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Citylight Culture
Have you ever wondered how the most holy, righteous, perfect man to ever live (Jesus) had best friends that were prostitutes, gritty fisherman, hated thieves, & social riff raff? Everyone seemed magnetized to Jesus. How did that happen? What made that diverse...
Launching a Church – Women in Ministry
Astin KahnkLexi Eller Launching a church and leading a ministry within a new church plant is an incredible blessing and calling. With that, there can also be overwhelming tension and fatigue with troubleshooting and navigating unknowns. Being a woman in this role can...
Church Plant Resident Highlight – The Brauneis
Church Planting as a Family - Keith & Beth Brauneis The Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and from your father’s house to the land that I will show you.Genesis 12:1 Over four years ago, Keith and Beth Brauneis were called to take a step of faith unlike any...
Summer Baptism Celebrations
Westfair Amphitheater One of the most exciting and celebratory things we do in our family is to celebrate new life in Jesus and the work He is doing through our combined summer family baptism celebrations. It is a time that we get to peek into and celebrate all the...
Church Update – South Lincoln
Citylight South Lincoln launched in March 2020 at the beginning of a pandemic. That first month, the team was uncertain about financial health and was even considering pay cuts. Jump forward to the end of 2020 and South Lincoln was able to give $20K to other church...
Planting in South Omaha
Elvin Torres, Benson Church Plant Pastor and Willie Johnson, Benson Church Plant Resident have been on staff at Citylight Benson together preparing, serving, and training. The goal is to multiply with a church in South Omaha in 2022. Recently, Elvin shared with the...
Church Update – Mosaic
Citylight Mosaic launched just this year in the heart of the Field Club neighborhood in Omaha. We caught up with their team to share with the family what they are celebrating, what they have learned, and what they are praying and needing. Thank you Citylight Mosaic!...
Citylight Worship
Citylight Worship, a collaboration of worship leaders and musicians from across the Citylight Family, has teamed up with Harvester Worship to record a 4-track EP called “Wonder & Majesty”. Willy Roberts, Omaha Worship Pastor introduces the EP with these...
March 2021 Updates!
Citylight Family, we have so much to celebrate and thank God for! So far this year over 40 people have publicly declared their faith in Jesus through Baptism! We’ve seen three new Citylight Churches publicly launch (Citylight Bennington, Citylight Mosaic, and Citylight West Council Bluffs) and are looking forward to the launch of Citylight Fort Collins this Easter! And Citylight Family churches are currently praying into several opportunities to multiply new churches in the Midwest and beyond!
Let’s continue to thank God for all that He has done in and through this movement, and pray that He would continue to multiply even more disciples and churches!
September 2020 Updates!
Citylight Family, in the last thirty days we’ve had the joy of celebrating the Core Team launches of FOUR new Citylight churches: Citylight Church Fort Collins, Citylight West Council Bluffs, Citylight Mosaic Church, and Citylight Bennington! God is answering prayers and writing new stories throughout the Midwest and beyond!