Christ the King
Presbyterian Church

Christ the King Presbyterian Church

A Church Plant of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

Launching in Northeast Orlando in 2026

A Church Plant of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

Launching in Northeast Orlando in 2026

A Church Plant of
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

Launching in northeast Orlando in 2026

A Church Plant of St. Paul's Presbyterian Church

Launching in Northeast Orlando in 2026

Origins

In 2023, St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church took its first steps toward planting a new congregation.

With a deep commitment to the Great Commission, the St. Paul’s Session encouraged every member to consider how they might take part in the work of church planting in northeast Orlando—committing to “give away their best” so that the kingdom of Christ might be made known.

In 2025, Rev. John Cherne was called to this mission church and relocated to shepherd the beginnings of Christ the King Presbyterian Church. Under the care of St. Paul’s Session and in partnership with the Central Florida Presbytery, this daughter church is being planted with the hope that many will behold God’s glory and come to know His grace.

Our Mission

To behold God’s glory and to make known
His grace until our faith becomes sight.

To behold God’s glory and to make known His grace until our faith becomes sight.

To behold God’s glory and to make known
His grace until our faith becomes sight.

Our Values

Scriptural Authority

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. They are our final rule for faith and life, shaping all that we believe, teach, and do.

Scriptural Authority

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. They are our final rule for faith and life, shaping all that we believe, teach, and do.

Scriptural Authority

The Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. They are our final rule for faith and life, shaping all that we believe, teach, and do.

Reverent Worship

God calls His people into both public and private worship. On the Lord’s Day, we gather morning and evening in the fellowship of the church to behold His glory and partake of His means of grace. At all times, we seek to live as living sacrifices—prayerfully dependent upon the Lord.

Reverent Worship

Gospel Clarity

At the heart of the Holy Scriptures is the good news of God’s grace toward us in His Son, Jesus Christ. By grace, we receive and rest upon this good news by faith alone for salvation.

Gospel Clarity

At the heart of the Holy Scriptures is the good news of God’s grace toward us in His Son, Jesus Christ. By grace, we receive and rest upon this good news by faith alone for salvation.

Gospel Clarity

At the heart of the Holy Scriptures is the good news of God’s grace toward us in His Son, Jesus Christ. By grace, we receive and rest upon this good news by faith alone for salvation.

Purposeful Discipleship

We are committed to cultivating spiritual maturity through intentional, relational discipleship—formed by God’s Word, strengthened in prayer, deepened through fellowship.

Purposeful Discipleship

We are committed to cultivating spiritual maturity through intentional, relational discipleship—formed by God’s Word, strengthened in prayer, deepened through fellowship.

Purposeful Discipleship

We are committed to cultivating spiritual maturity through intentional, relational discipleship—formed by God’s Word, strengthened in prayer, deepened through fellowship.

Heartfelt Hospitality

The gospel shapes how we live together, reflecting Christ’s love inwardly through shepherding care and warm fellowship, and outwardly through compassionate witness to the ends of the earth.

Heartfelt Hospitality

The gospel shapes how we live together, reflecting Christ’s love inwardly through shepherding care and warm fellowship, and outwardly through compassionate witness to the ends of the earth.

Heartfelt Hospitality

The gospel shapes how we live together, reflecting Christ’s love inwardly through shepherding care and warm fellowship, and outwardly through compassionate witness to the ends of the earth.

Joyfully Presbyterian

We are rooted in the historic Westminster Confession of Faith and governed by biblical Presbyterianism, preserving gospel faithfulness with doctrinal integrity and pastoral care.

Joyfully Presbyterian

We are rooted in the historic Westminster Confession of Faith and governed by biblical Presbyterianism, preserving gospel faithfulness with doctrinal integrity and pastoral care.

Joyfully Presbyterian

We are rooted in the historic Westminster Confession of Faith and governed by biblical Presbyterianism, preserving gospel faithfulness with doctrinal integrity and pastoral care.

Expectant Evangelism

Compelled by Christ’s love, we proclaim the gospel to all—from our neighbors to the nations—with hopeful longing, desiring to see the earth filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.

Expectant Evangelism

Compelled by Christ’s love, we proclaim the gospel to all—from our neighbors to the nations—with hopeful longing, desiring to see the earth filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.

Expectant Evangelism

Compelled by Christ’s love, we proclaim the gospel to all—from our neighbors to the nations—with hopeful longing, desiring to see the earth filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord.

The Harvest Is Plentiful…

3,000,000

Orlando Metro Population

500,000

10-Year Growth Projection

600,000

Identify as Christians

240,000

Seats in Gospel Churches

Target Launch Date

Church planting begins now—in prayer, fellowship, and ministry—as we anticipate our first worship service in 2026.

Target Location

We are prayerfully pursuing the location in which God will gather our church in northeast Orlando— generally south of Lake Jesup and between Hwy 17-92 and SR 417.

Our Pastor

Pastor John Cherne has served in congregations in Illinois, Missouri, and California since 2014. He holds a B.A. in Bible and a Master of Divinity. In 2020, he was ordained in the Presbyterian Church in America. John and his wife, Kristina, have one son, Walter.

John is excited to continue gospel ministry in Orlando through expository preaching, relational evangelism, and God’s ordinary means of grace.

Contact Pastor John →