978) 290-8647
DORCHESTER, MA 02122
CTKDORCHESTER.ORG