Welcome to Community Church of Honolulu
Our Mission
Welcome to the online home of Community Church of Honolulu! We are building 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
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One Nation Under God?
For the month of October we’re the story of the Israelites in the book of Exodus. As they built a new nation, the Hebrew people looked to God for guidance, but as it turns out, following God’s law is more inconvenient than they’d hoped. We do not live in a theocracy but our faith does inform how we structure our common life. Pastor Amy will lead us through this series we’re calling: “One Nation Under God?” (With a follow up ZOOM conversation Mondays from 7-8 pm with Pastor Amy.) Join us!
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Gift Card Fundraiser
This year the Faith Formation Team will again welcome your orders for gift cards from hundreds of retail and eating establishments such as Nordstrom, CVS, Sephora, California Pizza Kitchen, Starbucks and more. It’s Christmas shopping made easy!
You get the full-value of the gift cards, and CCH raises a percentage of your purchase! This fundraiser will offset the cost of any of our upcoming retreats, including our 2027 Family Camp.
Order forms will be available for pickup from Aloha Hour during the month of October. All order forms and payments must be received by or before November 1. We aim to distribute the gift cards to you right after Thanksgiving. Mahalo!
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Men's Retreat, October 17
A day for men to strengthen our connections through fellowship, learning, and some great food! Please join us and invite your friends. For more information email info@cchonolulu.org.
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
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!