He was a noted figure of the Moravian community in today's Old Salem, North Carolina, where he was master potter between 1789 and 1821.
[2] By 1766, when he was sixteen years of age, Christ had moved to the American colony of the Province of North Carolina, where he was working as an apprentice for compatriot Gottfried Aust, master potter in Bethabara.
[4] He held several civic roles, including being on the Congregation Council and the Aufseher Collegium.
[2] His press-molded figural bottle has become the a much sought-after form of the North Carolina Moravian pottery.
They had four children: Anna, Jacob Rudolph, Traugott Frederick and one who died at birth.