Most people when they think of the word ‘church’, if their first reaction is not negative (hypocritical, irrelevant etc), will think of a church building within a parish. And then if you push them a bit further they’ll talk about priests, mass, services, duties and a whole other load of words that are connected to […]
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Ola Ngaditono – Pastoral Careworker & Administrator
I am delighted to announce that Ola Ngaditono has been appointed as Pastoral Careworker and Administrator for Christ City Church starting immediately. She will work part time for the church with her three initial and primary responsibilities being: Overseeing the apprenticeship and internship Team/volunteer management and co-ordination, particularly of Sunday gatherings Administration Ola will also be meeting […]
Seminar – Going Deeper: James – 28 May
The formation of “the canon,” meaning the authoritative collection of writings that now make up our New Testament, happened over the course of roughly 200 years. Some books were accepted by the early church immediately, others took more time. Highly regarded New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham once wrote: “In the process of reception by which […]
Faith That Works – Life Lessons From The Book Of James
Mahatma Ghandi famously said: “I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” This quote captures the spirit of what many people think about the church and Christians in general; that what we believe about Jesus (doctrine) and our following of Jesus (discipleship) doesn’t have the beauty, generosity, […]
LIVE from Zambia 2017
Part 4 by Mo – 24th April Sunday (*Sing to the theme tune of the cartoon tv show, ‘The Flinstones’!*) “God’s Love is the Best Love That the World has ever, ever seen! Greater than the sun & moon & stars Farther than the Earth from planet Mars! God’s Love is the Best Love That the […]
City Groups – 4 Reasons You Should Join One
At Christ City Church we have 3 places for people to belong: Sunday Gatherings (30+ ppl) City Groups (10-30 ppl) Life Groups (2-5 ppl) We want church life to be more than just a Sunday meeting; we want it to be a community on a mission both on Sundays and also throughout the week. In […]
Ecclesiastes – The Search For Meaning
Have you ever tried to catch a bubble? The moment you catch it, it’s gone! That experience, says Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes, is what life feels like. For the most part life can feel hard, complicated, unfair and exhausting, and just when you think you’re getting some satisfaction and control…it’s gone! We feel […]
Seminar – Going Deeper: Ecclesiastes – 12 Mar
Biblical scholars have long agreed that “genre” is one of the most important factors when interpreting any book of the Bible. For example, the genre of Paul’s writings is “epistle,” or, letter, and his writings need to be interpreted as letters, as opposed to, say, apocalypses (such as Revelation, which would be interpreted very differently […]
Church Survey Results – Encouragements and Questions after two years
Often in the Old Testament story God’s people stop to reflect on their current situation, reaffirm their covenant to God, and commit to follow him in the future (e.g Deuteronomy 29-31 and Joshua 24). Christ City Church is just over two years old, so we wanted to do a survey to do something similar. We […]
3 ways to make the most of 2017
It’s the start of a new year and everyone is thinking about their resolutions and goals, their ambitions and dreams, their diet and their exercise. Even if you don’t set any official resolutions, a new year affords us all a moment to review the last year (was it good, bad or indifferent?) and to look ahead – […]