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Four Reasons We Can’t Forget the Work of Prayer
Strengthen a Church 4/10/23 Strengthen a Church 4/10/23

Four Reasons We Can’t Forget the Work of Prayer

I underestimated the role of prayer when I planted my church. I was told about the huge effort it would take to plant a church but I didn’t anticipate that effort might subtly crowd out a reliance on God through prayer, over time.

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Churches Sharing a Collective Vision: From Competition to Collaboration
Strengthen a Church 12/2/22 Strengthen a Church 12/2/22

Churches Sharing a Collective Vision: From Competition to Collaboration

If you imagine an ordinary moment at an intersection in New York City, and there is a pause because there is a streetlight, and some people are stopped and others in motion, and some cars are stopped and others in motion...

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Five Things I Noticed About "Pray March Act"
Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 6/30/20 Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 6/30/20

Five Things I Noticed About "Pray March Act"

I haven’t been this proud to be a part of the church in 15 years.

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Resources for Churches Addressing Racial Justice
Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 6/15/20 Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 6/15/20

Resources for Churches Addressing Racial Justice

Last week, Redeemer City to City’s CEO, Steve Shackelford, released a statement acknowledging the several ways our organization has failed to live up our own best ideals of diversity, trans-denominational unity, and the importance of mercy and justice in ministry.

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How to Make Content from Your Digital Meetings
Leadership, Strengthen a Church 5/19/20 Leadership, Strengthen a Church 5/19/20

How to Make Content from Your Digital Meetings

In these months of social distancing, all City to City meetings are done over Slack, Google, or Zoom.

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Ways to Do Church During Social Distancing
Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 5/11/20 Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 5/11/20

Ways to Do Church During Social Distancing

Churches in most places on the planet have had to social distance.

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Reaching the West with a Spirituality of the Margins
Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 3/20/20 Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 3/20/20

Reaching the West with a Spirituality of the Margins

How to Reach the West Again is Timothy Keller and City to City’s newest book on starting a new missionary encounter with Western culture.

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One Ant Arguing with Another Ant
Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 11/13/19 Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 11/13/19

One Ant Arguing with Another Ant

One of the common frustrations church planters often face is a kind of protectionist turf consciousness that they meet from

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Together for the City
Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 8/27/19 Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 8/27/19

Together for the City

The following excerpt is from Neil Powell and John James’ new book, Together for the City, a groundbreaking story of a group of churches who decided to work together to reach their city like never before.

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Ministry at the Heart of an NYC Summer
Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 6/26/19 Community Engagement, Strengthen a Church 6/26/19

Ministry at the Heart of an NYC Summer

In New York City, summer is a time when our communities are bustling with activity.

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The First Steps To Gospel-Shaped Worship
Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 3/6/19 Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 3/6/19

The First Steps To Gospel-Shaped Worship

Who is a worship service for?

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Defining a Gospel Movement
Strengthen a Church 5/9/18 Strengthen a Church 5/9/18

Defining a Gospel Movement

It is common for Christian ministries, indeed for human organizations, to claim to be a movement

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Shaping an Imagination for Faith and Work: An Interview with Russell Joyce
Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 5/1/18 Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 5/1/18

Shaping an Imagination for Faith and Work: An Interview with Russell Joyce

Integrating faith and work is rarely a priority in the early stages of church planting.

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Following Jesus in the City
Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 4/16/18 Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 4/16/18

Following Jesus in the City

New York City presents serious challenges to the church’s call to discipleship. Shallow relationships

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Gifts from Worshipping in a Multiethnic Urban Church
Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 4/13/18 Contextualization, Strengthen a Church 4/13/18

Gifts from Worshipping in a Multiethnic Urban Church

When we moved from Arkansas to New York City, we settled in Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan.

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Preaching in a Secular Culture
Contextualization, Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 1/1/05 Contextualization, Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 1/1/05

Preaching in a Secular Culture

This article outlines four ideas that in my experience are at the core of preaching effectively in a secular culture

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Five Ministry Fronts in the City
Contextualization, Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 2/3/04 Contextualization, Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 2/3/04

Five Ministry Fronts in the City

In order to have the greatest impact on the city and to reflect all aspects of gospel transformation,

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Evangelistic Worship
Contextualization, Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 1/1/01 Contextualization, Start a Church, Strengthen a Church 1/1/01

Evangelistic Worship

One of the basic features of church life in the United States today is the proliferation of worship and

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The Centrality of the Gospel
Strengthen a Church 1/1/00 Strengthen a Church 1/1/00

The Centrality of the Gospel

In Galatians 2:14, Paul lays down a powerful principle. He deals with Peter’s racial pride and cowardice

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