We’re a Christ-centered church in Stratford, Connecticut, where faith is alive, community runs deep, and everyone is welcome just as they are.
For over 100 years, Lordship Community Church has been part of the Stratford community rooted in Scripture, growing in love, and serving our neighbors with joy. We may be a small congregation today, but we believe God is moving us toward something new.
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Chaplaincy Support
We’re honored to share that Stephen M. Apatow has taken on the role of Chaplain for Lordship Community Church. As a devoted member of our church and a compassionate leader, Stephen brings a heart for service and deep experience in ministry to support not only our congregation but the entire Lordship community.
Stephen’s outreach efforts include the Unmet Needs Assessment for the Lordship Demographic in Stratford, Connecticut, reflecting his ongoing commitment to understanding and meeting the needs of our neighbors. In addition to his role at LCC, he serves as CEO of HRI: H-II OPSEC and Trustee of Lordship Community Church.
Stephen was ordained as a licensed ministry chaplain on April 7, 2022, just before a podcast interview with Col. Doug Hurst, CEO of Third Order Effects. His ordination was led by a global ministry group including Pastor Henry Reyenga, President of Christian Leaders Institute, and Brian DeCook, JD, Chairman of the Board of Christian Leaders. This ordination represents a meaningful milestone in Stephen’s 34-year journey in interfaith ministry and his dedication to initiatives that support the Preservation of the Force and Family (POTFF).
Stephen is here to serve. If you or someone you know needs support, please reach out through the Lordship Community Church office.
Thank you, Stephen, for your faithful service and your heart for our church and community.
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Ph. 203-377-6568
Email: Office@thelordshipchurch.org
Phone: 203-377-6568
Stratford, CT 06615
Lordship Community Church History
Vermont life. Vol. 04, Iss. 3 1950
The Church that Moved Away by Wes Herwig
There is one less Spire rising from the Green Mountain Countryside this spring, but from the belfry of the absent Church still comes a summons to worship, thanks to Vermont generosity. The century-old Brookfield Center Congregational Church, idle for the past 20 years, has embarked on a new career of Christian service far from its native hills. With the salt spray of Long Island Sound blowing against it, the old Meeting House stands today at Lordship, Connecticut, transplanted there to serve a young and growing church.
In a more flourishing era, Brookfield had two congregational churches, but after a transition from manufacturer to agriculture, the community lost much of its population and was only able to support one. A merger of the societies centered church activity at Pond Village, the largest settlement, and the Center Church was used only on rare occasions.
For a long time, Brookfield churchmen pondered the question of what to do with the extra edifice. To maintain it would increase financial burden, but to allow the graceful landmark to disintegrate before the elements would be shameful, they averred. Finally, it was decided to give the church, lock, pews, and steeple to any group that could use it for its intended purpose and remove it.
Last year, word of the unique offer reached the Lordship Community Church, a Congregational church which had outgrown its small house of worship but found the way to a larger one barred by high building costs. The Connecticut congregationalists dispatched a committee to Brookfield to investigate. After wallowing through three miles of Springtime mud, they arrived at the secluded church and proceeded to scrutinize it from cellar to attic, sounding the aged beams, thumping the hand-hewn timbers, and finding them solid and strong. The deal was clinched when a contractor agreed to transfer the church to Lordship and re-erect it for a fraction of the new building cost.
“We’d rather have it than a new one anyway,” said one member of the committee. “Why, this church has 104 years of religious experience behind it.”