West Main Church of Christ gathers in a single building on the west side of Lewisville, Texas, at 950 W. Main Street. The congregation identifies as part of the Churches of Christ and describes its work in three simple phrases drawn from Scripture: helping one another as the Good Samaritan did, telling others about the love of Christ shown at the cross, and growing daily into the likeness of Jesus. Around those three commitments the church has built a wide schedule of Bible teaching, an extensive online library of recorded lessons, and a leadership structure led by two evangelists, two elders, and a working team of fourteen deacons.
Three Weekly Gatherings on West Main
The building opens three times a week for instruction and worship. Sunday Bible Study begins at 9:00 AM, with classes arranged by age so that adults, teens, and children study the same passage at their own level. The topics rotate on a quarterly basis and the children's classes work through a wide range of Bible material in age-appropriate groups. At 10:00 AM the Sunday worship assembly meets, with the local evangelist bringing a sermon from Scripture and the congregation joining in singing, prayer, and the Lord's Supper. Members are encouraged to verify that what is preached lines up with the Bible itself.
Midweek, the doors open again on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM for an evening Bible study that runs alongside the Sunday morning hour. Bible classes for all ages are encouraged twice each week, giving the congregation roughly two hundred hours of in-person teaching across the year in addition to whatever members do on their own at home.
A Cappella Worship in the Churches of Christ Tradition
Worship at West Main follows the practice common among Churches of Christ: a cappella congregational singing, prayer, the Lord's Supper, preaching, and giving. The church teaches this practice from the pulpit, and a sermon on the topic is available in the recorded library titled "Why We Don't Use Instrumental Music in Worship." Visitors who arrive expecting a band and overhead screens will instead hear four-part harmony from the pews, accompanied by a song leader who draws the assembly through hymns without instrumental support. Members participate by singing, praying, and studying to confirm that the preaching is faithful to the Bible.
Two Evangelists and a Slate of Sermon Series
Two full-time preachers serve the church. Benjamin Lee has been preaching since 2009 and joined West Main on March 1, 2018 after earlier work with the Dowlen Road Church of Christ in Beaumont, Texas. He and his wife Nikki have a son named Joshua, and Benjamin has preached and taught in Africa, Mexico, and throughout the United States. Brayden Schlabach began his work with West Main in October 2025, after earning a finance degree at Texas Tech and spending several years as a financial advisor with Edward Jones. He and his wife Ally, married in August 2022, stepped into ministry together. Brayden's special interest is leading God's people in song and helping the church worship with understanding and sincerity.
Together with a long list of guest preachers, the two evangelists anchor the recorded sermon library. The series page lists more than two dozen ongoing and completed studies, including Christian Attitudes (Joseph Casimier), My Faith and Faithfulness (Don Bunting), Lessons On The Family (Gabe Chaves), Pressing Towards The Prize (Ken Weliever), Singles Serving God (Jeremy Dehut), Be Steadfast, Immovable, Always Abounding (Max Dawson), God and Science: Evidence for God in the Natural World (Buddy Payne), Spiritually Leadership in the 21st Century (Max Dawson), Becoming Like Christ (Benjamin Lee and Ken Weliever), and several gospel meetings with visiting preachers such as Brett Hogland, Heath Rogers, and Gale Towles.
Elders, Deacons, and a Working Service Structure
The congregation is shepherded by two elders, Steven Estes and Stu Coffman, whose office the church grounds in Titus 1:5. Fourteen men serve as deacons, each assigned specific responsibilities that keep the ministry running. The assignments listed on the deacon page give a clear picture of how the church organizes its life: worship management, safety and security, greeters, contribution counting, Lord's Supper supplies, transportation, website, AV and building technology, social media, outreach and personal evangelism, VBS coordination, outside preacher support, new member support, resource room, attendance, benevolence, financial keeping, building maintenance, member care, directory maintenance, Bible drill coordination, care for the elderly and widows, and parking lot and grounds.
Zach Kelsey and Cody Chesser oversee children's Bible classes and social media. Wade Casey and Cody Chesser handle VBS coordination. Nelson Bush serves as both benevolence and financial keeper, while Tim Payne cares for the elderly and widows. The depth of this assignment list signals that a first-time visitor will be greeted, watched over, fed at the Lord's Supper table, and followed up on by name within the week.
A Library of Topical Studies and Book Studies
Beyond the pulpit, the church maintains a written teaching library organized two ways: by book of the Bible and by topic. The topical index covers more than fifty subjects, including abortion, anger, authority, baptism, belief, character studies, depression and suffering, doubt, drugs and alcohol, evangelism, faith, false doctrines, forgiveness, friends, heaven and hell, homosexuality, humility and pride, hypocrisy, Jesus, joy, leadership, marriage, modesty, money, nature of God, obedience, old versus new testament, parenting and family, patience, politics, praise and worship, prayer, racism, repentance, salvation, science, scripture, sexual immorality, social media, temptation, thankfulness, the church, the Holy Spirit, trusting God, work, and worry and anxiety. Many of these pages include downloadable outline files and PowerPoint presentations that visitors can use for personal study or for teaching a Bible class of their own.
The book studies walk through every book of the Bible from Genesis through Revelation, with each book given its own page that collects sermons, blog posts, and series lessons on that book. In addition, a series of Bible Overview classes developed by David Dann works through foundational questions in fifteen lessons, moving from "Does God Exist?" through "Is the Bible the Word of God?," "Is Jesus the Son of God?," "God's Perfect Plan," "What Must I Do To Be Saved?," "The New Testament Church," "Overview of the Bible," "The Authority of the Bible," "The Two Covenants," "Denominationalism," "What Does the Bible Say About Baptism?," "The Last Day," "What Is the Eternal Destiny of Man," "Why We Need Jesus?," and "Counting the Cost."
Bible Classes for Every Age
The Bible classes page lists dozens of studies running at any given time, taught by both men and women across the congregation. Current offerings include Reading Romans (Benjamin Lee), 1 and 2 Peter (Benjamin Lee), 1, 2, 3 John and Jude (Benjamin Lee), A Better Covenant (Brayden Schlabach), A Heart Like His: Forming the Heart of Jesus Within Me (Stu Coffman), A Man After God's Own Heart (Benjamin Lee), A Study from Isaiah (Benjamin Lee), A Study of the Book of Daniel (Kevin Carlile), A Study of the Church (Kyle Schlabach), A Study of the Minor Prophets (Matthew Gardener and Benjamin Lee), A Study Through the Gospel of Luke (Tim Torno), A Study of Fulfilled Prophecy (Benjamin Lee), and many more. Daily Bible Reading tracks walk members through the Old and New Testaments week by week, with discussion sessions each Sunday covering the prior week's reading.
Children are not left out. In addition to the quarterly children's Bible classes, Vacation Bible School is coordinated by deacons Wade Casey and Cody Chesser, and Bible drill work is led by Ryan Matney and Tim Payne. A web series called "Let the Little Children Come to Me" walks parents and teachers through bringing children to faith, with lessons on helping children come to Jesus, being like little children, having peace with parents, success with siblings, and friendship at any age.
A Library of Web Series for Home Viewing
For people who cannot attend in person, the church has built a catalog of web series aimed at both members and seekers. "Real People. Real Faith" features short profiles of members including Stacy French, Paul Wright, Jenny Vassar, Nelson Bush, and Benjamin Lee, telling how they came to faith. "The Kings of the United Kingdom" (Zach Kelsey and Jamin Vess) traces the Old Testament monarchy. "The 7 Churches of Revelation" (Cody Chesser and Kevin Carlile) walks through the letters to the seven churches in Asia. "Biblical Marriage" is taught by Bozeman, Casey, and Wray; "Biblical Parenting" by Chesser, Schlabach, and Tarver. "The Church," "Christians and Politics," and "Getting to Know Jesus" are taught by Benjamin Lee.
Live Stream and a Phone-In Option
Both the Sunday 9:00 AM Bible study and the Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible study stream live on the church's video channel. Archived streams are kept for later viewing. For those without internet access, the church maintains a toll-free number, (833) 572-1616. Callers press "1" when prompted to subscribe and receive a phone call when the service goes live, or they can simply dial in at the appointed hour and listen along. The Sunday worship service at 10:00 AM is available live on the website as well, with archived sermons kept indefinitely.
Family, Marriage, and Parenting Teaching
Family-focused teaching runs through many of the recorded series. Lessons On the Family, taught by Gabe Chaves, covers The Church Is the Family, Ishmael and Isaac, Honoring Our Parents, Joseph: Portrait of a Godly Father, Mary: Portrait of a Godly Mother, and The Value of Children. Other sermons in the library address proper roles in the home, bringing joy to the home, anger management in the home, gentleness in the home, God's survival plan for the family, when parents make mistakes, children doing their job, honor in the home, leaving a legacy, raising kids without raising your blood pressure, success at home with your siblings, how to have peace with your parents, and how we help children come to Jesus.
Biblical Parenting and Equipping Our Kids for Life offer parallel series for parents, and a sermon titled "Navigating the School Year" speaks to families with school-age children. A topical study on parenting and family collects these resources in one place.
A Calendar of Recurring and Special Events
The church calendar lists its recurring weekly services and adds a few special gatherings across the year. Gospel Singings take place several times a year on Sunday evenings, gathering the congregation for an hour of congregational singing. Gospel Meetings, typically lasting several days, bring in a visiting preacher for a focused series of lessons; past guests have included Brett Hogland, Heath Rogers, and Gale Towles, and the calendar lists a meeting with Joe Works coming up. VBS is held annually and is open to children from the community as well as the children of members.
Visiting West Main
Visitors who want the church to know they are coming can fill out a short form on the website with a name, email, and the date of their visit. A member is assigned to welcome them and answer questions. Worship is held at 950 W. Main Street in Lewisville. The dress runs from casual to business casual, with most members in everyday clothes and a number of men in shirts and ties. The congregation follows a cappella singing, so there is no band, but the assembly itself sings every hymn together. Children are welcome in the assembly and sit with their parents.
For prayer requests, Bible questions, or general inquiries, a contact form on the website routes messages to the preachers, who work through them personally. Questions about faith can also be sent in through a separate "Ask a Question" page that produces a sixty-second video answer.
Beliefs Held and Taught
The teaching at West Main centers on the Bible as the Word of God. The church teaches that Jesus is the Son of God, that He died on the cross for humanity, and that salvation comes through hearing the gospel, believing, repenting, confessing Christ, and being baptized. A series of sermons and study files on baptism spells out the congregation's understanding of the act as an essential step of obedience rather than a mere symbol. The church also teaches the reality of heaven and hell, the work of the Holy Spirit, the authority of Scripture over tradition, and the importance of the local congregation as the New Testament pattern for the church. It teaches that denominationalism is a departure from the Bible's pattern and works through that topic in a dedicated series and study file.
Worship is offered without instrumental music, in keeping with the practice of the Churches of Christ. The Lord's Supper is observed every Sunday as a memorial, and members are expected to live distinctively in their homes, on social media, and in their politics, with sermons on each of those subjects available in the library.
Giving and Support
Members and visitors who wish to support the work of the church can give through the collection taken on Sundays or through the church's online giving platform. The church supports several preachers in their work outside Lewisville and lists those supported preachers on the sermon series page, with visiting speakers including Phil Robertson and others who have come through for gospel meetings and short series.