Sunday worship
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Tacoma, Washington · Everyone is welcome
Holy Mountain Washington Church
Communauté Évangélique Missionnaire La Montagne Sainte. A missionary family sent to go out into the world and make disciples of Jesus.
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Come as you are.
You will be received as family.
Sunday is the gathering we ask you to plan around. What you need to know before a first visit is below, and if something is missing, write to us and we will answer.
What to expect
Come as you are
Bringing children
They are welcome
Where we meet
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One family
French, English, Lingala — one Gospel
Who we are
A missionary community, planted in Tacoma, sent to the nations.
Holy Mountain Washington Church is the Tacoma congregation of the Communauté Évangélique Missionnaire La Montagne Sainte (CEMMS). We are a community of believers from many countries and languages, holding one confession: Jesus Christ is Lord.
We hold to the Bible as the Word of God, to salvation by grace through faith, to the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer, and to the Great Commission as the assignment of every disciple — not only of pastors.
BibleOur only rule of faith
MissionEvery member is sent
FamilyNo one walks alone
Leadership
The people who carry this house.
You should know who is leading before you walk through the door. These are the people who carry this church, and who you will meet on a Sunday.
Senior Pastor
Shepherd Israel Kalakala
Shepherd Israel Kalakala leads Holy Mountain Washington Church. He carries the vision of the house, preaches the Word on Sunday, and gives himself to the pastoral care of the community. His door is open to anyone who needs counsel or prayer.
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Serving together
Couple Kalakala
The Kalakalas lead this church together. Marriage, home and family are not kept apart from the ministry here. They are part of how the community is taught, welcomed and cared for.
See the ministries →Vision & mission
Two sentences that decide everything we do.
Vision
Go out into the world
We do not exist for ourselves. The church is not the building we meet in — it is the people God sends out of it, into workplaces, campuses, neighbourhoods and nations, carrying the light they received.
Isaiah 43Mission
Make disciples of Jesus
Not crowds — disciples. People who know the Word, walk in the Spirit, are formed in character, and are able in turn to lead someone else to Christ and teach them to obey everything he commanded.
Matthew 28:19Ministries
There is a place here for what God put in you.
Every ministry is open to members and to guests who want to serve. Tell us where you would like to start and we will connect you with the person who leads it.
Worship & music
Singers, musicians and sound technicians who carry the congregation into the presence of God week after week.
Prayer & intercession
The engine room of the church. We pray for our city, our families, the sick and the nations.
Youth & children
Teaching that takes young people seriously, so the next generation owns the faith rather than inherits a habit.
Missions & evangelism
Outreach across Tacoma and the South Sound, and support for the wider CEMMS missionary work — the reason the church carries the name it does.
Women & men fellowship
Smaller circles where marriage, work, money, singleness and faith are discussed honestly and prayed over.
Welcome & care
Hospitality, practical help for new arrivals in the United States, visits to the sick and support in bereavement.
Church life
Worship night.
Worship Night is an evening given entirely to praise and to the presence of God, led by our worship team. This is what it looks like.
Missed a service? Watch it again.
Messages, worship nights and special services are posted on our YouTube channel. Subscribe and you will know the moment we go live.
Give
Every gift goes into the mission.
Tithes and offerings pay for the room we meet in, the equipment our worship team uses, care for families in difficulty, and the missionary work our community supports.
Giving is an act of worship, never a condition of welcome. You are just as welcome here if you never give a dollar.
In person, during the serviceCash or check
Cash App—
Zelle—
By bank transferOn request
Contact & prayer
Tell us you are coming — or tell us how to pray.
Requests sent here are read by the pastoral team and treated confidentially. If you would like someone to call you, leave a phone number in your message.