About

OUR STORY

Christ the King Presbyterian Church began with a small group of families in Abilene who share a conviction: that our city needs a church unashamed of the historic Reformed faith, grounded in Scripture, and ordered by the means of grace that the Lord has used to feed his people for two thousand years.

We are a church plant in formation, working under the care of the North Texas Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church in America. In November 2025 we called Rev. Robert D. Hasler to be our planting pastor and started holding preview services while looking forward to our official launch.

We are not a movement or a brand. We are a congregation — older and younger families, the churched and the curious — who believe the best thing we can offer Abilene is faithful, confessional, Word-and-Sacrament worship on the Lord's Day.

  Faithful to the Scriptures
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  True to the Reformed Faith
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  Obedient to the Great Commission

OUR VISION

Why we are planting this church

I.

Biblical authority over all teaching, preaching, and our lives.

Preaching is expository — coming from the Scripture passage itself, often working through an entire book of the Bible over a season.

II.

A multi-generational and diverse community of believers.

We are meant to love each other, learn from each other, and grow together as brothers and sisters in Christ — and to welcome with open arms all those who come asking questions about the great things of life.

III.

Transparency and accountability in leadership and the body.

We establish a structure of elders and deacons ordered by Scripture — not for bureaucracy's sake, but because the church is the household of God and households require faithful stewardship.

IV.

Weekly worship that honors all generations and preserves the historical liturgy.

We strive for worship that is inviting in form to those young and old alike — ordered by the ancient patterns of call, confession, assurance, Word, table, and blessing — because these forms carry the whole story of the gospel in a single hour.

V.

Rehearsing the gospel together each week.

Recognizing that we are forgetful people constantly shaped by the culture around us, we gather with brothers and sisters each Lord's Day to rehearse the gospel through song, liturgy, prayer, preaching, and Holy Communion — because we need to hear it again and again.

VI.

Deep study of the Word.

Sunday School, catechesis for children and adults, and a culture of serious reading — because we believe that a church that does not know its Bible and its tradition is a church that will not long remain faithful to either.

OUR AFFILIATIONS

Part of a larger family of churches

Presbyterian Church in America

Our denomination — roughly 400,000 members across 1,900 churches in the US and beyond.

North Texas Presbytery

The regional body of PCA churches overseeing our church plant.

Westminster Confession of Faith

Our doctrinal standard, written in 1646 and held by Presbyterians worldwide.