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.
A Beautiful Life as a Case for Christ
In his book How to Reach the West Again, Dr. Keller gives a thoughtful and comprehensive analysis of the missional challenges the Christian church faces today—as well as the multidimensional responses needed to address these challenges.
Romancing Your City
The following article is an excerpt of Reframation: Seeing God, People, and Mission Through Reenchanted Frames, a new book by Alan Hirsch and Mark Nelson on reframing our worldview to enlarge our perception of God and the gospel. In quite possibly the most painfully excruciating eight minutes of film ever recorded, Prince Charles (Prince of Wales […]
First Steps Towards Gospel-Shaped Worship (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this post, I suggested that when a worship service is shaped by the gospel, a church doesn’t need to decide between edifying existing Christians and evangelizing to non-Christians.
The First Steps To Gospel-Shaped Worship
Who is a worship service for?
The Gospel and Race: An Interview with Jordan Rice
Last year, Jordan Rice led his church through a series on the gospel and race.
Don’t Waste Your Preaching: An Interview with Jordan Rice
City to City: How would you define “contextualization”? Jordan Rice: I would define contextualization as using the gospel to answer the questions that people actually have—to approach a text first seeking Biblical truth and a commitment to what God has revealed to us in scripture; then, answering the questions that people actually are asking in […]
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.
Repairing the Breaches: An Interview with José Humphreys
What does it take to really understand the hopes and hurts of the people your church serves?
Following Jesus in the City
New York City presents serious challenges to the church’s call to discipleship. Shallow relationships are the norm. Work demands almost every ounce of a person’s time and energy. Hyper-transience cuts off the possibility of communal roots. And personal identity is defined by what you accomplish, leading people to completely immerse themselves in work and creative […]