Christ Fellowship
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Christ Fellowship is a non-denominational Christian
Non-denominational Christianity
In Christianity, nondenominational institutions or churches are those not formally aligned with an established denomination, or that remain otherwise officially autonomous. This, however, does not preclude an identifiable standard among such congregations...

 megachurch
Megachurch
A megachurch is a church having 2,000 or more in average weekend attendance. The Hartford Institute's database lists more than 1,300 such Protestant churches in the United States. According to that data, approximately 50 churches on the list have attendance ranging from 10,000 to 47,000...

, located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Palm Beach Gardens is a city in Palm Beach County in the U.S. state of Florida. The city is in the center of a rapidly-developing area north of West Palm Beach in the northern part of the county and the South Florida metropolitan area. , the population was 48,452...

. According to Outreach Magazine
Outreach Magazine
Outreach Magazine is an Evangelical Christian periodical based in Vista, California. It focuses on activities of growing churches and is non-denominational.It is a periodical from the organization Outreach, Inc...

, Christ Fellowship is currently the 25th largest church in the United States.

The founding senior pastor is Tom Mullins. The current Senior Pastor is Todd Mullins, and the Teaching Pastor is John C. Maxwell
John C. Maxwell
John Calvin Maxwell is an evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor who has written more than 60 books, primarily focusing on leadership. Titles include The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow...

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Christ Fellowship currently has four South Florida campuses: Palm Beach Gardens (main campus), CityPlace
CityPlace
CityPlace is an upscale lifestyle center in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida along South Rosemary Avenue. Besides from shops, the center also includes rental apartments, condos, and offices....

 (West Palm Beach), Royal Palm, and Stuart
Stuart, Florida
Stuart is the only incorporated city of Martin County, Florida, on Florida's Treasure Coast. The population was 14,633 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 15,964....

. Christ Fellowship also holds a service in Spanish called CF in Español and streams weekend services live on their website. The four campuses together average over 15,000 in attendance each weekend. The church also was 26th in 2005 and 30th in 2006 on the list of the fastest growing U.S. churches.

Outreach Ministry

The mission statement of Christ Fellowship is "Impacting our world with the love and message of Jesus Christ." Christ Fellowship has several outreach ministries in the South Florida Area. It funds and operates Place of Hope, Place of Hope international, and Place of Hope Villages. The Student Ministries of Christ Fellowship in recent years have carried out annual missions trips to Belle Glade. Recently, Christ Fellowship has launched a new expansion which includes spreading its mission impact region to Haiti
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

, and Belle Glade
Belle Glade, Florida
Belle Glade is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida on the southeastern shore of Lake Okeechobee. The population was 14,906 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S Census estimates of 2007, the city had a population of 16,739....

by opening new mission centers.
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