Christ Church Jebel Ali
Christ Church Jebel Ali
Christ Church, Jebel Ali is an Anglican church based in Dubai. It is the southernmost of the five Anglican churches in the Chaplaincy. It is located halfway between Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It was inaugurated on 8 March 2002.
The church is mainly for foreign workers who constitute the bulk of the population. Most of the foreign workers are manual workers commanding low pay. Taking this into consideration the ruler of Dubai donated the land to build the church, for the betterment of the life of foreign workers.
Christ Church Jebel Ali History
In 1977, as more expatriate Christians came to Dubai, the small fellowship constituted itself as a church, called the International Evangelical Church of Dubai. The church met on Sundays in the Jumeirah American School (now the American School of Dubai), and Sunday School was held there in the afternoons.
In 1990, the church leased a large Arabic style villa in Jumeirah (the “Jumeirah Villa”), which remained the church home until September 2003, and continued thereafter to be used for Sunday evening services and other churches’ meetings until the Dubai Municipality ordered the villa’s closure in June 2006.
The Ruler of Dubai in 1998 granted a piece of land to United Christian Church of Dubai (UCCD) and Arabic Evangelical Church of Dubai (AECD). In September, 2003, the Friday services commenced at the new Dubai Evangelical Church Centre3 in Maranatha Hall at the Churches Complex in Jebel Ali Village.
In 2010, UCCD sent out a number of members and staff to establish a sister church, Redeemer Church of Dubai, on the opposite side of Dubai. UCCD continued to support Redeemer Church of Dubai financially until 2012, by which time it had grown into a self-supporting church.
Generally Muslim nations are less tolerant towards other religions and licences to hold Christian worship or build churches are restricted. But Dubai, and for that matter UAE, are tolerant of other religions.
Generally Muslim nations are less tolerant towards other religions. But Dubai, and for that matter UAE, are tolerant of other religions.
Christ Church Jebel Ali Marriage Services
For Christians, church is the place to get married. The church provides this service along with baptism of babies.
Christ Church Jebel Ali congregations
There are 30 congregations, worshiping in 16 languages in this church building. Christians in Dubai are almost all expatriate workers, mostly Catholics from the Philippines and India.
Given the land and financial constraints, the Jebel Ali church is used by 30 different congregations. Whereas in their country they would have 30 different churches for each of the denominations. Services are conducted in many languages.
Other Churches
The Chaplaincy of Dubai with Sharjah and the Northern Emirates consists of five churches in the United Arab Emirates: Holy Trinity Church, Dubai Christ Church, Jebel Ali - consecrated March 2002 St Martin’s Church, Sharjah St Luke’s Church, Ras Al Khaimah St Nicholas’ Church, Fujairah The emirate of Abu Dhabi is a separate chaplaincy with two churches: St Andrew’s Church in Abu Dhabi St Thomas’ Church in Al Ain
Congregations worshiping in Christ Church Jebel Ali
The following congregations worship in Christ Church Jebel Ali
Christ Church Jebel Ali
- Anglican
- Abundant Life United Pentecostal Church
- New Apostolic Church
- Kings Revival Church
- RCCG Grace Assembly Parish
- The Gatekeepers
- Light of Life Ministries
- Gateway
- Seventh Day Adventist
- Shona - The African Apostolic Church
- TWI - Victory Bible Church
Christ Church Jebel Ali
Here are some of the services offered in other languages. Afrikaans - First Dubai Afrikaans Church Cebuano - Adonai Christian Fellowship International Church Chinese - Chinese Gospel Church German - German Evangelical Church Hindi / English - Christian Church Bethesda Brother Manuel Ministries Church of North India, Jebel AliKorean - Dubai Korean Full Gospel Church Dubai Sarang Church Malayalam - CSI Malayalam Church of God Prarthana Sangamam New Testament Church Saint Gregorios Orthodox Church Satwa Pentecostal church Sharon Fellowship Church The Brethren Assembly
Nepali - Dubai Nepali Christian Fellowship Victory Christian Fellowship (Nepali) Punjabi - Gospel of Grace Ministries International Portuguese - Insejec International Brazilian Fellowship Sinhala - Kings Revival Church Gethsemane Gospel Church Spanish - Iglesia De Dios Tamil - CSI (Tamil) Kings Revival Church The Goodness of the Lord Church Tagalog - Jesus is Lord Church English / Tagalog - Word International Ministries Telugu - Gospel of Grace Ministries International Reidlands Bible College Urdu - Church of Pakistan