OUR STORY
Planted downtown.
Growing deep.
For over three decades, we've been a small family church with a big love for the inner city of San Antonio.
Who We Are
A Bible-based, Christ-centered family.
Alamo City Church of Christ was planted in 1989 by John Massie with a simple conviction: downtown San Antonio deserved a church that would respond compassionately to the needs of the city. What began as a home Bible study in John and Earlene Massie's living room became a congregation — and later, a beloved, colorful church home just steps from the students of San Antonio College.
Love is color blind and truly reaches all of us. We believe every person who walks through our door - student, travelor, or first-time visiting is someone Jesus loves.
Thirty-plus years of showing up downtown
The short version of a long story of faithfulness in the heart of the city.
Planted by John Massie to fill a spiritual vacuum in inner-city San Antonio. Begins as a home Bible study at John and Earlene Massie's house.
The young congregation grows and begins renting space downtown, committed to staying rooted where the people are — not fleeing to the suburbs.
Launch of outreach ministries — prison ministry, homeless ministry, and the beginnings of a dedicated student center for the young adults next door at San Antonio College.
The church currently occupies a building on the San Antonio Campus that functions as a place to worship, study and to reach teh lost through the Student Center, prison and Bible Learning Center ministries.
A multi-racial, Bible-centered family of believers preserving decades of teaching through a new Bible Learning Center and continuing to reach downtown — one neighbor, one student, one soul at a time.
Why We Exist
Our mission, in three words.
Love God. Love our neighbor. Bring people to Jesus — right here in the heart of San Antonio.
01
worship
Christ-centered, Bible-based Sunday worship that welcomes everyone who walks through the door.
02
reach
Showing up for students, the unhoused, the incarcerated, and the overlooked corners of downtown.
03
Equip
Making decades of Bible teaching available to every learner — from the curious visitor to the serious student.
OUR LEADERSHIP
The people serving this family
We're small, hands-on, and answerable first to Scripture — then to each other.
FOUNDING MINISTER
John Massie
MINISTER
Mark Forster
Want to meet us?
Come visit for Sunday worship, Wednesday bible study or reach out if you would like to meet with one of our ministers.
A Bible-based, Christ-centered family church serving downtown San Antonio since 1989.
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