Stories

Redemption to Residency

Redemption to Residency

Citylight Lincoln recently hired Je’Qwan Owens for their Hilltop Ministry geared toward young adults. He shares with our Family insight and encouragement on being a Resident.

Resilient…in the cold, dark, winter months

Resilient…in the cold, dark, winter months

We are in the month of January and the weather is cold and the daylight is short. As ministry leaders, we can start to lose energy and focus. In this season, a disproportional amount of people leave staff or make poor decisions. Considering this, we need to be proactive and be aware.

Church Planting and Residency Programs

Church Planting and Residency Programs

Residency Programs can be vital to church multiplication. A Residency Program’s typical goal is to provide direct development in a particular ministry calling. The hope is to see each resident equipped and developed for the ministry calling God has for him or her.

Strengths & Conflict

Strengths & Conflict

Salt Church Greeley was planted in 2022 by a core team that was made up of 30 people from 14 different churches. With such a diverse group, strengths and giftings were abundant. Also with such a diverse team, many opportunities to grow in understanding, communication, and humility were made.

A Burden for the Church

A Burden for the Church

Life has not slowed down for Tom Rempel. As a retired pastor, you can find him meeting with a pastor or young leader for coffee, guest speaking on a Sunday to help a local church, or teaching at a leader’s conference. He wants to help the Church. He thinks about it, plans for it, acts upon it, and prays for it. Having been in ministry for over 50 years, he kind of knows a thing or two.

Church Planting in Rural Nebraska

Church Planting in Rural Nebraska

The vision of the Citylight Family is to plant churches in key cities so that those church plants are the catalysts for the multiplication of hundreds of new churches and tens of thousands of new disciples over the coming years.

Movements and Monuments

Movements and Monuments

Church planting is a command, a necessity, and both a joy and burden. For the Citylight Family of Churches, it is a shared value and one of the main components of our DNA. This past spring, at the Citylight Family pastor’s retreat, Erick Whigham, co-lead pastor of Citylight Council Bluffs, was reminded of this mission with a new and fresh perspective.

Welcome Radiant City Church to the Citylight Family

Welcome Radiant City Church to the Citylight Family

Radiant City joins the Citylight Family and becomes the second church partnership in Florida. Radiant City is bound by love, relationship, and a common goal of mission led by pastor Cliff McCray. Get to know Radiant City and how you can be praying for them.