Stories
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
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
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.
Where Might God Lead Us Next?
God has given us grace in church planting and as we prayed on where next, we are now asking if its Sioux Falls.
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
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.
Why You Need to Listen to the Family Podcast
If you are on staff at a church within the Family, this podcast is a necessary tool and resource. As ministry leaders, our first source of transformation is through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and also we need people to walk alongside us to encourage us, equip us, and celebrate and share with one another. The Family Podcast can be one vital tool.
First LEAD Women’s Conference
Women across the Family, staff leaders and volunteer leaders, came from near and far for the very first LEAD Women in Leadership Conference.
Church Planting & Residency | Citylight Mosaic
Church plant residency within the Citylight Family isn’t unique. Over the past ten years, men have been invited to join churches within our Family to learn and experience what a healthy staff is and isn’t, how to shepherd and lead people, how to care for people but then also how to multiply the process by looking for the next leaders. A typical planter residency is two years before a core team is launched.
College Ministry in the Family | PC3
Throughout the Citylight Family, you will find college teams thriving and serving their local college campus. One ministry that is doing this well is PC3. PC3 is part of Providence Church Omaha and meets Tuesday nights each week.