Damian Grateley and Ryuta Kimura: The Church in Japan
2020 was a year full of exciting plans for City to City Japan. Now that they've changed, CEO Damian Grateley and Director of Training Ryuta Kimura discuss how to adapt to a new course—all while seeking to celebrate God's providence in tough times.
A NYC Pastor's Journey Through the Pandemic
Michael Carrion, CTC staff member and pastor of Promised Land Covenant Church in the south Bronx, is leading his congregation through the COVID-19 pandemic. In this Washington Post article, Read about how he and his church staff are responding and serving the many needs of their community.
How to Reach the West Again
Christianity is declining in the West. How will the church respond? In this short but sweeping manifesto, Tim Keller argues that this decline should prompt us to rethink the church's mission from the ground up. Using the early church as our guide, churches and individual Christians must examine ourselves, our culture, and Scripture to work toward a new missionary encounter with Western culture that will make the gospel both attractive and credible to a new generation.
Watch a European Church Service!
City to City Europe CONNECT allows European churches to learn together and support each other during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also allows people to watch live-streamed church services, and we hope you enjoy tuning into one!
COVID-19 is a Chance for U.S. Churches to Learn from the Church in China
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Christians face circumstances unprecedented in America: how can we build the body of Christ when gathering together is severely limited or impossible? This question, although new to the U.S., is one Chinese churches have been wrestling with for a while—not just in their battle with COVID-19, but for years in the fires of persecution. The answers they have developed are ones churches in the West deserve to hear.