Stories
Celebrating God’s Faithfulness in IOWA
The Citylight IOWA Family is made up of three churches … Citylight Council Bluffs, Citylight Southwest Iowa and Citylight West CB. They recently gathered and celebrated Jesus and the light he has brought in and through their three churches. They also celebrated a birthday!
Called. Citylight Family’s Church Planter Development Program
Are you being called to pastor a church in the Citylight Family? A new development program is launching with you in mind.
Hub and Spoke Church Planting
Part of our vision in the Citylight Family is to be a church planting movement. We have identified ten strategic cities across the Midwest to plant churches. We believe that new Gospel movements in these ten hub cities will serve as catalysts for the multiplication of hundreds of new churches and tens of thousands of new disciples over the coming years. This typically is termed as a “hub and spoke” model.
Church Planting in Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs is one of Citylight Family’s TARGET TEN vision cities. Home to over 700,000 people and 30,000 college students, it is in need of more gospel preaching churches. Greg Larson, church plant resident at Citylight Fort Collins, has discerned and is now stepping into a call to plant in this growing town.
2026 Women Leadership Gathering
As a network of churches, we gather together through out the year to worship, for equipping and for community. Each year the women in our network take time to do this with one another. This past April, women who lead and serve on staff throughout our Family of churches gathered for their annual event.
2026 Vision Trip Update
The Citylight Family VISION is to multiply the Citylight Family movement into ten strategic cities, vision cities, across the Midwest and beyond. This year’s vision trip was to Wichita and it was AMAZING! We saw God…
Preparing and Sending Church Planters
We are a Family of Churches who values church planting and reaching people with the gospel in every place and with the next generation. This requires real, courageous, called and qualified church planters. One way we bring up and send out planters is through a church planting cohort.
Discerning God’s Will on Where to Plant
Matt Reed at Citylight South Lincoln shares his story on how he discerned God’s will and invited others into where to plant a church. God showed them and gave them a love for the people in Air Park, Lincoln, Nebraska.
Advent Reflections for the Church Leader
This is a time of real celebration and incredible opportunity for the gospel to reach people’s hearts. But it also brings real pressures, especially for ministry leaders, to make Christmas meaningful for our churches and our families. Without intentionality, we can easily slip into exhaustion, comparison, or get buried under wounds and grief, which often resurface this time of year.
Vision Trip 2026 – Wichita, Kansas
Together, we’re asking God to multiply the Citylight Family movement into ten strategic cities across the Midwest and beyond. We believe that new Gospel movements in these ten hub cities will serve as catalysts for the multiplication of hundreds of new churches and tens of thousands of new disciples over the coming years!