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Our Mission

Welcome to the online home of Community Church of Honolulu! We are working hard to build a community of justice, grace, and love in the way of Jesus. Our historic and beautiful campus in Nu’uanu is also home to a hub of amazing community partners whose work extends our congregational mission and helps us work together with others to love and care for our neighbors.

Here at CCH you will be welcomed by a congregation of people from all walks of life, babies to members in their 90s, newcomers and founding members of the church, people who feel pretty certain about their faith and a lot of us who bring our questions with us every single week. We stick together because we believe that communities of committed people can change the world to be more just, more loving, more grace-filled, and we want to be part of making that happen.

In 2025 the congregation undertook a process to become an officially designated Open and Affirming congregation. You’ll often hear a welcome in worship that includes the phrase, “Wherever you are on your journey of life, you are welcome here.” And we mean that–no exceptions. We hope to welcome you in person or online soon!

Community News

  • A Whale of a Tale!

    “Faith means believing in advance what will only make sense in reverse.” ― Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God 

    What would happen if we set aside all the doubts and insecurities we carry and opened our lives to practice saying YES to God? Over the next 5 weeks we’ll be reading and reflecting on the story and the lessons we can find in the biblical book of Jonah with Pastor Amy in the pulpit. Join us for worship at 9 am Sundays, 2345 Nu’uanu Ave!

  • Campus Partners

    Did you know that the CCH campus is filled with people helping their neighbors all week long? Take a look at some of the organizations we are so proud to call our resident partners; we’re working alongside them to leave our neighbors better than we found them. Visit campus and get to know us!

  • Too Many Mangos

    Signups will begin on Sunday, July 12 in the gym for all keiki interested in participating in Too Many Mangos, a new musical based on the beloved book by Tammy Paikai.

    This heartwarming story about two children who discover the joys of sharing after picking an abundance of mangos from their grandpa’s tree. All keiki —and their friends—are encouraged to join in the fun! We will also need help creating props, sets and costumes. So if any ofyou has the theatre bug, we’d love to have you be part of the adventure!

    Please sign up in July or email Roslyn@cchonolulu.org for more information. Rehearsals will begin the last Sunday in July and will continue every Sunday in August immediately following Aloha Hour (approximately 11-11:30 am).

    We’ll experience this beautiful production as our worship service at 9 a.m. on Sunday, August 30.

    Come join us as we bring this delightful Hawaiʻi story to life!

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Join us for Worship

Worship is the heart of our community. We work hard to make worship services excellent and accessible, and we hope you leave every experience of worship at CCH changed–challenged to see your life and the world in new ways.

  • 9:00 a.m. Sunday Worship (in person or online)

  • 9:20 a.m. Student Christian Ed Classes (during the summer keiki remain in worship or in the Prayground on the front left of the sanctuary with accompanying adults)

  • 10:15 a.m. Aloha Hour

  • 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays Adult Bible Study on ZOOM

Adult Bible Study on Zoom
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This Week's Online Bulletin

Rev. Dr. Amy Butler, Senior Minister

Welcome to CCH! My name is Amy Butler and I have the great honor of serving the congregation at Community Church as Senior Pastor.

I was raised in the church, in a very conservative tradition that formed me in ways for which I will always be grateful and build a foundation upon which my faith has grown and shifted. Even from my first understandings of faith, I have always been fascinated by this question: “What does it take to build a community that can change the world?” We’re here, together, because we believe the wold can be better and we want to be part of making it so. CCH is gifted to be living that grand experiment in our island home, a culture in which the values of Hawai’i infuse who we are: Aloha (love, respect) Lōkahi (harmony, unity) Mālama (to care for, to honor) Pono (goodness, morality) Po‘okela (greatest, to excel).

I grew up in Hawai’i and these values inform my work. My Christian faith has provided a professional framework for exploring the possibility and promise of that question. Since 2000 I’ve had the great honor of serving and loving four faith communities in various pastoral roles: St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans; Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, DC; and The Riverside Church in the City of New York.; National City Christian Church in Washington, DC. You can find out more about my background here.

To now be back in these beautiful islands with the lovely, lovely congregation at Community Church of Honolulu is a gift beyond words. Here I have found a community of people who welcome questions; who tenaciously build community; who value legacy while welcoming change; who are willing to take a chance on each other. We all know that being human is hard. Living in relationship is hard. Being the church is often really challenging. And, love wins in the end.

If you are looking for a community in which you will be welcomed unconditionally, loved lavishly, and challenged in ways that deepen your connection to God and to the people around you. I hope you’ll visit Community Church of Honolulu. And if you’d like to connect with me personally, please send me an email and let’s chat!

Me ke aloha and welcome!

“Beautiful and Terrible Things: Faith, Doubt, and Discovering a Way Back to Each Other”  and Pastor Amy’s newest book, Holy Disruption: A Manifesto for the Future of Faith Communities are available now!