This online brochure of the Peachtree Christian Church represents our personal greeting to you.  It seeks to convey the joy we know in Jesus Christ, and the gratitude we feel for the privilege of worshipping God in the awesome beauty of this sanctuary.

When this church was organized on May 10, 1925, its founding pastor, Dr. L.O. Bricker, and the congregation of 420 members committed themselves to being Christians without denominational names, divisive doctrines, or restrictive creeds that exclude other believers in Christ.  They sought to be Christians only, without ever thinking or acting as if they were the only Christians.  They affirmed that Jesus Christ is the Savior of all people, the Bible is the recorded truth of God's nature, will, and purpose for the redemption of all humanity, and that denominations of the Christian faith are human divisions of the One True Church which began in Jerusalem on Pentecost Day, A.D. 33.

This first congregation set the course which has been followed to this day by the Peachtree Christian Church.  We are here at the crossroads of Atlanta to witness for Christ, and to offer Christian service to all people in just and unselfish ways.  This Church works for the unity of all Christians as our Lord prayed in John 17, that His followers be one as He and God are One, "so that the world may believe that Thou has sent me."  We celebrate the diversity, equality, and dignity of all persons as God has created us for Christ's One Church.  We believe Christ's' life, death and resurrection set us free from all discrimination due to race, sex, age, class, physical or mental condition.  We proclaim this to be a Christian Church inclusive of all people who will receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.

We welcome into the membership of this community of faith everyone who confesses Christ and receives baptism in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.  We also welcome Christians who transfer their membership from other branches of our Lord's Church which practice various modes of baptism.  Married couples, family members, and friends who have different church denomination backgrounds can find unity in this church by seeking to be Christians only.  You will find this to be a "bridge church" that unites us in the One Body of Christ.

Since 1928, when this sanctuary was dedicated for the Glory of God, about 8,000 couples have entered into the covenant of marriage here.  They too have experienced an acceptance and freedom to be one in Christ regardless of their previous denominational differences.  Therefore, any bride and groom who seek Christian marriage are welcome to have their ceremony at this church.
God's historic acts of redemption for all humanity are presented as picture stories in the Bible.  They are like visual panels that are told and retold from one generation to the next.  Much of the Bible is regarded as pictorial literature of divine truth and inspiration.

Jesus Christ, who is the greatest teacher of human history, perfected this art form.  He taught the thousands of people who gathered around Him by telling them visual stories.  These stories are called parables, which created unforgettable mental pictures.  They are like wonderful videos that enable the listeners of Jesus' words to see on the screen of their minds living pictures of eternal truth for daily living.

Stained glass windows, therefore, are consistent with the visual nature of Biblical literature.  Even before the masses of people could read, and prior to the availability of printed Bibles, artists designed beautiful mosaics for the floors and walls in places of worship.  Later artists developed stained glass to picture the great truths of God's revelation made known through the Hebrew people and in the life of Jesus Christ.  Even when people could not read the Word of God from the Bible, they could see and understand Biblical truth with their eyes.  The windows of this sanctuary are unique in their artistic beauty and arrangement.

The large upper windows are called clerestory windows.  Clerestory means the wall of a church which rises above the roof of a flanking aisle with windows that give light to the central part of the sanctuary.  There are ten clerestory windows in this sanctuary which visually present in Biblical chronological order the revelation of Gods love, law, and salvation through the Hebrew people and the Messiah, Jesus Christ. These ten windows each have 5 panels which comprise the theme of each window.

As you enter the sanctuary through the center aisle doors, the first two clerestory windows in the left wall picture ten key concepts of the Old Testament. The additional eight clerestory windows feature the life, ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  The smaller windows in the outside aisles are the 10 great parables that Jesus told.  Each one is placed beneath a clerestory window because it illustrates the primary theme of the clerestory window above.