The shape of things to come...

Opinions about what a church should look like are plentiful in these days of rapid cultural change. Some will argue that to be truely effective a church must adopt an incarnational 'go to them' mentality. This involves significant community involvement and acknowledges that many people will never step inside a church building. Others will argue that a more traditional 'come to us' approach that relies upon people attending central gatherings and being impacted by the presence of God is still the way forward. Often it seems that a choice must be made and a preferred shape chosen. My experience, both personal and from stories told around the nation, is that both approaches remain effective - when done well.

So what will CityChurch look like?

I believe we can do both well at the same time! If one thing is certain it is that CityChurch will be a mission shaped church. We aim to see the Kingdom of God come across the whole of Leicester. To play our part in this we will definitely need to find ways to effectively impact communities and people groups outside the walls of the church. We will 'go to them'. However our vision is to see a church that impacts the whole city built. To do this we must be visible and we must have gatherings that have great expectation within them. Expectation that people will be saved, healed and delivered. If God is calling us to expect growth, and He is, then we must have faith that people will 'come to us'. We better give them an opportunity to do so.

CityChurch Leicester - gathered and scattered for the making of disciples, with expectation!

CityChurch Promo Video

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