About Sunset Road Church of Christ

 Brother Christopher Turner is a native of, Alabama. Near his home was the International Bible College, now known as Heritage Christian University. While he never considered becoming a preacher, he became friend and associate of the students as they worked local congregations. Their zeal and love for the gospel would later prove to be an inspiration for Turner. Chris was baptized at the Westside Church of Christ in Florence under the tutelage of Brother Earnest Cobb, a former student of Brother Marshall Keeble at the Nashville Christian Institute (NCI). The Westside Church of Christ was also established by Brother Keeble. While at the Westside congregation, Brothers Jeffrey Boddie and Russell Cobb took him under their wings and taught him the art of congregational song leading. A few years later, Turner placed membership at the Southside Church of Christ in Rogersville, Alabama, where Brother Freeman Malone Jr. is the minister. There, he also joined their noted song group, The Southside Singers. For years, they traveled together, singing and writing soul-stirring tunes. While attending college in Birmingham, Alabama, he performed with the spirited Inner Cityers, a traditional gospel quartet. The group led by dynamic gospel preachers Elijah Bush Sr. and Robert L. Ivory kept him spiritually focused while away from home. Turner sang with internationally known Straight Company. For five years, he traveled full-time the missionary gospel team throughout the United States, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and the Republic of South Africa. Throughout his career, Chris Turner has attracted a young following. Nicknamed "the pied piper" by Jesse Murrah (also of Straight Company), he discovered another as a youth minister. For fourteen years, he served the Southside Church of Christ in Durham, North Carolina, where he mentored the young people in his congregation as well as youth in the larger community of Durham. Chris is married to the former Karena Mayes of Sheffield, Alabama. They have three children: one son, Jalen, and two daughters, Kristina and Jamie. Brother Turner is currently the at the Sunset Road Church of Christ in Burlington, New Jersey. There, he enjoys the full spectrum of ministry. He can be found spending time with the seniors, singing with choir, running with the youth, and bringing the word to the congregation. The Sunset Road congregation is rapidly growing, and Turner hopes to continue ministering to others in a manner that is historically astute, morally upstanding, and spiritually correct. Whether by singing, teaching, preaching, or other means, he desires to encourage and enlighten others so they may learn to live as Christ did, and through Christ, they may realize their God-given potential.