About Us

“To God I humbly give all the Glory, Honor, Thanks and Praise.”
— Pastor Gertrude Stevens
 

Meet Our Pastor

A Practicing Christian Woman of God Pressing Toward the Mark of the Higher Calling of God in Christ Jesus

(Philippians 3:12-14).

Empowering Lives

In order to reach the Goal of Empowering Lives to make a Difference in theses last and evil days, I am determined as an anointed Pastor to press toward the mark for the prize of a Higher Calling of God in Christ Jesus; through teaching, preaching, evangelizing and living the word of God; preparing sermons that will cause Lives of all ages to see something, feel something and make a moral decision for Christ.

Faithfully Serving

I am praying that God's Anointed Word will demonstrate with Power, Wonders, Signs and Miracles. Knowing that through the Preached Word the Holy Spirit will Save Sinners, Edify Saints and Change Lives. Our church is what it is today by our faith taking us where God wants us to be and that is a Living Church on the move for Christ practicing and pressing to serve this present age through Christian Ministries.

 

Our Mission

CJAYA is a non-denominational “living church” that lifts up the Trinity through the holy scriptures, seeking to strengthen relationships with Christ.

  • The Holy Spirit released Reverend Gertrude Stevens to start and pastor a church after she held the "Vision" for twenty years on December 3, 2000. The vision came into reality on January 18, 2001 at the home of Sister Diane and Brother Charles Taylor with Pastor Stevens and seven others in attendance. Our official place of worship began at the Holiday Inn, Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie on Sunday May 2, 2001.

  • As Pastor Stevens proclaimed the Gospel to souls seeking Christ Jesus at a hotel, God's Spirit spoke to her to share by faith, First Community Baptist Church of Glen Burnie under the leadership of Pastor Jackie Taylor and his congregation in August 2004. After seven months and fifty-four members, Pastor Stevens and CJAYA moved into a Warehouse to worship, 7466 New Ridge Road in Hanover, Maryland, where thirty-one additional members and fourteen Katrina survivals joined this anointed ministry.

    The expense at our warehouse church was more than the income; so we had to relocate. By the grace of God, He led Deacon Alton Jasmine to share with one of his coworkers our need for a place to worship. One week later, on the second Sunday in March 2008, we began worshipping at New Hope Sabbath Christian Center, Pasadena, Maryland, under the leadership of Pastor Lavern Gaither for four years.

  • For eleven years, God blessed our struggles, heard our prayers as we waited by faith, on our miracle church of stain glass windows and a steeple. As you look to the right of our history and see our beautiful church, it is with gratitude and humble thanks to God for being faithful as He promised.

    Sunday June 10, 2012 @ 10:45 A.M., we worshipped God and marched to Zion in our very own church given to us by God's Promised Word found in Psalm 119:49, located at 1210 Severn Station Road, Severn Maryland 21144.

  • CJAYA is a Non-Denominational Living Church that lifts up the "Trinity" through the Holy Scriptures. CJAYA is seeking to strengthen relationships with Christ within a multicultural diverse congregation.

    The History of CJAYA is God's chasers going deeper by faith into the Word of God, winning souls and empowering lives to dare to be different in a broken down world. Men, Women, boys and girls come to Jesus just as they are; but do not leave like you came in Jesus Name.

What We Believe

We believe that every person who comes into CJAYA was sent by God Himself. It's not by accident that we have the joy of meeting you.

So above all else, we want to express Christ's Love to you with genuine, heartfelt warmth. We're eager to know you and we're excited to share with you the marvelous ways God is working in our church.

 

Who We Are

CJAYA is a family oriented-church, rich in the relationships that matter most. Growing together, we worship, we serve, we laugh, we cry, we learn, and we reach out to our world with life-transforming truth. Now, we reach out to you. Our doors are open and our hearts are open, too.

 

 
 

Our Welcome

“CJAYA to Jesus, we come to take you higher,

CJAYA to Jesus come just as you are

We welcome you with open arms

We welcome you into praise

We welcome you with a smile on our face

And we hope that you’ll come back again

And we hope that you’ll bring back a friend, Welcome!”

Written by Brandon Johnson